For U.S. citizens who want to travel to the Philippines for tourism, business, family visits or other purposes, applying for a Philippine visa is an essential step. Understanding the application process and the required materials will help ensure a smooth visa application and make your trip to...
As a Philippine citizen, you must visit the US embassy in the Philippines and apply for your visa. The process is straightforward. You must call the consulate general to get information about the documents and visa. Then ask them how much processing time the visa will take and if the consul...
I petitioned my 2 unmarried children above 21 yo in April 2018 at the same time and I am a US Citizen. One case has an update in May 2024 that it was moved to ELIS while the other one has not been moved yet as of this writing. Will there be any difference in processing their ...
I was born in the Philippines. When I was 12, my mother sent me to live with her parents, my grandparents, or, as we say in Tagalog, lolo and lola. Lolo's name was Teofilo. When he legally emigrated to America and became a naturalized citizen, he changed his name from Teofilo to...
I am a Korean citizen currently living in the United States and recently got a work permit. So I am in the process of applying to renew my US visa so that I can visit my home country of Korea. My old student US visa expired a year ago. I filled out the DS-160 to make my visa...
Returning former Filipino citizen-a born Filipino with citizenship from another country. Balikbayan status-former Filipino citizens visiting the Philippines (balikbayans if they have given up, they need to provide proof of former Filipino citizenship). This is valid for one year and the applicant mus...
citizens, particularly for kidnapping in the coastal areas and outlying islands of the eastern part of the Malaysian state of Sabah and the southern Philippines. Indonesia has witnessed an increase in terrorist-related arrests and foiled plots, and several small-scale attacks and attempted attacks ...
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An immigrant is defined by the United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security as “[a]ny person lawfully in the U.S. who is not a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or person admitted under a nonimmigrant category”. Yet, refugees and other classes of migrants are differentiated in...
US policymakers had been willing to use American troops directly in the Philippines if necessary, but they welcomed not having to do so. "Much of the stigma of colonialism can be removed," stated a high-level State and Defense Department mission to Southeast Asia, "if, where necessary, ...