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Haha, I knew there was one exception that I would be called out for.

As a general rule, I try and stay away from airlines with "China" in the name. Between the hassle in China and the rough nature of the clientele, there are better options.

Changing (if desired) to the new married last name at AOS is normal. You have the marriage certificate to make that happen. In future steps dealing with the Philippines, ROM, a new updated PH passport in the married name, and dual citizenship will require the Philippine naming structure of (First Name) (Dad's Last Name) (Married Last Name). Some people want their names to be the same for US and PH purposes. The tricky part is the middle name. At AOS, some US immigration officers allow the change in middle name and some do not. If they don't, then you will have a mismatch between the updated PH passport name and the Green Card. You have to carry your marriage certificate with you should you travel overseas. All that can be fixed during citizenship, as you can change your name to what ever you want. It is part of the process if you desire. The US would not allow the change in middle name for my wife, so she had a mismatched middle name on her PH passport and green card. It was fixed to PH standard during her citizenship process because that what she wanted. There have been lots of threads in the past about this issue.

The most prolific four countries for issuing visas in 2021 were Mexico, China, Dominican Republic, and Philippines. Given that list, it is pretty apparent why they would choose Manila.

The advice for this has always been that you can fill it out for her, but she needs to log in to sign & submit. If you do it and the IP tag is Boise, Frog Lick KY, or Manhattan, then they will know it wasn't her, and that jacks up the attestation and certification.

I'll just point out one thing. Your wife needs to travel on her new US passport until she files for dual citizenship and receives her new Philippine passport. Her old PH passport is null and void once she became a US citizen. Don't use the old PH passport to visit the Philippines.

For current and future travel with a Philippine passport: https://visaguide.world/visa-free-countries/filipino-passport/

I was stationed in Pearl Harbor for 4 years over 30 years ago. I vowed to never return. I've kept that vow.

Airalo, and other esim companies like them, can make life a little easier.

Cebu Pacific had a one day Super Pass sale on Thursday the 28th. You could buy up to 10 passes for 99P each. When you book an upcoming flight, you apply the voucher and pay all the normal fees and taxes. I have purchased and used these vouchers or passes in the past.

I didn't think of that scenario. I reread and reinterpreted the phrase, "My lesbian wife...", and I now see what may have been asked. If she is a spouse in a same-sex marriage, then, yeah, she would need an onward ticket if she arrived with her spouse for the reasons detailed above.

Too much non-relevant info and not enough details. First, being a member of the Alphabet Tribe has no bearing on whether she needs a return ticket. Secondly, is she an American citizen? This would be simple: If she is a returning green-carded Filipino, then no. If she is an American (or non-Filipino), then yes. If she is a former Filipino, then no (Balkbayan). If you're Filipino and she is non-Filipino and you are traveling together, then no (Balikbayan) That covers all the scenarios I could think of. If she a crossdressing, gay, African-American, combat veteran with one leg and eye, the above still holds.

Good luck if you go the annulment route. You're looking at a couple of years and $5K+ (if you're lucky.) Mindanao judges have been fairly liberal in granting annulments in the past, but there have been crack downs on the process in the past. Either way, you'll need Pesos and patience.

I used to work in Trona nearly 20 years ago where you could see that peak. There are lot of interesting things (and dangerous) up in those mountains if you knew where to look. The company owned a limestone quarry due west of Telescope Peak. There was absolutely nothing around. There was nothing but rocks, sand, and scrub brush. It was utterly desolate. However, if you go up into the hills, you could find these little pockets where there would be artesian water flowing. It was both weird and amazing at the same time to discover a mini water fall or stream in the middle of nowhere.

I don't know which program you are using, but when I open the file in VLC I usually get a news program from Ukraine. I simply hit stop (the square), and then a list is shown. The link or file populates your playlist when you first open it. Whatever program you have, stop whatever is playing and look for the playlist. The playlist will have thousands of options. After that, use the search function to find what you're looking for. You could also simply scroll through all the channels from Accion Mexicana to Zoo Moo. Even farther if you can read Greek, Russian, Chinese, and/or Korean.

In an effort to answer the question, here is a possible solution. If she has a video player on her computer that supports live streaming such as VLC or KODI, there are free IPTV resources. Github has a collection of publicly available IPTV channels that can be streamed. I just looked, and there are 10,705 channels from all over the world. Different playlists are available that cull out what you want by category, country, language or region. To access, insert the following link into the requested URL for the network stream within the video program: https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/index.m3u Once VLC or similar program opens the file, you will see all the links. Then you can find what floats your boat. I assume it somewhere between Fox and AL-Jazeera. No MSNBC, but there has to something in there that you approve of like CBS-LA.

May I suggest you turn on MSNBC. It might reduce your tantrums from alternate suggestions.

Now that is funny.

I got to say that 2 hours could be tight. If your international and domestic flights leave from the same terminal, it will be tight. You will have to hustle. Immigration varies from "ok" lines to "holy #######" this is ugly. It is dependent on time of day and number of flight arrivals. If you have to change terminals, then you really need to hustle and pray. One unknown is the new immigration procedures (they ask more questions) and how that may or may not affect the time to get through immigration. Worse case, you take the next flight to CDO. No big deal. Grab is your friend.

Given the combative nature of all of his posts, I believe he might be the guy who changes his forum name from time to time. I can't remember all the previous names, but I do recognize the writing style.

I went to Landers on Thursday. They were working on stocking the shelves with Christmas decor.

How did she get a Philippine passport in her married name without a ROM? Something is not right in your fact pattern.

Maybe it is diversity, but more likely it is because of the higher fees they can charge. Some colleges actively recruit foreign students in order to fund the school that would otherwise be defunct.

I agree that it is much tougher in the Philippines. (Houston hadn't start doing them before I moved.). My local BI office processes 13As, but it does not do interviews. I submitted the required paperwork only to find there were more requirements. One of those requirements was an information worksheet in lieu of the interview. One of the questions was "name five things that you do not like about your wife." Additionally, I needed a notarized statement attesting to the truthfulness of the submitted information. A notarized statement attesting to truthfulness of an informational worksheet that states the five things I hate about my wife is a little over the top. It's on hold until sometime in the future. I maybe dumb, but I'm not stupid. So, Balikbayan it is until forced into something else. I asked my wife why would they limit it to only five. My recovery is expected to be slow and painful...

Merry Christmas everyone. At lunch today, I heard Christmas music. I imagine displays will be up over the next few weeks. (If you know, you know)