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Do you have her air ticket yet? Not sure where she is but EVA flies from Clark now, or Manila, to Taipei then Houston. It was the cheapest when I was shopping a few months ago but has gone up. Only problem is 8 hour layover in Taipei. A friend is flying EVA today Clark-Taipei-Seattle and it was only 750 USD. He is on his 9 hour layover right now.

I'm a member of Filipinos of San Antonio FB group. We hope to move there this year. They are having get- togethers every few weeks.

Well, Only In Da Philippines! Went to Olongapo NBI with appointment for AM. No line outside. Internet is down and they don't expect Globe to restore it until next week. Come back next week. Of course they will have a huge backlog now. Might look for another office not too far away.

Thanks! Got it!

If you arrive too early you will have to sit outside the compound next to the busy street. There are some concrete benches out there usually filled with people waiting to go in or waiting for others who are inside. And lots of hawkers selling goods and services. This is a reason not to go too early. When you are closer to your time, they will let you inside the compound where they have covered seating, and an organized way of letting people into the building. If it works for you, there are some AirBnbs in a building right across the street that are very convenient for an early appointment. Some hotels too, a few steps further.

Thanks, great advice, just what we needed. We are going to NBI in the morning.

My wife just made an appointment for NBI clearance. I want to make sure we get it all done properly, as far as her names. In the online sign up process, it asks for your maiden name to be the main name. Then it asks for your husbands surname. My wife was married before so she has had 3 surnames. Do we need to request that the NBI clearance covers all the surnames? I recall some discussions on this, but it was years ago, before the online process started. When she goes to NBI, does she request coverage of all the names? In her U.S. visa documents, I detailed her name changes. Any tips are appreciated.

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Another option you will have after filing all the visa paperwork is to request an expedite. One of the reasons that they might approve an expedite is if you are having to pay the costs of maintaining two residences, and it sounded like that might be your case. I used to do some trout fishing up in the Bridgeport area. Beautiful area! They might still have snow in the mountains when you get there, after all the heavy snow this year. I skied Lake Tahoe on July 4th one year!

@dle3452 Not sure where you are, but the embassy has outreaches where you can get notary services and other services. I did my "Affidavit in lieu of Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage For American Citizens" at an outreach, in 2015. They provide the form and the cost is $50. As other said, maybe you don't need the U.S. notary anymore, but I wanted to mention it. There is an outreach in Iloilo this week. https://ph.usembassy.gov/message-for-u-s-citizens-remote-services-in-iloilo-city-on-april-14-2023/ The U.S. Embassy’s American Citizen Services (ACS) team will visit Iloilo City on April 14 to provide services to U.S. citizens including: Notary services, Acceptance of Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) applications, and Acceptance of U.S. passport applications. Please note that many passport renewals can be submitted by mail—visit https://ph.usembassy.gov/passports/ for details. While all applicants are welcome to attend, personal appearances are only required for: Applications by minors under age 18 (both parents must also appear, if possible), Replacement of lost or stolen passports, First-time passport applications, or the first application after age 16, and Applications to renew a passport issued more than 15 years ago. The Embassy has received confirmation that the Philippines Bureau of Immigration will attend this event.

If you do need additional photos for any reason I recommend the chain called Photoline. They are in most malls. I have visited 3 locations and they all knew of country specific requirements for U.S., NZ and AU. 90 pesos for several 2X2 and 1X1. Ready quickly. If you wore the wrong shirt they will photoshop one in!

I live in the Philippines. Everyone has missed something important here. Don't use regular load and regular data to communicate. That is money down the drain. 1. Get her load by whatever means suggested. Send her some cash and have her buy it, or Western Union, Xoom, etc. Send her p500, at least, and have her load it. 2. After she has the load, then have her buy a data plan that does not expire. SMART and Globe both have them. On SMART it is called Magic Data. 2 GB 99. 6 GB 199. 24 GB 399. 24 GB lasts me 8-9 months and I use it a lot. Google maps in the car, etc. They also have 36 and 48 GB. Globe has a similar product that never expires. 3. Use an app to call all over the world. I use Facebook messenger for friends and family in the U.S. but there are others. Every Filipina has FB.

I think the lawyer gave you bad advice and the link is for a agent who charges an outrageous fee. This is the correct website and it costs $20.30 all in: https://www.psaserbilis.com.ph/Census/Payment#!

Just bought the Kindle version of the book https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Change-Rarely-Teach-College-ebook/dp/B0BXBDZ3D9

I lived West Pembroke Pines, West Broward, and in 2003-2006 most of my neighbors were Hispanic, middle of the road, as far as I could tell. Who knows what they are like now, but most of Florida is reddish now. She still survives.

I'm not familiar with Garcia but I lived in Wasserman-Shultz's district 2003-2006. I think she was elected in 2004 and has had a few scandals. I don't understand how she keeps getting elected. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1634079187131572224?s=20

We did our W7 at the Angeles Acceptance Agent, at RAO, in 2015. See info below. Call ahead and go over what you need to bring, then make an appointment to make sure the ITIN person will be there when your wife goes. Normally only one visit is required. The ITIN lady typed up the W7 for us. They know what they are doing. There is a small charge but I don't think it was much. Very common that your wife will not receive the hard copy ITIN in the Philippine postal system, which is very bad. The agent gets U.S. postal mail directly from the U.S. Embassy, and they will get a copy. If your wife never receives it by postal mail, you can get a copy from them. https://1925mcarthur.wixsite.com/raoangeles IRS CERTIFYING AGENT FOR ITIN'S: WE ARE THE IRS CERTIFYING AGENT FOR THE PHILIPPINES AND CAN PROCESS YOUR ITIN REQUIREMENTS… THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF ITIN’S BUT ALL MUST BE FOR TAX PURPOSES… THE MOST COMMON IS FOR A JOINT TAX RETURNS; REQUIREMENTS ARE: ITIN APPLICANT MUST APPEAR IN PERSON, MUST HAVE A MARRIAGE LICENSE/ CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE, HAVE A CURRENT PASSPORT (APPLICANT) IF NO PASSPORT, TWO OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS! NATIONAL ID CARD/CURRENT DRIVERS LICENSE/MILITARY ID CARD/VOTERS ID ARE ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS… PROVIDE AN UNFILED IRS 1040/1040X… NOTE: SPOUSE NAME ON 1040 MUST BE SAME AS ON SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (PASSPORT/OTHER) AND CAN USE THE MARRIED OR SINGLE NAME… WE WILL PREPARE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS ATTACH YOUR TAX RETURN AND SEND TO IRS VIA PRIORITY MAIL… DURING COVID, IT TAKES AROUND 3 MONTHS TO PROCESS… IF YOU ARE EXPECTING A REFUND, IT WILL GO TO THE ADDRESS/BANK LISTED ON YOUR IRS FORM 1040… IRS WILL MAIL APPLICANT AND US A COPY OF THE ITIN… USUALLY WE RECEIVE OUR COPY FIRST AND WILL NOTIFY YOU UPON RECEIPT… WE PROCESS ITIN APPLICATION BETWEEN 1000 -1300HRS M-F EXCEPT HOLIDAYS… IF ANY QUESTIONS CALL (045) 888-2748 OR 09495037332 AND ASK TO SPEAK TO AN ITIN REPRESENTATIVE…

Southern California Covered In 6 Feet Of Global Warming https://babylonbee.com/news/southern-california-covered-in-6-feet-of-global-warming Biden is on his way to comfort the people of California! Just like Ohio. Oh, wait, I'm having a dementia moment!

Greta!

Saint Great with the toy her parents gave her on her 3rd birthday. Hooked for life! I found this with the heading "The most annoying gifts to give to someone else's kid."

Thanks for the reminder. I knew that but forgot. So I deleted my oldest 3 pictures and sure enough, I got the popup. Here is a screenshot of the message and also of my Chrome extensions.

I keep getting the popup saying I am using an ad blocker, and I am not. Using Chrome. Started ~ a month ago and keeps getting worse. Almost every time I switch screens, sometimes. See attached. Well, no attachment because the simple screenshot that I cropped is not allowed due to size, 121 kb.

So it appears that OpenAI is just another outlet for left wing woke bias. This is from Twitter. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1628302051582279686?s=20 Tried to post screenshots but too big.

Yes, but a foreign driver has to pay it, whereas a U.S. driver has a choice. I used to always just use the insurance provided by my Mastercard. Need to look into that.