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12 hours ago, David & Diana R said:

Please understand I am wondering where you are getting your information from.  Of course, I hope you are wrong but maybe you know something I don't.  I have heard that the PI is working on allowing foreigners in who are fully vaccinated to enter and this hopefully will happen by July 1 to mid-July..I hope you are wrong.  Of course no one knows because PI keeps changing the rules daily.  I just saw an article that less than 3% of Filipinos have been vaccinated to date.  That is a terrible track record and it's no wonder the pandemic is out of control there right now.  Of course I, having been vaccinated, cannot bring the disease to the Philippines nor can I catch it nor can I transmit it to anyone else.  So Duterte is losing his mind as his people literally starve and suffer. I guess we'll have to just wait and see.

I am getting my information from only have 2.90% of the population vaccinated, it is silly slow. If you look at the chart that came out in May they planned on having 70 million vaccinated, and now have already lowered it to 58 million.  This chart has been out over one month and they have 3% of population vaccinated.  The issue is they just don't have any vaccines to give out.  I am too hoping they open up soon, but June/July timeframe is a pipe dream.  I am hoping by early 2022 if we get lucky:

Philippines: COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker | ABS-CBN News

18 hours ago, Adventine said:

Keep in mind that the PH national elections are also scheduled in mid 2022. Depending on the outcome and who gets elected president, there may be civil unrest around that time.

Civil Unrest? Can you please define or provide and example 

Are we talking complete shutdown of the country with no movement from the people?

Are we talking bombings?

I have been watching and I am thinking it  maybe some time in mid 2022 or maybe 2023 before the Philippines opens back up for tourism.  

Vaccines are dreadfully slow to get rolled out in the Philippines.

18 hours ago, David & Diana R said:

Aloha Ruben, 

I just realized this was you.  This is your friend from Maui, David.  Gonna try it again.  Once, if ever the Philippines opens again.  Good luck on your progress.

That could be sometime in 2023 before they open back up.  I am hoping sometime in early to mid 2022.

On 6/9/2021 at 11:15 AM, Commish10 said:

I'm having some testing and hoping for the best. But if I should have a protracted illness, would the embassy expedite my fiancee's visa to care for me?

I chatted with a girl who US Fiance applied and was denied, so he applied again and this time he claimed it was causing him mental issues due to the surgery and was approved.  

So I guess it's best to also mention it causing mental issues such as : Depression, Anexiety, etc to help support the expedite. 

8 hours ago, RO_AH said:

The rules say that it is doable. But the word given down to the Consulate's is that foreigners are not allowed without an exemption AND the reason for the exemption must be urgent or essential. Here is the exact wording:

 

Pursuant to the Philippine Bureau of Immigration's latest Travel Advisory, all foreign nationals are still prohibited from entering the Philippines, except for those who are exempted pursuant to the latest directives of the Office of the President and/or resolution by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

 

Foreign nationals who wish to be reunited with their Filipino families may seek an endorsement for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) entry exemption (EE) if you feel that your situation warrants urgent and essential travel. 

 

I just filed for mine and it was 17 pages of documents that I had to send. If you want more information and the requirements for this elusive exemption you can PM me . I will update people once I get approved or denied. This is at the end of what they sent me.

 

Should we find your request valid, we will endorse your request to DFA. Please note that there is no guarantee on the approval of the issuance of an entry exemption.

 

First you need to satisfy the Consulate and then they will forward it along to the DFA who may still deny you.

Can't your wife just meet you somewhere and you get a visa and just fly into Philippines and do the Balikbayian Visa Stamp?

1 hour ago, FSCJ-2018 said:

Hello!!

It's been awhile since I last posted, so forgive me if my post is placed in the wrong area. Nevertheless, I felt my question is part of the COVID-19 way all government offices in the both US or abroad are conducting business.

My question:  I am interested in learning has anyone recently or in 2020 had to register their marriage to the Philippines Counsel /Embassy ? If so, what was the process like? And, has anyone married their spouse outside the US, such as Canada, then moved to the US and then had to register in the US? 

 

Thank you..

US has no register

You are not required to file ROM it's optional and in my opinion,  a waste of time and energy for the most part.