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I can see both sides to the argument. Some people will always see the glass as half full while others see it as half empty. I myself can be a bit negative at times. ;) Being a sponsor I don't see it as the government doing us a favor, but more as an obligation to citizens who have found their...

Very sorry to hear that you also are looking at another lonely Christmas. I think there may be a lot of us in that category. For me any time away from a wife or husband is too long, ... but being realistic and giving people time to do their jobs I'd say a year after the document package is...

She's going though Manila, and both her and her son sent in their passports and pictures right at the beginning with the rest of our documents. We do feel we're not far off but there's so much stress right now in not knowing what to do about Christmas. Regardless of if she's here or not I cant...

I definitely wasn't educated enough when it came to the wait times. In fact I was very naive as far as how long the entire thing would take. We both were, .... but regardless knowing what we do now we'd still both do it all over again. I had options in Canada as well, and any one of them would...

Don't get me wrong Creampop I don't want scammers or frauds here any more than anyone else does. As you said they cost us all money, but seems sometimes the innocent are hurt while things are scrutinized so heavily. My wife just pointed out in one of the Manila forums the other day how a sponsor...

Point taken scylla, - with us however we have so many pictures on fb of the time I spent there, and me with my various nephews, nieces, sister in laws, brother in laws, new friends etc, plus my wife and I have shared a lot of cute stuff with one another's families. It could just act as another...

Maybe something as simple as asking couples to share their social site accounts with the officers could clear up the genuine from the red flag types easier. If they look at Facebook for instance and see how the interaction is and has been, as well as how you interact with one another's families...

Well yes, and another thought is how many genuine couples get driven to bankruptcy while being forced to wait longer than they should need to?

This is something I've wondered about for a long time and I'm certain has also been on other peoples minds as months and sometimes years go by for husbands and wives living in other countries due to what seem like very excessive wait times. What is it about approving things that takes so much...

I think you pretty much hit the nail right on the head with this assessment. For people who have worked most of their lives for a couple of hundred pesos a day, to suddenly be able to work for around $10.50 and hour as minimum wage is a huge step up, and as you said a lot of what they make will...

A man will dress himself for comfort, ... but comfort is not always sexy :o ;D

It may not be right, but to me it seems if two people of equal qualifications, (or even if the Canadian is higher qualified) apply for the same position in an awful lot of cases the immigrant gets the job. When my son finished high school he finished on the honor roll and with three separate...

It's not the kind of gift that lasts very long but the memories can last a lifetime ;)

Or maybe if you don't feel like buying material things, a night or two away in a honeymoon suite, .. you know, .. one of those with the big heart shaped Jacuzzi for two, a bottle of wine, candles, King size bed. Maybe that sounds a bit sappy but I'd consider it a great Christmas gift. ;D

Well I don't really know if I speak for any other guys but I always kind of wanted a new Corvette. ;D Okay, .. That might be a bit much, so how about new electric shaver, or Apple TV box, Android tablet, ... you know, .. that sort of stuff, ... toys for big boys.

We're hoping my wife doesn't have a hard time finding work once she has what ever she needs to, so she can start putting in resumes. As I told her, maybe she'll have to take anything available to start with, Tim Horton's, WalMart, Target, MacDonnald's, etc, etc, and then she can apply around...

I'm sure your bf will understand, and knows you want to work. It's just a temporary thing because you still don't have the legal documents so you can find a job. To me that's the big thing, ... knowing your partner wants to work and help out. :) My ex (from a 20 year marriage) worked for the...

I'm very curious about this one also. We expect DM any day now, but don't know if there's any chance that she and my stepson can have their passports and visas in hand in time to be with us for Christmas even if the DM happened by Monday.

Thank you so much!! That takes a lot off our minds. I was also thinking that might be possible but didn't know if he had to sign for the PR card personally once it arrives. ;D

Hello, There is a question that my wife and I have tried to find an answer to, and I hope someone on here can give us an answer to how all of this works. Here's the situation, My step-son who is included in our paperwork as still a minor, is in College in Manila on a scholarship. I believe he...