Yesterday we drove to Liloy to collect Jasmin's annulment Decree, it has been a long journey. Our physical served to illustrate a lot about the Philippines, you see the local elections are coming up in May and it is quite amazing that project that have been dormant for some time are now being hurriedly completed in order to garner votes.
There were a number of roadworks on our route and you have to laugh at the lack of warning, sign such as "Roadworks Ahead", where sign is placed at the edge of a hole, or "Bridge Under Repair" where there is no bridge in sight, perhaps the worker can't read English because a few miles earlier there was a bridge under repair and the sign said Roadworks.
You still get emergency vehicles held up by tricycles travelling at 20 KPH and buses and minivans stopping on corners. We even saw one mini bus with a goat standing on top, struggling to keep its feet, they have no respect for animals.
Our lawyer gave us a certified copy of the court documents but the copier must have been low on ink as they are are to read. We still have one vital document missing and that is a correction to the entry in the National Statistic office (NSO) to return her to single status so we can get married in Cyprus, she has promised this for next month so we should be all right time wise.
We now know that Jasmins son Jay will continue to carry the surname of his Father it seems once your name is registered you are stuck with it for the rest of your life. Our task now is to gather documents from NSO and then Jasmin and Jay can apply for his passport next week.
We should be in a posit ion in the middle of February to apply for a visa to Cyprus, I have obtained an Affidavit of their dependency on me which should support their visa applications which we will submit to the embassy as soon as passports are available. My Affidavit will we authorised by the department of Foreign affairs when Jasmin applies for Jays passport.
We are on a very tight schedule, stress levels are very high but until their visa are approved we cannot book tickets or commit to renting an apartment which means costs are going up if we want to move in March
David Ogden
Dipolog city
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