Thanks guys for some of your very honest and fair replies, I know this thread originally was about the British Consul coming down to the provinces, it seems at first sight the information given to me was a bum steer as we call it.

Thats sorted out now, but one thing I am dreading, is that if I do meet the consul and there is lots of Brits around, they will want to know where I live, now i don't know how some of you feel about this, (And please be honest) I don't want other Brits to know where I live, to be fair, I would be happy to invite any forum member here at this forum to my place, if we live close enough, its good to associate, but I don't want to invite other British to my house, lets be fair, they are strangers.

You would not invite them here in UK, and why should you do it there, I have like some of you a Filipino family, and I know what would happen, my Filipino relatives would dissapear as fast as you could say, Abu Sayyaf.

In fact, when I am in the house, some of my Filipino relatives seem to stay away, and don't come, but the minute I am back in UK, they seem to flock to see Gina, which is fine, but I think my Gina tells them, Pete is here to rest, don't bother us, when he is relaxing, which is fine by me.

But thanks for your replies, its an interesting subject.