Quote Originally Posted by oOokhlareeceoOo View Post
It only applies if you are in the Philippines to women applying for their passport using their foreign spouse names. And all are required before they leave the country.
That seems a little ambiguous.

My wife left the Philippines using her passport, in her maiden name, although we were married and travelling together. She of course had an exit stamp.

I suspect that if a person is travelling with a westerner they maybe less likely to attract problems.