Obviously that yardstick is not used in The Philippines...
Yes there are hundreds of bylaws, which have been pushed through without any pubblicity.
If you say that you didn't know about something, the official reply is....
ignorance is not an excuse or a mitigating factor.
To make sure that Jet is not delayed in her application, I researched and made numerous phone calls to Home Office, IND, UKVACS, Embassy in Manila, Italian Consulate in Manchester (even I have to go to Manchester sometime...), Italian Embassy in Manila... I forgot how many times I had to hold while they were having a cuppa, or how many times I hung up in desperation, because the guy or the lady at the other end either didn't understand a word in the Queen's English, and gave a garbled answer in the most obnoxious accent, or wasn't bothered to give the right information.
I have to admit that, (without ADMIN coercion) (how about a few bob, keith?), without this site, and Pete's, I would not have known where to start looking.
But as they say.......... It ain't over till the fat lady sings...
