<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Shamrockdave2003 @ May 4 2006, 10:44 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Hi guys,
I have an update on this.
I'm a long way off applying for a visa - this is gonna be a long road methinks. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]
I have finnally got my Mrs to get off her ass and try and sort out her paper-work (she does have 3 kids to look after) anyway as you can see from earlier in this post basically my girl has a birth cert that says BABY GIRL!!! and not her name.
So she went to Manila yesterday to investigate how this can be fixed "City Hall" told her to go and see a laywer who said that she will need to pay 80,000 pesoes and it can take up to 6 months.
Here situation is different in that it's not an amendment but rather a new entry - what a nightmare 800 notes plus six months for a birth cert!!!!!!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img]
Anybody got any experience of this - do you think the lawyer is taking her for a ride or will i just have to pay up and let her get on with it.
Any ideas ?????
Help me please [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bigcry.gif[/img]
SD
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She didn't by perchance mention to the lawyer that she was married to a foreigner and wanted to go to the UK did she?
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That would explain the shafting with the 80,000 pesos. She will need to make enquiries as if she is just a poor girl wanting to to try and go overseas as a maid, which should get her more realistic prices for help.
Really, Filipinos will totally screw each other over if they think there is a buck to be made. Horrible people sometimes. I'm pretty sure she could go to the local town hall, or whatever they have, and get the birth certificate sorted. It is quite a common occurence for illiterate peasants in government office to have ballsed up important documentation years ago.
