Thanks for the reply, LadyJ. However, I sense that your comments relate to filipino nationals. I'm a UK citizen who has come to Phils on a visitor's visa, marrying here later this month, and intending to settle here permanently (I've sold all my possessions in UK (cars, house, etc), or shipped them to Phils. With Ruby, I have bought car, houses and other property here.
Charlwill, thanks for that advice ... but it wasn't what I wanted to hear! I know that if I have to return to UK, Ruby will want to come with me, and her UK visa has expired - so we will have to start with a visit to the UK embassy in Manila again!
One of the staff at the Davao Bureau of Immigration has said he will help us - but I suspect that will involve making significant 'honorarium' payments! I think I need to return and ask him some more specific questions.
