Perhaps the global recession has helped speed up the visas.
I hear the tourist numbers are still very much lower in the Philippines than a couple of years ago.
As money is tight, there will be less romantic meetings in the Philippines than before also.
The cost of flights are not coming down yet.
The people in the British embassy could be less stressed at work as a result and able to settle visa applications more quickly.
Perhaps they are concerned about future cutbacks and redundancies with the new cost-cutting measures the government have introduced recently.
If there are cutbacks, the time to process visas could increase again in the future.
Originally Posted by aposhark
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