My wife just recently renewed her Philippine passport with no problem.
I am not an attorney but if your wife was born in the U.S. then she
would be a U.S. citizen and would therefore get a U.S. passport.
--- In LivingInThePhilippi
>
> I believe your wife's lawyer, who knows "someone on the inside from
> the Bureau of Immigration" is wrong. Most likely the "someone on
the
> inside" is a janitor who heard someone complain about not being able
> to get a balikbayan stamp (NOT a visa)in their passport
and "assumed"
> they were going to cease and desist henceforth.
>
> Pure babble, my friend. If they ceased issuing a balikbayan stamp
for
> returning Filipino's spouses this would have a detrimental effect on
> the tourist industry in the RP.
>
> Also I believe it would take a Presidential decree or a new law and
it
> would not be within the power of the Bureau of Immigration to
rescind
> the rules as they apply now.
>
> There is no way that I know of for you to "renew" your balikbayan
> stamp in your passport. This is something you receive in your
> passport when you arrive at the customs desk in the airport. I
think
> you are getting confused.
>
> Jack
>
> PS Who is this attorney? We may want to note his name for future
> reference. If he believes all the rumors he hears from "someone",
> perhaps you will want to shop for a new, more qualified attorney.
> Just my humble opinion.
>
>
>
> --- In LivingInThePhilippi
>
> >
> > This rings of fabrication and misleading information, which is
not
> > unusual.
> >
> > Larry in Dumaguete
> >
> >
> > --- In LivingInThePhilippi
> >
> > >
> > > My wife was told by her lawyer who knows someone on the inside
from
> > > the Bureau of Immigration, that they will no longer be issuing
> > > balikbayan visas from December 2007 onwards. Has anyone of you
> > > seeking a balikbayan stamp recently encountered a problem upon
> > arrival
> > > at the airport?
> > >
> > > My wife, who was born in the US but with Filipino parentage, is
> > having
> > > trouble renewing her old Filipino passport(obtained when she
was 2
> > > years old). Apparently, there is no record of her birth in the
> > > National Statistics Office here. This means that the Philippine
> > > consulate in New York most likely lost their 1960s records. We
> > hired a
> > > lawyer to follow up her papers in the Department of Foreign
> > Affairs.
> > > Almost a year has gone and still no progress.
> > >
> > > Thus, we have to renew our balikbayan visas soon. If this
piece of
> > > news is true, then we have to obtain tourist visas, pay fees
etc..
> > > Does anyone have any news?
> > >
> >
>
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