Crispin Aranda
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Fact-checking immigrant visa interviews at US Embassy Manila (opens the original)
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THURSDAY last week, I personally checked the visa applicants’ lines at the United States Embassy in Manila to see for myself if the reports on social media and major newspapers are true and compare it with how interviews were conducted at the same consular post before the 45th and 47th tenure of the White House occupant — as well as the gap between the two Trump administration records. Truth is, as Plato credited Heraclitus, “all things pass and nothing stays, and comparing existing things to th
Visa issuance to Filipinos, here and in US (opens the original)
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OK, technically, Filipinos in the United States are not given visas but rather admitted as lawful permanent residents when they apply for adjustment of status instead of going through consular processing. In both cases, they are counted as visa recipients in the State Department’s visa statistics table. The green card journey cruises along a visa expressway that stretches from the Manila Bay across the Pacific Ocean into tollgates assigned to each visa category at US Port of entries. Yearly quot
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