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Australian Visitor Visa Subclass 600 (Overview)- More Visa Magic

Australian Visitor Visa Subclass 600 (Overview) This is the Australian Visitor Visa Subclass 600 overview article It contains all the general information pertaining to the visa subclass. Some have asked us how we can associate magic with the serious task…

mbannistAugust 14, 2017August 14, 2017 Applying For A Visa For Your Special Person, Australia, Visitor Visa General No Comments

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Maximizing Personal Safety Guide 2017

The Maximizing Personal Safety Guide is gleaned from station house memoranda a major form of communication within the PNP. In addition I have been privileged to spend many hours with local PNP officers, who are constantly refining the policy regarding…

mbannistAugust 8, 2017August 9, 2017 Expat and Visitor Safety, Philippines National Police No Comments

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Personal Safety Guidelines, Re-Visited

The personal safety guidelines are a valuable resource they were gleaned from suggestions, in newsletters and memorandum, of the Philippines National Police (PNP) and from talking with front line officers. They cover an array of situations sensibly and thoroughly. Unfortunately…

mbannistAugust 2, 2017August 2, 2017 Expat and Visitor Safety, Philippines National Police No Comments

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Site Down

If you have been trying to access the site during the last two days, it may have looked as if we no longer existed. Our hosting provider had a fatal error in the nonde where our site resided and had…

mbannistJuly 27, 2017July 30, 2017 Housekeeping and Information About Life Philippines No Comments

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Updated Contact Details For Bureau Of Immigration

Despite the recent reduction in working hours the Bureau has released updated contact details, to give us the widest possible array of contact options. You may now contact the Bureau using the following options in addition to a personal visit…

mbannistJuly 9, 2017July 9, 2017 Bureau Of Immigration Updates, Contact Details No Comments

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Bringing Them Home – Visa Magic Exposed

Come And Live With Me – Bringing Them Home. Bringing them home to visit or live in your homeland? The reasons for doing this can be numerous including but not confined to: Seeing your country and the places that are…

mbannistJuly 8, 2017 Applying For A Visa For Your Special Person, Australia No Comments

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Two New Road Safety Measures Come Into Effect This Month

Two New Road Safety Measures Two new road safety measures were recently implemented on Philippines roads. 1. The Republic Act No. 10913 known as the Anti-Distracted Driving Act came into effect on May 18 2017. The Act defines distracted driving…

mbannistMay 23, 2017 Philippines Law, Traffic Laws No Comments

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Reduced Working Hours At The Bureau of Immigration

If you have visits planned, the normal tactic of getting there early to get a heasdstart on other users, may no longer work, as reduced working hours, started yesterday. In a statement issued today the Bureau made the following announcement.…

mbannistMay 3, 2017 Bureau Of Immigration Updates No Comments

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This Years Annual Reporting Statistics

A summary of the statistics of this year’s annual report, which ended on March 3rd is available on the BI Official Site. Reporting was up by nearly 12%. So if you reported well done. if not then you can still…

mbannistApril 3, 2017April 4, 2017 Annual Report, Bureau Of Immigration Updates No Comments

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OFW’s – How To Get Your Philippines Driver’s License If You Are Not Here.

For those of you who have relatives, friends or spouses working as OFW’s and who were not able to collect their driver’s license at the time of issue The LTO has issued a notice to all OFW’s who have unclaimed…

mbannistApril 3, 2017April 4, 2017 Drivers Licenses, Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 Comments

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