Experiences with embassies in the Philippines.

Why is he writing Duterte about German immigration laws and practices? He can do nothing about German immigration law and he has no say over their Embassy (other than if it is allowed to even be there).

There is also a reason why potential Filipino immigrants are so heavily scrutinized. They are coming from a pretty lawless country and have a high propensity towards violence at the slightest transgression. Most also do not have the financial ability to support themselves while traveling to any European country (and many have absolutely no idea how much it actually costs in the West). The chances of a Filipino needing to be taken care of by the taxpayer of the country they are visiting is very high in the likelihood that they overstay their visa or apply for political asylum.

There is also good reason for embassies to be skeptical of documents from the Philippine government. It is very cheap to have any document changed to something more favorable for immigration purposes. Corruption is massive in the Philippines and you only have to ask around a bit to find someone who knows someone who can change anything on your paperwork.

This letter is much more likely to make Philippine visas for German/Western expats much harder to obtain or maintain than it is to change anything about German immigration law since the only thing Duterte can do is change up Philippine immigration law. This guy is playing with fire by writing Duterte about such things. Not a very well thought out plan.

 

Also:

Screw this guy. Calling on the Philippine government to murder people who he does not agree with. p*ss on him.

 

Even saying "chase them away" is very inconsiderate to other people who need the embassy's services. It's basically like saying "I didn't get my way so screw everyone else."

I understand that getting a Schengen visa can be difficult. Are we sure she submitted and met ALL the requirements? Or did this couple forget a few things?

It wasn't written in German. When you say the phrase "hunt these people" in English you aren't talking about a fun little chase around the block. You kill things you hunt...and putting it into context with everything that has been going on in the Philippines, the glowing review the man gave of Duterte's work and the very obvious anger shown in the message it is not a huge leap to think the guy is calling for the murder of the officials.

If you are going to write a letter to a head of state in a language that is not your first it is a REALLY good idea to have a native speaker proofread what you wrote....especially when the head of state is well known for not giving a crap about human rights and murdering people.

Why doesn't the guy just marry the girl? Problem solved.

Yeah, I don't think allowing poor unskilled labor in to a country all willy nilly is a good thing.

 

I believe this couple was trying to get a Visa before getting married. But for some reason I think I remember it also mentioning something about visiting family. Maybe it was denied because they weren't getting their story straight. Is it a fiance visa or a visa to go meet family? They are two different things that have different requirements.

Personally, I think it is more than likely user error. Especially when they have such a short fuse.