I'VE always loved the Philippines. I think it's just a special place and Manila is one of Asia's most spectacular cities.” American billionaire and now President-elect Donald Trump said this not as a foreign policy but as an endorsement that he gave in 2012 for the construction of his Trump Tower at Century City in Makati, Philippines. Trump is not a stranger to the Philippines, but most Filipinos do not know Trump has properties and investments in the country. Will this condominium project be one of those business holdings that Trump would have to divest to avoid a conflict of interest situation when he sits at the White House? More important for Filipinos to know is if his love for the Philippines, as professed at the start of the Trump Tower project, change with his foreign policy against suspected sources of terrorists and illegal immigrants. Would that love turn to rejection? Trump tagged the Philippines as a “terrorist nation” during his campaign speech against illegal immigrants last August. He said refugees from these “terrorist nations” should be barred from the United States. He went on to name the Philippines and other countries who have citizens who were arrested in the US for terrorism-related offenses. A Filipino who lived in California was arrested two years ago and found guilty of providing support to al-quada. Cabaero: Trump business in Philippines
How many refugees from the Philippines are there going to the US? The point he was making is the foreigners need to be vetted before being allowed into the US. Going through the (pain in the butt) VISA process accomplishes this. I doubt he intends to stop the VISA process, it is the unknown foreigners with unknown backgrounds waltzing into the country that he is worried about.
They kinda are....and they frequently overstay. We should probably not be relaxing any VISA procedures for the Philippines.
I agree, however there is room for improvement like removing/reducing the seemingly inconsistent and illogical denials for no apparent reason.
I would bet there are reasons for those that are denied, even if there seems to be no apparent reason. Spousal visas could be denied due to an inability to show the spouse could be supported, applications could be filled out improperly, requirements might be missing from those that aren't familiar with the process, tourist visas could be denied due to poor personal finances or no real reason to return to the Philippines, a guy may think that his marriage is legit but it could be blatantly obvious to others that it is a sham and the wife will bolt the second boots hit ground in the US. I'd say that most visas are denied for very real, logical and consistent reasons.
Wish there was a way to find out more details. Reading the forums there is often a case of wife for 10 years has a house and 3 businesses to come back to denied but 22 year old girlfriend for 2 months with no job and doesn't own anything gets a tourist Visa no problem. Doesn't appear to be any logic, although to the official reading the applications I suppose it may be obvious kinda like what you are saying. While not US, Canadian and Australian denials recently come to mind that surprised me.
Agreed, I know a guy who accidentally transposed a number wrong from his tax form and underestimated his income, so he had to refile one of the documents and increase his income. The the reduced number was more than sufficient to meet income requirements for a finance visa.
They wanted accurate information on the form? Sounds quite reasonable to me. The US is not a country that has a need for house wives, if you want to get them in expect to hit near perfection on application forms and related documents.
Not near perfection, perfection. When it doesn't change the outcome and delays things by months, I question the value of such a decision. It wouldn't be a big deal if the you could easily do the change, but this being the government it takes months.
