Done at Immigration 3/5/2010
We just got home from immigration and wanted to share the blessings with every body.
On Wednesday we called and they said our visa was approved and we could pick it up on Thursday. So Thursday we went down and submitted our passports so they could be stamped. We turned them in and came back 4 hours later to pick them up. After we got them we wanted to work on applying for our I-card renewal. We were under the impression that this would take another 2 weeks so we wanted to get it started right away. After several different windows and offices, and fees they said "come back tomorrow at 11:30 and you can pickup your new I card. We were very surprised and happy. So today went back and picked up our I cards.
Any person who has a visa in the Philippines but is leaving the county has to pay a fee to keep their visa, called an Exit Clearance. So while we were there anyhow we decided to go ahead and get the exit clearance done today. It meant several more hours of waiting but we got that done too. Part of the time we were waiting they had some kind of a Catholic service that has to do with the approaching Holy week. The singing and such was loud enough that sitting beside each other we had to shout to hear each other.
Now we are home. We are tired and both have a headache but we are glad that we are technically done with immigration requirements till next January!!! God has been good to us and although we hit some rough spots everything was done in plenty of time for furlough. Praise God.
Thank you all for all your many prayers on our behalf during these events.
Posted by Jeff Stutzman on Mar 5, 03:42 AM
