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Typhoon update 8 December 2014

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 8, 2014 | Philippines

Typhoon Ruby (Cyclone Hagupit) is heading our way still. As you can see it’s taken 5 days to get this far. Not in a hurry at all. From the looks of things it will still be blowy for another 48 hours. We expect it to hit us where we are later this evening, and...

Typhoon Ruby

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 5, 2014 | Philippines, Uncategorized

Dear Clients Friday (5/12/2014) afternoon here. Just letting you all know that Typhoon Ruby is on the way. Right now it’s all calm, but will get quite blowy over the weekend. There seem to be four different opinions where the typhoon’s path will be. They...

Divorce in the Philippines – Part 4

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 13, 2014 | Perry Gamsby, Philippines, Relationship Issues

As we said at the beginning of this series of articles on ending marriage in the Philippines, the usual way most people go about it is to either obtain a Declaration of Absolute Nullity (because the marriage was void from the beginning and thus never happened in the...

Divorce In The Philippines – Part 3

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 18, 2014 | Perry Gamsby, Philippines, Relationship Issues

A lot of people get divorced in the Philippines. Well, not quite. Let me clarify that statement. A lot of Filipinos get divorced, but not all of them do it in the Philippines. Many, like the rich and famous, ‘artistas’ or celebrities as we’d call them, fly...

Divorce In The Philippines – Part 2

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 2, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Perry Gamsby, Philippines, Relationship Issues

So, how much does it cost to end a marriage in the Philippines? The simple answer is… a lot. At least by Filipino standards. It is so much that it is beyond the financial reach of most Filipino couples. There are a lot of people co-habiting in what we would refer to...

Filipina lady on a tourist visa. Problems at the airport?

by Jeff Harvie | Sep 1, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Philippines, Practical Issues, Tourist Visas, Visa Grants

Your Filipina lady (ie. your girlfriend, fiancée or wife) will be traveling to Australia on an Australia tourist visa (aka Australian Visitor Visa). Will she have any problems at the Philippines airport on departure? The issue of human trafficking comes up in the...