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Getting my CFO Guidance and Counseling Certificate – Part 2 of 2

Here is part two of this post.  It is about the rule implemented in order to protect Filipinos from human trafficking, but it is also a story about how our bureaucracy makes good intentions into a stressful affair.  All Filipinos in relationships with foreigners need a certificate to be allowed to leave the country. You […]

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Travel Journal

Getting my CFO Guidance and Counseling Certificate – Part 1 of 2

I was at the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA-Davao because I had to request a change of surname in my passport due to marriage and to renew it. I already had the set of requirements as texted by a friend who had done the same process. I braved the early morning queue outside the […]