monsterbys

You can agree on that.
You have ONE experience, and although embassies are known to do things differently they don't randomly ask you to comply with a 221g request for a document they do not want.
I see this all the time. Passing through an embassy although giving you experience, does not mean you can speak for the embassy. The embassy has communicated their requirements to OP. That is the only indisputable fact here.

Manila is a jungle (no offense meant manileños), cebu should be okay. Its got a little bit of everything. Good food, city life & ver nice beaches and not that expensive and crowded compared to manila. That should keep you busy if ever that person doesnt show up. Do not give her cash, i repeat do not give her cash lol. And dont fall into the "i need to bring my cuzin with me" line...

Processing estimates moved up from aug 22 to 21 to 20! Yaaayyy!!! ??