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May I ask how old the kids are? My stepdaughter was 17 when we started her IR2 but we have been postponing. She will probably be 19 when she interviews. I'm wondering if my wife will be allowed to attend the interview with her.

I've had bad experiences with LBC tracking but nothing got lost. Strange that the Embassy keeps switching couriers, and different departments use different couriers. Might not be about service but just about the $, and annual contracts. Back when I got my daughter's CRBAs and passports (2014 and 2016) U.S. citizens services was using Air21 and we had good service. When we sent in my wife's passport for her tourist visa renewal, we were required to use 2Go. Terrible experience and a neighbor had the same. Disappeared for over a week. I can't remember who they used to send it back but it was ok. Last June when we went to the Embassy to renew my daughter's passport, they used Air21 to return it, and good service again.

Are you sure about that? I hope not. @Kawika & Michelle I have not used LBC recently but their tracking was not good then. I found Aftership.com to have more information and updated more often than the LBC tracking. https://www.aftership.com/track

Reminds me of Buddy Holly! That’ll Be the Day

I have not seen any Bad Lip Readings recently. This is hilarious!

MG and AOC. A marriage made in heaven?

That criminal activity has nothing to do with actual need for a wall. The build should not need private donations. Those guys preyed on the sentiments of many Americans that a wall is needed. NPR. I never go to their site because they are so biased, so while I was there, I searched Hunter Biden. Nothing about recent developments. Their last mention was in February: Former Twitter officials denied claims the U.S. government and Joe Biden's presidential campaign were involved in the social network's controversial, short-lived decision to block users from sharing a New York Post story about Biden's son Hunter just weeks before the 2020 election. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155491204/ex-twitter-officials-reject-gop-claims-of-government-collusion In December, they wrote about the Twitter files: Elon Musk is using the Twitter Files to discredit foes and push conspiracy theories https://www.npr.org/2022/12/14/1142666067/elon-musk-is-using-the-twitter-files-to-discredit-foes-and-push-conspiracy-theor

Add to that a huge mental health problem, especially in younger people, and over medication of same, all to the benefit of big pharma.

Welcome to the Philippines! Sorry, off topic.

I've got a suggestion for a very permanent disablement they could use that involves a French technique.

For those that don't know, Lander's is Costco warehouse style store here in the Philippines. They opened a giant new one in Angeles City, with grand opening last Thursday. Last evening, it rained. Hard.

This is really bad in the Philippines. I suspect it is worse in poor countries. An opportunity to make money that did not exist before. TikTok and YouTube has thousands of young women posting sexy dance videos.

I am started to doubt that moving my 3 school age daughters from the Philippines to the U.S. is best for them. Thoughts? I doubt that these numbers hold up, but the 2015 to 2021 change indicates to me a few things. Woke teachers in schools exposing children to ideas they don't need to be exposed to as a child. Children exposed to social media and other media highlighting alternative lifestyles. A mental health emergency. About 1 in 4 high school students identifies as LGBTQ, according to a report the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Thursday, using data from 2021. In 2021, 75.5 percent of high school students identified as heterosexual, the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) found. Among high school students, 12.2 percent identified as bisexual, 5.2 percent as questioning, 3.9 percent as other, 3.2 percent as gay or lesbian and 1.8 percent said they didn’t understand the question. The CDC says the number of LGBTQ students went from 11 percent in 2015 to 26 percent in 2021. Continued... https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-four-high-school-students-193552822.html

Yes to hybrid tanks. No to EV military equipment.

Alex Epstein makes a lot of sense!

That is so aggravating to watch. The citizens should have dragged them off the road immediately and detained them until police arrived. Even if the citizens did not do that, why do the police have to negotiate with them? Get them off immediately.

NBI Olongapo finally got their internet back and we went today. My stepdaughter was done in 5 minutes. My wife, with her 5 AKAs, come back May 9th!

I forgot about the SCOOT part, They are not reliable on connecting bags so there needs to be ample connection time. I never understood how SCOOT can be so bad when SQ is so good,

We would be happy to say hello to Singapore Changi if I could get a ticket price like that! 😁

A friend of mine flew RT Clark/Seattle on EVA last week and it was only $775. I hope fares come down before my family needs 5 one ways. The RT was just for me to go scouting and see my ill sister. I will check Delta from Manila too.

Yes, I was following the prices since January, and before the startup (March 30) I could get RT for 800-900. After the flight started, prices have more than doubled for all the way to August! September you can find <1000.

Where can I find that fare?

Following. I will need 5 tix later this year, also to IAH but from Clark or NAIA. Please update us if you go with the RT and request refund.

Your last paragraph is most likely the ultimate goal. EVs just are not practical for so many and too expensive for many. I would love to have a good one but it would have to be my second vehicle. Ideally my first vehicle would be a hybrid. Had a 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid from 2006 to 2012. Loved it but the MPG was just ok. Sold it to my sister when I left for the Philippines. They kept it until 2016 and sold it to a friend, and then it got totaled in an accident. I think the hybrid technology needs to be pushed more. I think Toyota is doing that.

How old is she, what is her job and has she travelled before? Will she be travelling with you? Unfortunately those are big factors. However, immigration recently apologized from some offloads and they were going to review the practices.