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At the US Embassy Manila NIV Section, Filipinos pay $131 to be rudely treated & insulted (1st of a series)

July 2, 2008 ·

As this blog's contribution to the "so-called" Filipino-American Friendship Day, let me share my own experience on how Filipinos are treated like second-class citizens in their own country in that premium piece of land called the US Embassy Manila on Roxas Boulevard. Ironic but true. Are Filipinos masochists? Or is it just those imperious American Embassy "diplomats" who lack respect for Filipinos (and their hard-earned $131), denying them of their right to a US visa within one minute of seeing them? The US Embassy in Manila has of course become less "inhuman" ... Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Life & Living Tagged: $131 payment US Embassy, American Embassy diplomats, Filipino-American Friendship Day, US Embassy, US Embassy Manila interview, US Embassy Manila Roxas Boulevard, US Embassy visa officers, visa interview

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