Finland is one of three countries that banned my wife and stepdaughter’s race by using a procedural “gotcha.” Despite being a part of the Apostille convention in Geneva, Finland, Germany and Greece refuse to accept any documentation from Philippines. Therefore, they are banned from your country entirely.
Thanks for the offer though.
Reminder to all here: USA is not the only country on the planet with racism.
Could you go into more details? I have friends from the Philippines (like, directly from there, never were US citizens) and they still even visit family every year.
I’m not denying there’s racism here - there is, especially against Muslims (possibly more their religion and culture than the race itself, since it’s viewed very misogynistic and against Finnish values) and Somalians (this one is just racism based off ignorance). Recently against Russians too for, well, obvious reasons.
But none of my Philippine friends have experienced racism, especially the ones with Hispanic names (there’s Hispanic favoritism here).
Of course, racism isn’t why I recommend moving out of the USA to anywhere in the EU - it’s the civil unrest, unjust work practices, broken healthcare, rolling back of women’s and LGBTQ rights, corruption in government, etc.
Are you sure it wasn’t missing paperwork or errors? I’m assuming your wife doesn’t have a US passport for example since you said all paperwork was from the Philippines, and my high school friend’s grandmother mentioned Philippine record keeping, much like Salvadorian one, leaves much to be desired. Especially after Duterte’s reign making things worse and not complying with other global governments, if this was 2016-2022.
Finland is one of three countries that banned my wife and stepdaughter’s race by using a procedural “gotcha.” Despite being a part of the Apostille convention in Geneva, Finland, Germany and Greece refuse to accept any documentation from Philippines. Therefore, they are banned from your country entirely.
Thanks for the offer though.
Reminder to all here: USA is not the only country on the planet with racism.
Actually you’ll notice that the counties with the best quality of life are incredibly xenophobic
Could you go into more details? I have friends from the Philippines (like, directly from there, never were US citizens) and they still even visit family every year.
I’m not denying there’s racism here - there is, especially against Muslims (possibly more their religion and culture than the race itself, since it’s viewed very misogynistic and against Finnish values) and Somalians (this one is just racism based off ignorance). Recently against Russians too for, well, obvious reasons.
But none of my Philippine friends have experienced racism, especially the ones with Hispanic names (there’s Hispanic favoritism here).
Of course, racism isn’t why I recommend moving out of the USA to anywhere in the EU - it’s the civil unrest, unjust work practices, broken healthcare, rolling back of women’s and LGBTQ rights, corruption in government, etc.
Are you sure it wasn’t missing paperwork or errors? I’m assuming your wife doesn’t have a US passport for example since you said all paperwork was from the Philippines, and my high school friend’s grandmother mentioned Philippine record keeping, much like Salvadorian one, leaves much to be desired. Especially after Duterte’s reign making things worse and not complying with other global governments, if this was 2016-2022.
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