I just came back from my visit to the Philippine Embassy in The Hague. It takes a bit of time to get to Den Haag from Amsterdam due to the traffic. The distance from Amsterdam to The Hague is probably like Makati to Sta. Rosa, Laguna or even Tagaytay.

When I arrived there, there was only 1 other person being served. It was not a busy day. However, when I presented my documents for the Registration of our Marriage, which is a prerequisite to all our applications, she told me that it needs to be legalized by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. I didn’t realize it was necessary to go there because this one had a stamp already from the Municipality. Oh, well, after looking at MrC’s immigration paper requirements we realize we need lots of documents legalized there anyways: including his medical examination results and police report!

Another blooper I had also is the size of my photo. The lady told me that I could also apply for a passport at the same time as the citizenship retention however my photo sizes were wrong. And so we went home without any applications filed. At least we now know for sure that our next visit to Den Haag will be spent in the Foreign Affairs Ministry right before I even apply for Dual Citizenship.

Oh and by the way, while I was in the WC I was hearing a man shouting like he was angry. Turns out MrC saw that it was the Dutch husband of the other lady that just came in. He was really making a fool of himself shouting insults to the Embassy lady. Gosh, so rude! I feel bad for the Filipina wife who couldn’t shut him up.

Anyways, that was my visit to the Philippine Embassy.