i really can't see the logic why DFA has to have the affidavit of support attested by the Philippine Embassy here to be red-ribboned from there...what they are doing is an insult to the legal identity of our embassy. Yes, our embassy may not be the most august embassy all over the world, but even so, they are here because of us and those who are aspiring to come here in Qatar to seek better opportunities...DFA should at least show some respect or accord recognition to whatever documents coming from them in whatever format...

but what's really not clear right now is whether the red ribbon being requested by our very clever and vigilant immigration officers back home is the red ribbon from here or red ribbon from there...this is still a grey issue for me...if they are requiring red ribbon from here, have they issued a memo or circular or request from our embassy to do so? NADA! I don't think so. Otherwise, our embassy will be issuing affidavits with red ribbon for sure.

This is quite a circus, as what you say, babesphil...