what kirit said yesterday is true. The embassy is no longer issuing affidavit of support if you are not the named sponsor in the visa. If the travel agency is saying that affidavits are not required, they are in the wrong because they are not aware that the immigration officers in the Philippines are now asking for that. If this matter cannot be resolved, all visas issued by travel agencies under their name can no longer be used unless they have a way of transferring the sponsorship from them to the affiant.

i will be calling the travel agency who issued the visa and inform them of the matter.

i guess it's now purely luck that will carry those people with agency visas through past immigration back home.

i already sent a message to somebody from the immigration dept. back home and will keep you posted of whatever he would reply to me.

i truly feel sorry for our kabayans. yes, it's good that they are doing means to protect our welfare so we may pass through the rightful agencies like POEA, but to have this done abruptly is chaos personified. imagine the number of people who have already been issued visas by agencies and already stamped on their passports.....what a horrendous thing to ponder!