Mama is an Immigrant to the United States. She has been there three times. And everytime she's going to leave the Philippines, it has always been a struggle. When asked why, she doesn't love it there as much as she loves the Philippines, and more endless reasons. She said three times is enough to see and experience the country we call "The Land of Milk and Honey". If not for my brother Clark, sister Claire and her husband Jon with kids, Lauren, Ethan and Nolan, she would not have come back there.
It's been barely a year since Mama arrived to Cebu from the United States. This time, she decided to surrender her Permanent Residency or what we commonly call the Green Card. She is one of those who treats her Immigrant Visa as a Visiting Visa. I read that spending most of the time in the Philippines and making brief periodic stays in the US is not even 'safe'. You can read the letter from Atty. Garfunkil HERE.
Mama is done with the Re-Entry privilege - this is a permit that the US gives to an Immigrant to stay outside US for 2 years. That is still not enough for her. So now, she decided to call it quits.
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