Success story: A terminated case is reinstated and visa issued, on Citizen Pinoy this Sunday

JosePh was petitioned by his mother in 2007 and waited 12 long years for his Nanay Pilar’s petition to become current. Unfortunately, Joseph was in Zurich, switzerland, for work and was unable to attend his embas- sy interview in April 2019.

Despite Joseph’s attempt to contact the National Visa Center to reschedule his interview date, he received a termination letter, where the embassy said Joseph failed to contact them within the allotted one-year period, and his file had now been destroyed.

Joseph consulted with the Law offices of michael Gurfinkel to get his case back on track. After writing to the embassy, arguing PAGE 10

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(Advertising Supplement) sAN frANCIsCo — on its third year of partnership with Pacific Gas and electric Company (PG&e), the Philippine American Press Club (PAPC)-UsA invites customers to a virtual town hall (“hindi ka nag-iisa tungkol sa mabilis kumalat na sunog”) to share the latest updates on wildfire prevention work, safety resources and connect customers with the PG&e team. on thursday, August 24, 2023, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., PG&e safety experts will provide a brief presentation, during which attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions. the event can be accessed through the link below, by phone, or through PG&e’s website, pge. com/webinars. moderator for this taglish webinar is regina Venzon, chief of staff to the Chief operating offi- cer. ms. Vinzon is a graduate of Cambridge University school of Law. she is also an alumna of the University of the Philippines. she was born and raised in the Philippines and lived in sydney, Australia for 15 years before moving to California in December 2019. she will be joined by fiona Chan, senior Director, Project management office at PG&e and her team.

During the webinar event, customers can learn about wildfire safety improvements, hear about resources available to support them, and connect with PG&e experts.

Joseph Peralta, president of the Philippine American Press Club as well as vice president and general manager for the Northern California bureau of Asian Journal Publications, Inc. and PAPC board memnvr and Plaridel Awards chair, esther misa Chavez, lead the way for this partnership. more information and resources to help you and your family prepare for and stay safe in the event of an emergency can be found at safetyactioncenter.pge. com.

Virtual town hall details

What: taglish webinar on wild- fire (open to all tagalog-speaking PG&e customers in Northern California)

Date: August 24, 2023 time: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Link: https://bit.ly/PGeWildfireWebinartaglish meeting ID: 875 3317 1167

Passcode: taglish established in 1988, PAPC was founded by former members of the National Press Club of the Philippines who had immigrated to the san francisco Bay Area and saw the need for Us based filipino- American media group. All fierce advocates for truth, fairness, and excellence in journalism, they realized the vital role of media education and advocacy for the fast-growing filipino population. they represented a small but influential set of local filipino publications and broadcasters such as ABs-CBN, Asian Journal, Philippines News today, GmA7, Inquirer.net, Phil-Am Post, and Positively filipino, radiant View, and easterworks media. (Advertising Supplement)