• There is temporary or provisional absence as soon as a person disappears from his domicile and his whereabouts are unknown, leaving no administrator of his property.

• The absence of a person may be declared if two years have elapsed without any news from the absentee.

• The judicial declaration of absence cannot take effect immediately.

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• When legal separation has been granted, the wife shall continue using her name and surname employed before the legal separation.

• It is mandatory that the wife, even after the legal separation has been decreed, shall continue using her name and surname employed before the legal separation.

• Married status is unaffected by the separation, there being no severance of the vinculum or legal tie.

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• A married woman may use her maiden first name and surname and add her husband’s surname.

• A married woman may use her maiden first name and her husband’s surname.

• A married woman may use Her husband’s full name, but prefixing a word indicating that she is his wife, such as “Mrs.”

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• The Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRRV) is a special non-immigrant visa for foreign nationals

• It entitles the holder to reside in the Philippines for an indefinite period

• Also, the holder is exempted from the Exit Clearance, Re-Entry and Annual Registration requirements of the Bureau of Immigration

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