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US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Hey can you check out my interview checklist. This is what we will have with us. Interview Appointment Letter original and 1 copy. Valid photo ID (NBI badge) and 1 copy. Passport copy (St. Luke’s took the original during the medical and sent to the Embassy). Original NSO Birth Certificate, original and 1 copy. CENOMAR original and 1 copy. NBI Clearance with "For US Travel" or "For Travel Abroad" stamp and thumbprint, original and 1 copy. Passport-sized photos (2 in addition to those on the DS-156 forms). VISA Application Forms - DS-156 (2 completed and signed forms with photos glued on, and 1 copy). - DS-156K (2 completed and signed forms, and 1 copy). DO NOT SIGN BEFORE INTERVIEW! - DS-157 (2 completed and signed form – 1 must be stamped with BPI payment, and 1 copy). - DS-230, part 1 (2 completed and signed forms, and 1 copy). I-134F Affidavit of Support form (notarized), 2 originals with copies. Supporting documentation for I-134F (affidavit of support folder) - Fiancé employment letter (2 originals with copies). - Fiancé last 3 years income tax forms (copies of 1040 form). - Copies of last 3 years W-2 forms. - Bank statements for last 3 months. - Bank letter showing date account opened, deposits for last year and current balance. USCIS I-797C Notice of Approval original and 1 copy. NVC letter original and 1 copy (this will show spelling error too). New letter of intent from each of me, signed and dated. Copy of original I-129F packet with original receipts, etc. Evidence of ongoing relationship - Pictures - Snail mail cards and letters - Chat logs - Emails - Phone records - Engagement ring receipt - Receipts and ticket stubs from second trip in October - Records of Western Union and XOOM money transfers. Did I leave anything out ??????????????????? Edited by garya505, 06 February 2007 - 02:20 AM.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-02-06 02:17:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Rosemarie has a fever, so she will not be leaving on Sunday for Florida. I contacted NWA to change her flight departure date to Tuesday 02/06. They jacked the price up from $719 to $1838! No way did I buy that ticket! They also charged me $100 cancellation fee! I was looking on Continental Airlines. They have Manila to Honolulu, to Houston, to Jacksonville flight. The price is about $700. My question is this: In her interview they asked her POE. She answered Detroit. If she lands in Honolulu, I am assuming that is her new POE? Also, is the airport in Honolulu easy to navigate? Rosemarie has never been any further from Cagayan De Oro than Hong Kong in her life. Thanks in advance for feedback. hey glenn, doesnt the CO flight change planes in guam first? to my knowledge CO doesn't go direct to hnl from mnl. i've flown the CO route to mnl before, the guam airport, from what i remember was fairly easy to navigate, get off the plane and there was only 1 way to go which took you straight to immigration/customs. so her POE will be guam. hnl airport i don't remember too much about, but i'm sure there will be many other filipina on her flight that can give her some direction, but no need to go thru any kind of customs or anything, just get off the plane and find ur next gate. and if she is going CO all the way then her departing gate should be fairly close to her arriving gate. good luck! congrats! ur almost there! You are correct, it does stop in Guam. I also see that the flight is only 1.5 hours from departing again. That is not enough time I don't think for her. I am waiting for someone from NWA to contact me now. I feel that I have a legitimate greivance with them. The first ticket was $719, then $1830 two days later. If it was round trip, it would be only $1100? It also ticked me off that I they wouldn't let me upgrade her flight with world perk earned miles. I have over 250,000 miles accumalated with them. They say the flight must originate from a US city? Anyways, business is slow today so I will just argue with them to pass the time. lol......Thanks for the information I think Guam is a really small airport and I think CO knows they have connections there, so I wouldn't worry about a 1.5 hour connect there, especially on the same airline. They know a lot of people on that flight have to clear immigration and customs (unless it's deferred to HNL). And the aircraft from MNL to GUM is a 737 so not a huge crowd. We'll be on the MNL-GUM-HNL-LAX flight in about 3 weeks.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-02-02 16:00:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Until now I continue to have problems booking directly with PAL. I took your advice to go through Expedia.com. Though it was $5 more, I was able to go through the transaction. My fiancee will be issued an eticket. Aloha. I may have seen someone mentioned this before but i've having a difficult time in booking a one-way ticket through PAL. The error message that I received is "Sorry. We are having difficulty in validating your credit card. You may wish to enter details of an alternative card and try again. (M009)." Has anyone experienced this situation and if so successfully how did you get around this (besides using another card)? I used my VISA card. Aloha. I have 4 different credit cards and none of them work on the PAL website. Apparently it's due to the Mastercard SecureCode and Verified by VISA they are using. I have emailed them numerous times about this and all I get is a worthless canned response. I don't think they care if they sell tickets on their own website. You can book PAL on Expedia for $5 more, that's what I did. I also found the Cebu Pacific Air was rejecting my credit card so I called the credit card company and authorized it. So, it might not always be the website and it's worth a call to the CC company to see if they are rejecting it.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-02-02 12:08:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	I may have seen someone mentioned this before but i've having a difficult time in booking a one-way ticket through PAL. The error message that I received is "Sorry. We are having difficulty in validating your credit card. You may wish to enter details of an alternative card and try again. (M009)." Has anyone experienced this situation and if so successfully how did you get around this (besides using another card)? I used my VISA card. Aloha. I have 4 different credit cards and none of them work on the PAL website. Apparently it's due to the Mastercard SecureCode and Verified by VISA they are using. I have emailed them numerous times about this and all I get is a worthless canned response. I don't think they care if they sell tickets on their own website. You can book PAL on Expedia for $5 more, that's what I did. Just a follow up. Apparently the PAL website is broken and credit cards just don't work at all. I just got a report from a friend that even a SecureCode card will not work. Can't you just call the airline up by phone? Most airlines have booking agents that can make the transition over the phone. Just a thought. Yes you can but the PAL prices are higher by phone. Sometimes higher than Expedia. Go figure.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-02-01 18:25:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Manila customs question	Hello All, I am planning a trip to Cebu to see my sweetie in September and I am wonder how long it take to clear customs in Manila. Just want to make sure I leave enough time to catch my connecting flight to Cebu. Thanks, Bryan Is your connecting flight part of the entire flight itinerary where your luggages won't be checked out until you get to Cebu?...then you shouldn't worry about the time in between. Your travel agent/airline already took that into account when they booked you (I would think so.) It might be an issue if Manila-Cebu was purchased separately and under a different carrier. If that's the case, try to get at least 2 hours in between arrival of US flight and departure of Manila-Cebu. That's mostly due to the airport locations of different carriers. Just FYI, there are flights going out to Cebu from Manila almost every hour on a daily basis...(through PAL or Cebu Pacific or other smaller carriers) so getting stuck there overnight due to lack of flights is least likely to happen. You can't count on the travel agents/airlines booking a connection with enough time. On more than one occasion I've have them try to give me flights with connections that were way to short. It's not going to be their problem when you miss your connection, so they don't really care.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-08-18 22:08:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Manila customs question	Hello All, I am planning a trip to Cebu to see my sweetie in September and I am wonder how long it take to clear customs in Manila. Just want to make sure I leave enough time to catch my connecting flight to Cebu. Thanks, Bryan I just did that in June and yes it's a problem. I would allow at least 1 to 1.5 hours to clear immigration, get your bags, and get through customs. 2 hours is better. If you only have carry on bags or your bags are checked through to Cebu, then you might be able to get away with less, but keep in mind that if you miss your flight you're likely to get stuck in Manila overnight. But then you need to make your connecting flight. It depends on what airlines you are on. If you are on Philippine Airlines to Cebu City, it's easier as Philippine Airlines domestic flights use the terminal adjacent to the International terminal. However, if you are on Cebu Pacific Air to Cebu, then it takes a little longer as you need to get to the domestic terminal (terminal 3, it sucks!) to get your Cebu Pacific flight. You could walk it I suppose but I took a taxi. Personally I wouldn't book anything less than a 2.5 hour international-domestic connection in Manila (it's a real zoo) for inbound and 2 hours for outbound. I went to Cagayan deOro city but it's the same problem for your connection to Cebu. Edited by garya505, 18 August 2006 - 06:27 PM.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-08-18 18:24:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone ship documents using USPS global priority mail?	I've sent 3 global priority to my fiancee. All of them got there. Fastest was 10 days, longest was 2 weeks and she lives in the provinces in a small town. I checked on sending her a package fed ex one time, they said they could do it and it would only cost me $500.00 LOL! The guy at fed ex freaked out and said let me check that again, verified her city,country and zip and all that and he says yup it's $500. So not sure fed -ex is a good option unless your fiance lives in a large city unless something has changed very recently.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-01 20:58:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone ship documents using USPS global priority mail?	I ship packages to my Fiance via USPS Global Priority and on average it arrives there 10 days later. She lives in a village in South China, Guangxi Province. My girls interview is in the end of september. I just sent it today. I would hope it gets there sooner than 30 days. If she doesn't get it in 2 weeks I would suggest sending another via FedEx. Problem is, some of the things I sent are not replaceable. I didn't see the point of making copies of everything when they require originals for the interview.. how would having an extra copy do any good in that case. I guess if worse comes to worse we can reschedule the interview. I would NEVER consider sending non-replaceable items via regular mail from the US to the RP! Never. The thing is sometimes they will take the package, check for valuables and toss it. BTW, it's easy to open an account with FedEx online. You can use it to send stuff there and she can use your account to send stuff to you if needed. My fiance sent her statement of intent to me FedEx and she sent me a card via regular post the same day. I had the FedEx in 2 days but i never got the card, and that was from the RP to the US!	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-01 19:09:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone ship documents using USPS global priority mail?	I ship packages to my Fiance via USPS Global Priority and on average it arrives there 10 days later. She lives in a village in South China, Guangxi Province. My girls interview is in the end of september. I just sent it today. I would hope it gets there sooner than 30 days. If she doesn't get it in 2 weeks I would suggest sending another via FedEx.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-01 18:56:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone ship documents using USPS global priority mail?	About 7 days for global priority to the Manila area--if it arrives. About 2 out of 3 USPS global priority envelopes arrive. I assume 1 out of 3 is opened in search of value and discarded. Is FedEx more expensive than making 2 copies and sending it twice? How are you comming up with that statistic? I have sent lots of things via regular USPS mail to Philippines with no problems except 1 time a valentines day card never got there and one time it was a package that got there like in 4 months lol. BUt other than that regular usps has never been an issue other than the time that it takes to get there. I have used domestic priority lots of times and not had 1 lost package..thats why I figure I'd try global priority since it seems to be faster than regular usps. So does anyone here know how long it took from united states to a province in philippines for it to arrive? For regular usps for me it's been taking anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months. A lot of packages disappear on their way to their destination in the RP. It's a known fact. You have just been lucky so far.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-01 15:49:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone ship documents using USPS global priority mail?	How long did it usually take for the recipent to get the documents? My girl lives in the philippines and she lives in the province so I'm not sure if it will really get there in the 4-6 days time frame indicated by USPS. Are you talking about the flat rate $5.00 and $10.00 envelopes? Used those a lot of times to send stuff to Cebu from Baltimore and never had a problem. Not sure if any made it there in 4 to 6 days, but was much faster that first class mail. If you have something that must get there I would go with FedEx or DHL. Sending from Cebu from Baltimore is different then sending from Baltiimore to Cebu, as packages from the US to the RP are sometimes opened looking for valuables. I suspect that the more hops the package requires to get there, the more likely this becomes.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-01 12:03:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone ship documents using USPS global priority mail?	How long did it usually take for the recipent to get the documents? My girl lives in the philippines and she lives in the province so I'm not sure if it will really get there in the 4-6 days time frame indicated by USPS. My fiance lives in Cagayan De Oro and usually gets regular USPS mail in 8-10 days. USPS Global Priority might cut that to 4-6 days. However, be aware that sometimes mail from the US to the RP gets "lost", as people are going through it looking for anything valuable. I sent a package of photos 4 weeks ago and it's still not there. Keep a copy of everything you send! FedEx is much more reliable but more expensive too. Edited by garya505, 01 September 2006 - 11:41 AM.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-01 11:39:00
Asia: East and Pacific	My wife needs to send G325 to the US from the Philippines-Please HELP	My fiance used FedEx to send me her Statement of Intent from Cagyan de Oro City and it arrived here in the US in two days. First I opened an account with FedEx and faxed a letter to the local FedEx office authorizing her to use the account so she didn't even have to give them any money!	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-18 12:30:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Any recommendations for reliable phone cards with clear connection?	I tried Nobelcom (www.nobelcom.com) and I don't recommend it. The connections were considerably worse than what I get with cards from the www.megaprepaid.com or www.callingcards.com web sites. I also tried www.talkloop.com but their connections were noisy too. I'm currently paying 13 to 19 cents per minute as far as I can tell. Don't be fooled by the advertised rates. They always add on a bunch of fees.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-07 23:10:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Any recommendations for reliable phone cards with clear connection?	I use www.megaprepaid.com and www.callingcards.com Due to surcharges the actual rates are like 0.12-0.20/min IMO the call quality sucks on all of them so i usually get the cheapest i can find. I found www.talkloop.com to be noisy (white noise).	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-08-28 21:03:00
Asia: East and Pacific	use cingular fone w/ globe or smart sim card?	Cingular is all GSM, but you have to check the frequencies. Some GSM phones sold in the US can be used worldwide but some can't. If it's locked to Cingular you are screwed anyway. Edited by garya505, 06 September 2006 - 12:31 PM.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-09-06 12:29:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Food, virus, sickness in Philippines?	I've never been to the PI,but I've been to many other places where I'm not already acquainted with the local 'bugs'. I was going to type this out myself, but the CDC does a good job. http://www.cdc.gov/t.../traveltips.htm Be Smart While You Travel -Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available and your hands are not visibly dirty, use alcohol-based hand gel (with at least 60% alcohol) to clean your hands. If you are going on a cruise, read this fact sheet about handwashing (in Adobe PDF format), and reducing other health risks while on a cruise. -Drink only bottled or boiled water or carbonated (bubbly) drinks from sources you trust. Do not drink tap water or fountain drinks, or eat ice cubes. -Only eat food that has been fully cooked or fruits and vegetables that have been washed and peeled by you. Remember: boil it, cook it, peel it, or forget it. -If visiting an area where you might get malaria, make sure to take your malaria prevention medication before, during, and after your trip, as directed. If you might be bitten by insects (like mosquitoes or ticks) use insect repellent (bug spray) with 30-50% DEET. The label on the container will tell you the DEET content. (I personally skip the malaria prophylaxis because of the side effects I've experienced) -Make sure you know how to protect yourself from injury while you travel. Motor vehicle accidents are a leading cause of injury deaths in travelers. Swimming-related accidents are also a major cause of injury among travelers. -Avoid poultry farms, bird markets, and other places where live poultry is raised or kept Do not handle animals, especially monkeys, dogs, and cats, to avoid bites and serious diseases (including rabies and plague). Malarone is expensive but has no significant side effects like the other malaria prophylaxis drugs.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-10-24 14:40:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Food, virus, sickness in Philippines?	I didn't get sick in 2 trips to RP, but I took a lot of precautions. Hep A and B vaccines, Tetanus/Diptheria shot, Pneumonia vaccine, Flu vaccine, Typhoid vaccine, also took Malarone and had Cipro with me just in case. However, after my first trip I got food poisoning HERE in the states at a fancy business lunch at a nice hotel, #######? One problem with street food in RP is the temperature it's kept at. Here in the US it's generally required to be below 40F or above 140F to prevent bacteria growth. Over there they don't care about that, or a lot of other things.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-10-24 11:53:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Flights from Manila to USA	Question....... The Embassy website says Not To Quit your Job & Not to Book any Flights until Final Approval. So how can buying a Round Trip or One way Ticket be even considered by the Embassy for Approval on the Visa in the 1st place? Should I buy a refundable Ticket to send with my Fiance as evidence? If so.... How long should I give for delivery of the Visa? My Fiancee lives in the Central Visayas on the island of Negros far from Manila & I hear it could take 3 weeks for delivery from Delbros.... Her Interview is Dec 4th.... The fact that any of us purchased a return ticket for the benificiary has no bearing on the process of approal or delivery. Once apporved, delivery has taken anywhere from 4 days to two weeks depending on the delivery address. I am going to use my friends condo as the delivery address in Manila or ask if we can pick it up instead of waiting on delivery. If you are going to pick up your fiancee, i suggest arriving a day or two before the interview and plan on 10 days to two weeks after before a departure flight. That is what I plan anyway. If your fiancee is staying in a hotel in Manila, she can give the Embassy that address and delivery might be faster. Good luck on the interview. Payato Thank You so much for the response. Will Delbros ship the Visa to another address without my Fiance to actually signing for it when it arrives there? If so, I think it's a great idea. Thank You Give a letter of authorization to whoever will receive it. Along with the letter of authorization I think I read somewhere to leave a copy of her picture ID with the designated receiver.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-11-20 13:40:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Flights from Manila to USA	Ya, www.kayak.com is great.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-10-28 21:12:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Flights from Manila to USA	Philippine Airlines has non-stop flights from MNL to LAX and MNL to SFO. Most or all of the others stop somewhere in Asia. I haven't been on one of the Phil Air non-stop flights yet, but I was on a Phil Air flight from MNL to LAS with a stop in Vancouver. I have also taken Korea/Delta with good results (stop in Seoul). Usually I find Phil Airlines and China Airlines have the best fares, but you gotta check. Also, your connecting flights will be a big factor.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-10-26 14:03:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone Else going to Manila for Christmas?	I would love to go for Christmas. Saving my pennies and nickles to go back for Sheryl's interview though. Still no NOA2? #######?	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-11-27 17:54:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Anyone Else going to Manila for Christmas?	When I was on the phone with my fiance (at work) in the Philippines yesterday she said they were putting up their Christmas decorations, so I asked if she was spraying fake snow on the windows. Then there was this dead silence on the other end of the phone.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-11-27 12:12:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Question Regarding Packet 4 from Manila Embassy	Jinky and I were under the impression that she would receive her packet 4 after about a month from the time the consulate received our visa application. I just looked at a few timelines and notice that most of them received the packet 4 very close to the interview date. Does this mean we will just get a letter instead that gives us enough time to plan for the interview date? Hi guys you wont believe this but my fiancee recieved her packet 4, 4 days after he interview lol..so if i was u id either get it from st lukes or just download the form from the embassy website or u wont be ready if what happens to u is the thing that happened to my fiancee..i had a laywer do the petition and he filled out all the packet 4 forms and sent them to me and i sent them to her so she already had them..thank God for that or she wouldnt have been prepared when he med and interview came. Keith&Irish Forever We're not waiting for the packet either. I collected all the info on my last visit and will do the forms early and send them to her for signatures.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-01 12:16:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Question Regarding Packet 4 from Manila Embassy	Jinky and I were under the impression that she would receive her packet 4 after about a month from the time the consulate received our visa application. I just looked at a few timelines and notice that most of them received the packet 4 very close to the interview date. Does this mean we will just get a letter instead that gives us enough time to plan for the interview date? I figure it about like this - after receipt at the Embassy, 1 month to get the letter (if any) from the Embassy, 2 months to get the packet with forms, and 3 to 4 months to interview. YMMV	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-11-29 19:26:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Trying to get Birth Certificate, don't know father's middle name.	Now she says her mom will try to get a copy of the marriage certficate, that should have it.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-04 13:19:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Trying to get Birth Certificate, don't know father's middle name.	I should add that we're looking for ideas on how to find the middle name. I have some ideas myself but I don't really know how public records work there. Maybe it's in his marriage license? Where would she find that? Is there a way to get a parent's BC? Do you have any other ideas? She doesn't have any money, so we have offered to help her with any costs. If we have to pay a "fee" to someone at an NSO office that's OK. My wife got records from her school, when she needed a BC. Did he go to a school? Personally, here my misguided opinion. Its a third-world screwed up country. The only records that have his middle name are bound to be very old and not computerized and not accessable by any authority. I doubt that anyone will know if she makes one up. LOL. Bad advice probably. Thanks for the tip I'll pass that along. She's worried because she can't get a passport without a BC.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-01 23:12:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Trying to get Birth Certificate, don't know father's middle name.	(bump)	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-01 21:00:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Trying to get Birth Certificate, don't know father's middle name.	I should add that we're looking for ideas on how to find the middle name. I have some ideas myself but I don't really know how public records work there. Maybe it's in his marriage license? Where would she find that? Is there a way to get a parent's BC? Do you have any other ideas? She doesn't have any money, so we have offered to help her with any costs. If we have to pay a "fee" to someone at an NSO office that's OK.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-01 13:56:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Trying to get Birth Certificate, don't know father's middle name.	I'm trying to help my fiancee's cousin in the Philippines. She is trying to get her Birth Certifcate and she needs her father's middle name to get it. Her father died when she was 12 years old and her mother doesn't know her father's middle name. She doesn't know where any of her father's family is. Can you help?	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-01 13:16:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Interview Dates for Manila Embassy	For anyone here who got their approval in September or October, have you received your interview date yet? Jinky called the embassy and they confirmed receipt of our application on November 2nd, but was told they are all booked for interviews for the next 120 days. - Will they automatically extend beyond the expiration of the NOA2 date as compensation or is it something we need to request? - For those who have received your interview date, how many days is it from your NOA2? (based on viewing other timelines - I was under the impression that 4 months was about the longest waiting time) Thanks! See this thread: http://www.visajourn...h...pic=181&hl= The 120 days is standard Embassy BS. With a November 3 receipt date at the Embassy, you are about 2 weeks behind me, and should expect an interview date maybe in late February or early March. See the above thread for frequent updates an the latest interviews dates! They say extension is routine but I'm not sure it needs to be requested or not, they don't really say.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-11 22:25:00
Asia: East and Pacific	No marriage license philippines...no marriage?	Well my fiancée has been looking to get an annulment and she went to get a copy of her marriage license but she found out that there never was one. They got a court house wedding and she lived with him for 13 years and had three children with him. I’m wondering what Philippine law says about this scenario...is she legaly married or not.....does she still need an annulment because of the length of time together and the kids even though the marriage does not seem to be legal? The lawyer she hired at first said if there was no marriage license then there was no marriage but now that she has proof he is changing his story and saying she should just continue the annulment process. He has already screwed things up once and im also afraid maybe he is trying to take us down the road that gets him a bigger pay check. We are looking for a second opinion but i thought i would see what info i get here too. Thanks She can go to the NSO and request a CENOMAR. If they give her one then she's single. Now here's the catch. Her kids birth certificates may have their date of marriage on the document. That might be a problem, and you might need to get the BCs "corrected". Then there is also the question of needing the father's permission to take the kids out of the country, if that's her plan. An annulment can take up to 2 years to get.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-21 14:09:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Manila International Airport	I'm still looking for something to do to burn about 5 hours near the airport from like 6AM until 11AM on Saturday morning Feb 10. There's no way I'm sitting in Terminal 3 (Cebu Pacific Air) for that long, it really sucks. I'll have all of my bags with me. Is there anything nearby, a coffee shop, restaurant, cafe? Anything??? Forget the malls, as I'll have my bags with me its not practical.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-01-19 22:50:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Manila International Airport	Can anyone tell me the best way to meet your girl and get to the hotel from the airport. I know that you can get one from the airport desk but can you get the person that's waiting for you? Thanks for the help!!! Greeters are required to wait outside. There's a waiting area there. The metered taxis seem to be a better way to go. My fiancee just got back from her medical exam in Manila. When she took the taxi to the hotel it was not metered and they charged her P750. Going back to the airport it was mtered and it was P250.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-01-12 19:30:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Hotel Rooms Manila	My fiancee stayed at the Lotus Garden for her medical, and we stayed there for the interview. We liked it. Some of our friends stayed there too and had no complaints, except for the business center (internet cafe) closing kind of early.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-08-18 02:22:00
Asia: East and Pacific	PHillpines K1 Nightmare	I would think the US government's requirements for bringing a child into the US and the Philippine requirements for taking a child out of he country are two different and independent things. Did anyone really think that one parent would be able to take a child out of the Philippines without the consent of the other parent? Why would anyone assume such a thing? Edited by garya505, 24 December 2006 - 11:46 PM.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-12-24 23:45:00
Asia: East and Pacific	ANY CHEAP WAY TO CALL PHILIPPINES OR INDONESIA???	I pay 16 cents/minute plus $4/month with Qwest. I used to use Qwest. The 16 cents a minute is only to a land line. If you call mobile it's 23 cents a min. I got rid of Qwest and I'm using a cheaper service. 16.5 cents to mobile, 12.4 cents to land line. No monthly fees!! No maintenence fees! Get free referral minutes by clicking the link. http://www.talkloop....1BFF48CA4C44101 I tried talkloop but the sound quality sucked. I think they are routing calls on VOIP.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-10-20 16:36:00
Asia: East and Pacific	ANY CHEAP WAY TO CALL PHILIPPINES OR INDONESIA???	I use www.pingo.com it's like 5cents to land phone and 13.5 to mobile.. i call enough they added a local calling number to my city! (saves me a penny per minute!). -awr pingo sucks big time i could rarely get a call through and the sound quality was the worst i've heard ever	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2006-10-20 12:59:00
Africa: Sub-Saharan	Ghanaians in Santa Fe, New Mexico	Well I don't know any Ghanaians, but I live in Albuquerque now and lived in Santa Fe for several years. It's a nice place to live, with people from all over the world. I hope you can get used to the snow! Edited by garya505, 08 January 2007 - 01:17 PM.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2007-01-08 13:12:00
Africa: Sub-Saharan	Husband and family think I am RICH! Hellllpppp	QUOTE (Donna A @ Jan 23 2008, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i agree...make copies of all ur bills and you pay stubs. save copies of grocery reciets and send them to him...he can do the math and see where ur money goes and there is none left for him. If you have to do all that, there is something seriously wrong wth the relationship.	garya505	Not Telling	Philippines	2008-01-25 12:37:00