ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
PhilippinesManila Airport Fee
I came back May 30 2008 and the aiport fee a Manila for the international flight was 750p. I think i paid 200p at Davao to fly back to Manila, but cant remember what i paid from Manila to Davao.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-05 16:09:00
Philippinesmy sept.2,2008 pink slip moment
QUOTE (phil and nanz @ Sep 2 2008, 01:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
hello my vj family, i just got home and i was in a hurry to share this good news biggrin.gif we're approved and i got pink slip kicking.gif yehey!
was up very early 4am actually i didn't even get to sleep last nite, i was wide awake, so excited and at the same time was a litte nervous and anxious about the interview!
5am took a cab and got there (u.s embassy) 5:45am, waited and then 7am was in line and got inside!
inside--- another line for your number, i got my number 7024 and waited again.
about 30 mins.--- saw my number flashed on the screen.
my pre screner--- window 17, she was nice and asked me about 10 questions like;
---what's your name?---
---your petitioner's name?---
---how old?---
---i gave her my nbi and bc and phil's w2,itr and i-134
---i forgot the other questions hehehe blush.gif ---
and then she told me to proceed to the next window, window 16 for finger scannning---finger scanned!
waited again for about two hours i guess--- after two hours of waiting, number flashed again says room 30
while waiting for my turn, i was praying biggrin.gif
---meeting the consul--- eto na
hes very nice, blue eyed guy, kinda bald, in his mid-40s, kept on smiling at me and asked me to raise my right hand,
asked me my;
---name---
---petitioner's name---
---birthday---
and he was like "okay tell me about your love story" and smiled at me so i told him a little bit about "our love story"
and he uttered "oh that's wonderful, i want to see your pictures together" ---saw our pics and he was smiling and read all the captions
and i was blushing blush.gif and smiling biggrin.gif when he told me "good looking couple" i said thank you content.gif (payag na rin kayo laughing.gif 'wag na kayo kumontra)
and ofcourse te famous last words..."your visa is approved congratulations, wait for your name to be called and pay for visa delivery"
i was like in heaven biggrin.gif wow what a wonderful day and a birthday gift from our dearest lord! ooppss september kasi birthday ko kaya consider ko na birthday gift sya sa akin biggrin.gif
i would like to thank you all for your prayers and support, thank you so much my vj family, i wish you all good luck and a very happy marriage life to all of us biggrin.gif
thank you lord for guiding me and making me happy biggrin.gif i love you!
[b]and to my phil (uuyyy kinikilig ako blush.gif blush.gif ) i love you more and more, i wouldnt be so happy in my life now if i hadn't met you, i love you phil muahhhh tsup tsuppp tsuppp!!! [/b] heart.gif heart.gif heart.gif

god bless you all my vj family so happy to be part of this family biggrin.gif
nanz



Thats great to hear, good luck to you both.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-02 08:21:00
Philippineshot seat SEPTEMBER 18. anyone here have same date.
QUOTE (bevs @ Sep 13 2008, 09:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
hello fellow vj's who among u here have same have interview date? lets keep in touch! wish us all LUCK during that most important time in our visa journey life. may all of us be bless and get lucky! good luck to all!
im ready for the interview but im kind of nervous too. but i know GOD will be beside me.



good luck and im sure you will do fine on the interview you have already done all the hard stuff. best wishes
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-16 07:47:00
PhilippinesInterview Day
QUOTE (RickieAndEva @ Sep 16 2008, 07:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Eva's interview is in 12 hours: 8:30am. Please pray that she is blessed with strength, courage, confidence, and presence of mind. She is very nervous.



Its normal to be nervious we all get that way when we go to do something important. IM sure she will do fine and best wishes you you both,
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-16 07:50:00
PhilippinesI PASSED THE INTERVIEW!!! (09-16-08)
Thank you for your story of your interview. I think it will help everyone here that is waiting for there interview not to worry so much, its nice to hear of someone having good interview date with no problems. Best Wishes to you and have a safe trip
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-16 08:06:00
PhilippinesJUST DONE WITH MY INTERVIEW TODAY..PASSED!!
that is great you will have your visa soon Best wishes you and Congradulations
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-19 16:08:00
PhilippinesVJ MEMBERS (PHILIPPINE FORUM)
Im still trying to figure out what goes where, I keep seeing things moved but havent figured out the rime or reason why they are moved, or which threads i should be looking for them in once they are moved. IM sure the moderator is doing what he is suppose, It probably just a lot of people here like me that dont understand excatly where these should be posted.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-26 06:19:00
PhilippinesBeen here for 1 week now in Scottsdale, AZ
QUOTE (Completely @ Sep 14 2008, 03:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (marjo2008 @ Sep 13 2008, 11:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi guys! I arrived here in US for a week now and praise God for making my trip smooth and safe. Finally, I'm with the man that I wanna grow old with for the rest of my life. It was already past 8pm when PAL landed at LAX and we stayed at the hotel for 1 day then drive home to Scottsdale, AZ. I'm still in the process of adjustment right now and believe me it wasn't easy at all!!! My hubby is working for 12 hours everyday and he started to leave the house for work at crack of dawn and come home before 5pm sad.gif Have to kept myself busy inside the house like doing some household chores just not to notice the time. I really miss the food in the Philippines especially tinolang manok or isda. How I wish next week I could start cooking our own filipino food. Though my hubby was trying to get me rice and chop suey from a chinese restaurant and i like it though tongue.gif Tips for those who has their e-ticket book by your fiance, expect to pay for travel tax amounting to 1,620p aside from the terminal fee 750p. Hope to hear my Vjer's here in Arizona too. I would like to invite you in our simple church wedding that would be soon kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif . Thank you guys for being a part of my wonderful journey. God Bless Us all!!!!!


Be careful on what you eat especially in the US.. You will gain weight quicker.. Observe what you eat and avoid rice as much as possible.. Learn also how to ccok for your husband and prepare American dishes as well.. Just go to foodnetwork.com



I just was wonder why avoid rice here in US, i understand the becareful what you eat but im confused about avoid thie rice, i eat rice here about 5 days a week and figure it will be regular part of diet once Radz gets here maybe more than 5 days a week thanks.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-16 11:20:00
PhilippinesDV for K3
Radz paid the DV yesterday and got comformations from Delbros, I rather pay it and not take a chance just incase they start back with DV before she has her interview. I mean its only 650 pesos so why take a chance. But we did get conformation from Deblros on our payment. They responded in only a few hours after Radz text them. So I dont know maybe they have stopped DV but why take a chance on it having started back again by the time you have interveiw and have to pay then and wait under admin review. just my thoughts best of luck to you.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-12 10:41:00
PhilippinesPassed medical but might have ruined my interview results :(
tell the truth because if they catch you in a lie then all will be disapproved, just tell what really happened and hope for the best. I understand if you had her since she was a month old she is yours im not sure how this will effect things but I know what will happen if you dont tell the truth on it. Best of luck to you.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-12 10:36:00
PhilippinesHappy Thanksgiving
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and wonderful turkey day. Not sure if you have turkeys in Philippings. Good Luck everyone.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-27 16:31:00
PhilippinesVISA approved!
Congradulations and that was a really nice telling of the events at the Embassy. You should write a letter to the Embassy telling that story to them so they can put that letter in the file of the interviewer for doing such a good job. IM sure they woudl appreicate that.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 08:28:00
PhilippinesWhy it takes so long that NVC send our papers to US Embassy in Manila.....
Also they have to enter case in there system before they will say they have the case. But about 2 weeks is normal.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 09:04:00
PhilippinesK-1 July Filers (if possible, FILIPINA only please)
The hardest part for us was waiting on NOA2 the last couple of weeks where we saw approvals of people who filed after us, but then the day we got our approval it was like a giant weight lifted off and the process starts going really fast from that point on. Before we were approved we filled out all the forms listed and got all the papers need per the embassy website. It all worked well and when we did get noa2, i fedexed all the paperwork to my finace. The only issue we had was i used the DS 157 from the website adn when she went to bank to pay the fee they made her fill out a newer one saying that was an older form. Also she couldnt use the Bank of The Philippines main branch in Davao they said they no longer do embassy fees and she had to go to Banko de Oro or something like that to pay fees and thats where they had her fill up another DS157 and then they validated the form showing payment. Im thinking after thanksgiving weekend you should start seeing lots of approvals, at least I hope so. We got interview date of 12/19/2008 but could have gone a lot earlier, But since my fiance lives in Mindanao and we had arrangments to make for her to get to Manila we took a later date. When we called the earliest date was 12/03/2008. Good Luck everyone and Happy Thanksgiving.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-27 08:52:00
PhilippinesMy wife is fat! Asawa ko mataba!!
jeeezzzzzzzz i hope Radz dont see that, she is a little over 100 pounds she will think she is super fat. I think they are not doing there calculations correct. I went to a health fair once and they checked my blood pressure, said it was so high I need to go to doctor right away. So I left went to the Doctor and all was fine, no high blood pressure. But it did cost me a doctors visit to learn that the people at the health fair cant read blood pressure.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 19:22:00
PhilippinesWoWoWee - Houston Texas Dec. 7th
cool say hello to willie for us. good luck on the show
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-07 17:19:00
PhilippinesWILL IT BE TURKEY OR FILIPINO FOOD FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER?
Im thankful i got to talk to Radz this morning we are seperated for this thanksgiving but hopefully from now on we will always be together. As far as thanksgivng dinner, we made grilled turkey, ham little green peas that look like bb's potato salad, little debbis christmas tree cakes, rolls and ummmmm seems like im forgetting something. Well Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-27 16:51:00
PhilippinesVisa application Fees
where did you find a one way ticket to USA for $650 dollars, the cheapest i have found is $922 dollars but that is a non stop flight.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-10 18:20:00
PhilippinesVISA PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SLEC
here is a guide for the photo requirments. any good photo studio should be able to do this:

http://travel.state....de 10-01-04.pdf


Also I had Radz make get extra visa photos, just incase for some reason she needed more. I think its 3 for the medical and 2 for embassy, we had 10 copies just incase we needed some extra for something. Photos are not the expensive so we figure it would be a good idea to have more than we needed.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-11 13:17:00
PhilippinesTroulbe w/credit cards in RP?!
i had the same problem with PAL when booking a flight from USA to Philippines, PAL system would never accept my card, Then I tried to get expidia to do it and they had the same issue. I evenulally booked my flight with Northwest all the way to Davao, Northwest put me on PAL from Manila to Davao but at least i was able to pay for it, That was last May, This month i booked with PAL a flight for Radz from Gensan to Manila, She didnt have the credit card or a copy and they wouldnt let her on the plane, so she purchased another ticket in Gensan although the supervisor did give her a discount. So you need the card or a photocopy of the card with anohter picture ID of the card holder before PAL will let you use the ticket. even though it was booked a month in advance and PAL already had charged me for the ticket
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-11 15:44:00
PhilippinesDS-156K Nonimmigrant Application fee
You will need the MNL# from NVC before you pay embassy fee, which is after NOA2.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-14 21:41:00
PhilippinesFilipino Christmas Decors
QUOTE (tallcoolone @ Dec 14 2008, 07:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Here is our Filipino X Mass Decor.




Santa should have no problem finding your house lolz
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-14 20:45:00
PhilippinesProblems with Bayview Hotel
After sending the Hotel and booking company an email about filing a police report to deniy charges I got serveral responses about the problem and they say they are looking into it. I told them we have made plans to stay at a different hotel because we have no confidence in them getting the matter straight.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-15 07:26:00
PhilippinesProblems with Bayview Hotel
QUOTE (jhcruz18 @ Dec 13 2008, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bayview hotel is pretty expensive. And the service isn't all that good. Why don't you try going to cherry blossoms hotel? That's where my hubby stayed before his interview and medical exam. The rates were cheaper than bayview and the staff was very friendly and courteous. Hubby said that the rooms were clean. The hotel was always packed so my hubby ended up getting the only room they had left which was the 2 level suite for 3000 per night.



Autually I checked on Cherry Blossoms and got a better rate at Bayview. The main problem if you call them they tell you reservations made online so you have to correct it there, Then it was changed online and showed changed but when the original booking date came up they gave us a now show not showing the changed dates. The email said if any questions contact juvy.polancos@directwithhotels.com and I have sent the message 3 days ago now with no response.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-13 17:20:00
PhilippinesProblems with Bayview Hotel
Thanks I will inform Radz to make arrangements at another hotel.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-11 20:02:00
PhilippinesProblems with Bayview Hotel
We had an issue with the Bayview Hotel in Manila also. Radz tryied to call them and change the reservation dates but they would not let her because the reservations were made online. So I went online and changed the dates to Dec 18 and 19 and i got response from the website and even showe a change in the amount we owed, Now at 77 dollars left because we had put down a $55.00 deposit. Today we got message from hotel saying Radz is a now show. Evidently the hotel didnt change the dates or the online reservations isnt working correct or it could be the hotel is just trying to rip us off. Radz was originally going to stay from Dec 9 to Dec 19. I have written (emailed) to the hotel but they have not responded yet.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-11 13:05:00
PhilippinesHemorrhoids-can be a factor for the medical at SLEC?
What is utot?
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-14 20:11:00
PhilippinesHaving a hard time getting an interview date
Good Luck on interviews. I called first time one week after we got MNL number and was not ready I waited one week and on next call we got our interview day of Dec 19. That was in Nov i think all the interview dates i have been seeing for people calling in Dec have been for Jan appointments. But its good to know you have interview and things do move so much faster after NOA2. Good Luck and Merry Christmas everyone
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-15 19:07:00
PhilippinesMedical Passed Interview on Dec 19
Radz passed the medical and is all set for the Inteview on Friday now. Hotel issues resloved and she is staying at a different hotel. Good Luck to everyone waiting.


RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-15 18:49:00
Philippinesaddressing a letter or package
How are you shipping this package. I have had bad luck with things not arriving. Of 15 letter i have sent in the last six months 3 arrived. I am afraid to send a package because of this. Fedex worked great but that was very expensive but your package will for sure get there. The last package I send i paided extra to get it insured and Radz had to sign for it at post office. That one did arrive but took like 5 weeks for some reason.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-14 20:00:00
Philippinessending money to the philippines
We always use xoom. at first it would take like 24 hours before she could pick up, but I have been such a good customer (or they have gotten faster not sure which) now its there in a few hours at 3.99 a transaction. Xoom rate does go up depending on the amount you send. When I send big transfers to Radz it cost a little more but always way less than Western Union and She always gets the money no problem.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-16 18:55:00
Philippinesneed help..what hotel are very close to manila airport?
The Bayview is close but we had a lot of porblems with reservations and them having the dates all mixed up, it took me filing a police report here and sending them notice to get them to correct the issue. Radz then found anohter hotel next to Bayveiw called Mirmair, Not sure I spelled that correct. The are very nice there she went and had lunch there one day and is going to stay there the next 2 days. It was less expensive than Bayview. There are serveral others in the area Cherry Blossoms i think is only a couple of blocks away. Im sure there are many others but stay away from Bayview would be our advice, When I posted here about Bayview lots of people responded saying they also had problems with that hotel and bad service. Good Luck to you.

QUOTE (stevew158 @ Dec 17 2008, 04:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The Bayview is close but we had a lot of porblems with reservations and them having the dates all mixed up, it took me filing a police report here and sending them notice to get them to correct the issue. Radz then found anohter hotel next to Bayveiw called Mirmair, Not sure I spelled that correct. The are very nice there she went and had lunch there one day and is going to stay there the next 2 days. It was less expensive than Bayview. There are serveral others in the area Cherry Blossoms i think is only a couple of blocks away. Im sure there are many others but stay away from Bayview would be our advice, When I posted here about Bayview lots of people responded saying they also had problems with that hotel and bad service. Good Luck to you.



Oppss sorry i missed the near airport part. This was for near embassy.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-17 05:58:00
PhilippinesNOW, DON'T USE XOOM
We never had problems with xoom but did have problems with one of the pickup locations, after Radz quized them about it, she found out there computer was down and they could not check, she then went to a different location and had the money in minutes. There are lots of locations in PI that you can pick up xoom, lots of banks and lots of pawnshops also do xoom transactions. I thinks you should try different bank or pawn shop that accept xoom.


RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-17 06:17:00
Philippineswho had their medical 2 days at SLEC before their interview date?
Good luck on your interview. We were advised by Embassy to do medical at least one week prior to interview if that helps any.


RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-15 19:02:00
PhilippinesHow does your Christmas tree look like?
maybe next year when Radz is here we will have a good tree. The tree i have this year makes Charlie Browns tree look fantastic lolz Maybe I will get the nerve to post a picture of it later. Merry Christmas everyone
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-15 18:59:00
Philippinesinterview approved
Thank you everyone for all the congradulations. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas. It seems Radz and I already got our present.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-19 12:22:00
Philippinesinterview approved
Radz went to interview today at the Manila Embassy and was approved.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-18 22:48:00
Philippinesi got my NOA2...now what?!
Congradulations


NVC number is (drum roll) (603) 334-0700


RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-20 20:09:00
PhilippinesSt.Lukes:X ray film
i think they are not consistant on what they do there. The nurse at releasing didnt give Radz those instructions. She figured it out because everyone that day was being shown the CD and it was put in the packet for the embassy.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-17 09:29:00
PhilippinesSt.Lukes:X ray film
I think they now send the xray which is now on CD to embassy. Radz said the 2 day of her medical when she found out she passed they showed people the cd of xray that was being sent to embassy but no one that day was getting a copy, they just showed it was in evolope to go to embassy. so no worries.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-17 06:01:00