ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
PhilippinesBalikbayan Box from Manila to US
I had some information about that, but I can't find it now. What I remember is that it is substantially more to ship a box to the United States. The balikbayan box was invented to give some revenue to basically empty ships on their return trip to Asia because US doesn't export as many goods to as we import, so shipping a box to US is more expensive. Also, I believe there was something about a tax to take certain valuables out of the Philippines. I'll give another look for better info later.
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-02 09:13:00
Philippinessorry, this call is not permitted

I use Pingo for my main service but I do call direct just to check if it is a problem with PINGO or with the basic service. I get the same message on PINGO or direct through Verizon.

I filed for visa just one month ago. I will likely swich service sometime soon or go with Vontage. Now, I'm just in love and want to make contact keep daily contact with my fiance if its only very short to tell her I love her. I may call two or three times a day. If she wants me to call, she rings my number and I call her back.

She does not have a laptop or internet but uses a computer at work from time to time to message me on yahoo. Thanks for all the comments. It helps me feel better about not being able to get in touch with her.



Just a "heads-up" - with the Pingo, if you plan to use the call logs as part of your petition package, you need to print them every 3 or 6 months ( I forget which) because they only save them for a certain period of time and you can't get them back. I tried.
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-16 13:24:00
Philippinessorry, this call is not permitted
Probably whoever you have your long distance service through. I got one of those calling card services online, called Pingo. It kinda sucks for the same reason you describe, but it was convenient at the time and I stuck with it for the calling logs. I don't have day long problems, but it does happen from time-to-time.
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-15 10:52:00
PhilippinesHow long after 2 month culture can I get vaccine?

If the culture result will be negative then you'll get the vaccine the day you will go there at SLEC. In my experience, I called SLEC the day they wanted me to call and when they accidentally told me my result(that was negative) I called USEM to scheduled my interview the day after i got my vaccine. Good Luck.


Sorry for the late reply, we were in transit. That sounds good, so they allowed you to pick any day you wanted for the vaccine? I went to the embassy on Wednesday and they told me if I was sure the culture would be negative, just go ahead and schedule the interview, I'm 99.9% sure the culture will be negative.

Congratulations on your successful interview and arrival!
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-27 23:59:00
PhilippinesHow long after 2 month culture can I get vaccine?

for the interview i think slec will resched....the culture it takes 2months to find out the result....call slec on that day hopefully they will have the result then...if negative your wife will get her vaccines...



Thank you. What I am trying to find out is if anyone knows how many days after a negative result can I get the vaccine. Like do I have to wait for an appointment or what happens at that step. I'm trying to figure when I can schedule my interview.
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-25 05:23:00
PhilippinesHow long after 2 month culture can I get vaccine?
HI

We want to reschedule our interview date, but we don't know when we can get my wife's vaccine. They said call back on March 21 for the results and then schedule for vaccine. Does anyone have any idea how long between the results and the vaccine? Thank you!
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-25 00:02:00
PhilippinesWhat is the phone number to call US embassy to reschedule interview date in Manila?

go top of this page, click embassy info,manilla


Thank you!
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-29 20:06:00
PhilippinesWhat is the phone number to call US embassy to reschedule interview date in Manila?
I called it before but can't seem to find it now. Thanks
Robert and RamonaMalePhilippines2012-01-29 18:36:00