ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
PhilippinesLeft MNL - POE Chicago
Goodluck!!May you have a fruitful life together!!God bless you both!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-08-19 07:00:00
PhilippinesGLORY TO GOD.........GOT MY VISA TODAY
kicking.gif kicking.gif congratulations!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif happy trip!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-09 10:02:00
PhilippinesMedical Examination Passed!!!!!
congrats girl!!!naku ha pinky girl and cyra mukhang my plan p kau n mg medical ulit lol..dhil s film n yan..bkit nmn kc late n yan hehe..

goodluck on your interview too!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-10 11:29:00
PhilippinesI got my Visa!!!
nanz congratzzzz!!!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-09 09:18:00
PhilippinesINTERVIEW on SEPT 16
goodluck!!!just relax..dont be nervous and its gonna be a like a walk in the park..God bless!!!

Edited by RussellandMarie, 11 September 2008 - 06:38 AM.

pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-11 06:37:00
Philippinesinterview passed!! pink and white :)
congratzzz!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif dont worry you will get your visa soon!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-12 08:04:00
PhilippinesMy Interview
yup bukas n nga hehe..hope you will get your visa soon!!God bless!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-13 07:55:00
PhilippinesMy Interview
congrats!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-13 07:22:00
PhilippinesSept. 16th flight via JAL anyone?
pinky gurl waaaa tuloy n tlg 2..dont worry about it girl..have a safe flight..i will miss you..dont forget to keep in touch..ill be leaving na rin tomorrow..happy trip to us!!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-12 22:38:00
PhilippinesOur interview experience Sep. 10, 2008
kicking.gif kicking.gif congratulations!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-10 06:52:00
PhilippinesManila Embassy Interview/Visa Status
Wouldn't it be nice if we can find a friendly Filipino store in the neighborhood?

To all my fellow Pinays there I hope this can be helpful to all of us when our palates are craving for Filipino foods..

Here's a list of Filipino stores in the US of A...

http://www.filipino-...usa_stores.html

Mabuhay!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-08-16 11:05:00
Philippinesinterview tomorrow!!!
goodluck!!!God bless!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-18 23:57:00
PhilippinesI got a Pink Slip
congratulations!!it was great that you had a nice consul!!kudos!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-21 22:04:00
PhilippinesJUST DONE WITH MY INTERVIEW TODAY..PASSED!!
congratulations!!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-19 07:23:00
PhilippinesPAL New Baggage LImit (bad news)
QUOTE (mrsartis @ Jul 7 2008, 10:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi Guys,

Just to inform you that PAL has decreased its maximum baggage limit from 64kg to 23Kg (not good) what the hell.. Good thing i havent bought my suitcase just yet. crying.gif PAL said that the said decrease was due to increase in fuel prices ( i thought they dont use diesel or unleaded, duh...) headbonk.gif ... so guys instead of us paying for the excess baggage.. let us have a BIg Balikbayan boxes (full of our HINDI-ko-maiwan-walang-ganyan-sa-states-na-gamit) ready to ship either before we go to our POE or after depends on the circumstances. IT may take a month atleast before it will reach its destination so might as well get them shipped from here in the PI a month before we leave here... heart.gif

Happy Trip everyone...

Proud to be PInay.. biggrin.gif


well actually its no surprise since PAL has been planning to decrease their maximum baggage limit for months..and increase in aviation fuel(avgas) is the main reason..yes they dont use diesel or unleaded..its the reason that american carriers delta and united airlines merged..northwest's baggage allowance is more economical but it doesnt fly direct to LA so some passengers still fly PAL..

happy trip to you though..goodluck!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-07-08 10:14:00
Philippineslawyer got me so confused
QUOTE (rockbabyrock27 @ Sep 13 2008, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (acobnamia1224 @ Sep 13 2008, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You can get your interview date usually 2-3 weeks after NOA2 when its forwarded to National Visa Center and a case # is issued. sorry to say, but u did not need a lawyer...i'm assuming that your lawyer is saying that so you won't bug the hell out of them and that you will love them if you get your interview date sooner than what they tell you. Tell your lawyer that there is no packet 3 for the US embassy in the philippines. Your lawyer should know this...You need to go the the US embassy philippines website and print packet 4....once you get your case # when you call the NVC, wait about 7-8 days and call NVC again to check if your hard copy arrived the US Consulate in the philippines. Once its there, call the US embassy call center and schedule an interview. Look at my time-line to get a full picture....good luck


Thanks so much for your reply acobnamia1224. I am looking at your timeline. My God i though the medical would only cost about a hundred dollars, and also i didn't know that we need to pay a visa processing fee of hundred dollars. Thank you, your post is so informative. Your timeline especially since you included the fees.



just follow acobnamia's advice coz that is the right thing to do..you dont need these lawyers they will do nothing but just delay the process..goodluck!!once you get the NOA2 it will be so fast and before you realize it you will have your visa i n hand..God bless!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-12 22:43:00
Philippineslawyer got me so confused
our lawyer said the same thing too...the USEM is one of the embassies that doesnt send out packet 3..our lawyer asked us to wait for it..so i never relied on her opinions from then on coz she said exactly the same thing as your lawyer..i did all the calls in scheduling my interview,filled up all the ds forms myself and asked my fiance to send all his documents...and i never encountered any problem..at the end she admitted that she was wrong and was surprised that i passed my interview without her help..
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-12 22:08:00
PhilippinesInterview Experience
congrats!!!u will be here soon!!!yippeeee!!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-10-17 10:20:00
PhilippinesCFO & PRISM
yes..prism is where she will go to have the seminar and get the certificate..then she will bring that said certificate to the CFO and her have passport stamped...
pepperMalePhilippines2008-11-04 14:01:00
PhilippinesVJ philippines PHOTO ALBUM!
hay grabe ayw tnggap pics nmin waaaaa..ntkot yt..ill try it later n lng..

Edited by RussellandMarie, 29 August 2008 - 11:10 AM.

pepperMalePhilippines2008-08-29 11:08:00
Philippinesphilippine grocery store, WHERE? ? ?
i posted a thread about it a month ago i think..please check this out...this is a list of filipino stores in the US..


http://www.filipino-...usa_stores.html
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-11 22:01:00
PhilippinesAbout the Vaccination at SLEC
you can do it either way..if you choose to do it there in PI there will be no problem with the civil surgeon here..just bring your vaccination record to have it transferred to the I-693 form..and if you have no insurance it will cost you at least $40/shot here...
pepperMalePhilippines2008-11-19 09:55:00
PhilippinesFilipino's Favorite Food
QUOTE (STEPHnRIA @ Dec 24 2008, 06:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The pic is cute but the title is very wrong.

To other Vjers (not Filipinos)- this is not Filipinos' favorite food. It was just a joke...but a bad joke indeed.



ria was right..it was an insensitive joke...
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-23 17:19:00
PhilippinesFilipino's Favorite Food
QUOTE (envy_me @ Dec 24 2008, 05:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (jack&anais @ Dec 23 2008, 05:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (envy_me @ Dec 12 2008, 01:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (RyaNRiza @ Dec 11 2008, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What a cute puppy. I agree with jom, not Filipino but American food because our staple food is rice and not bread. laughing.gif


i agree too..
i mean filipinos are not that into bread.. whistling.gif
im a filipino and ive never tried dog as food..
and most of the people that i know havent too..
so why and how's it gonna be our favorite?? unsure.gif
or maybe just your wife's fave?? whistling.gif

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well.... wife's fave? u serious?

are you the only one who is existing in Philippines???? whistling.gif

i know, as a filipina other filipinos eat dogs and they even make it as a delicacy. try to google it sweetheart...

here's a link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat

dont deny.. its a fact.

FYI: its a joke!!! hotDog. whistling.gif whistling.gif



so being a filipina and knowing "some" filipinos eat dogs makes u know that the "favorite filipino food" is a dog???
u just said "delicacy", delicacy doesnt mean it's your favorite food..
maybe you educate your husband more abt filipino's favorite food..
cos it sounds like he just know your favorite food..
maybe it's more appropriate if he used "a filipino delicacy" or "my wife's fave food"..
instead of "filipino's favorite food"..
and FYI too.. dnt believe anything that's on the internet.. whistling.gif
gusto mo gawa kita ng article sa wikipedia?? haha! laughing.gif

and PS: dnt call me sweetheart.. wink.gif


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pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-23 16:19:00
PhilippinesShowbiz Magazine and Cushion on my handcarry????
yes you can bring your meds too..put that in your check in luggage..i never had a problem about it everytime i travel..i regret bringing my tempur-pedic U-shaped travel pillow coz their pillow there is soft and good enough for me..
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-26 13:18:00
PhilippinesShowbiz Magazine and Cushion on my handcarry????
yes you can bring those mags..and they also have a nice soft and comfy pillow on the plane..
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-26 12:52:00
PhilippinesVaccinations after arrival
check out the public health clinics in your area..she needs to bring her vaccination record with her when she go there...then go a civil surgeon to have those records transcribed to the I-693 form..
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-31 19:15:00
PhilippinesScheduling the interview
QUOTE (maliciant @ Jan 1 2009, 07:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The afternoon? Everyone says get there early and seems like I saw something like they will only accept 150 a day and that the first day tends to take most of the day?



me and my vj friends went there at about 2pm and we were done 2 hrs after..it is always full in the morning..many vj members told us to do just that and its proven..
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-31 19:18:00
PhilippinesScheduling the interview
QUOTE (maliciant @ Jan 1 2009, 04:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The medical is the easy part... pick a day... show up early! (plus bring all the required docs)

I'm more worried about setting the interview, since I expect it to be a month from whenever the interview date is requested, in that month there will be plenty of chances to go to the medical. I'm hoping that besides the extra delay in scheduling an interview (because they simply aren't there to schedule) we may be looking at a bit of an extra backlog as a result of them not being there for the holidays in general. I'm hating these holidays (well, mostly the combined holidays the embassy takes, I'm all for the holidays I personally get off!), I want to move on to the next step...

I don't know when my fiancee will do the medical, she won't have her passport until the 8th so it'll have to be after the 8th, is anyone aware of any days that tend to be lower number of people like wednesday or anything? It'd seem most people would want to go early or late in the week since they most likely have to get time off from work to do the medical.



try tuesday or wednesday..tell her to go in the afternoon coz its much faster...
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-31 15:41:00
PhilippinesScheduling the interview
dont forget that she need to have a medical exam first before the interview..
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-31 15:13:00
Philippinesmedical test philippines
just the embassy notice will be enough..she doesnt need to bring a ds 156..also the $131 is the visa fee and not for the medical..she needs to pay more or less $213 for the medical exam(last time i checked)..and dont forget to bring 3 2x2 photos...

Edited by RussellandMarie, 04 January 2009 - 01:23 PM.

pepperMalePhilippines2009-01-04 13:22:00
Philippinesi dunno what to do? actually i do..
i feel your boredom lol..just hang in there its gonna be ok..i know how you are feeling believe me..we are here in central mexifornia er california and im so flipping bored too..i have cousins there in chatsworth and winnetka and i heard that its much better there than here..
pepperMalePhilippines2009-01-02 17:10:00
PhilippinesI MISS MY LIFE
i dont want my fellow filipinas to think that im inconsiderate of their feelings..my life here is not a bed of roses either but instead of complaining im trying to make my marriage work out..i dont surf the internet till 5 in the morning while my husband is busy snoring as a bear..instead i wake up at 4:30am and prepare his breakfast and lunch..and i dont think that im a maid..its a give and take thing...

cliche as it may sound or maybe too hollywoodish for some but marriage sometimes undergo the "seven year itch"...nothings easy in this life..

and if ever my husband threatens me about deportation..well as what i always tell him ..that doesnt scare me because i will be sent back to the philippines..my home country and not to iraq or afghanistan...
pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-22 16:15:00
PhilippinesI MISS MY LIFE
i just dont understand some filipinas who use vj for whining about their "oh so miserable life" and their abusive husbands..we all went here to the US with our eyes open..we are not forced or cuffed into coming here..yes my husband snores too..why whine about it..

about being abused or mentally intimated well nobody wanted it right..if you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen..

it might be good to look at all our old posts here in vj when we all declared our undying devotion to our fiances and husbands and look at what we are doing now..




pepperMalePhilippines2008-12-22 13:50:00
Philippinesuh oh! interview time!
dont worry about it..its just like a walk in the park..goodluck!!
pepperMalePhilippines2009-02-02 17:45:00
PhilippinesFasting on the Medical at St. Lukes???
NO!!!


pepperMalePhilippines2009-02-02 17:49:00
PhilippinesLast day in my hometown :(
happy trip to you and your kids gaye!!!bon voyage!!God bless you!!!
pepperMalePhilippines2008-09-01 09:10:00
Philippinespinay..be counted in this thread
BS Nursing..planning to get a (state) license..what state i still dont know!!!waaaaa!!..washington resident and now a certified bum and a domesticated(?) housewife who shuttles between california,alabama and idaho..heading to alaska next week...waaaaaa..
pepperMalePhilippines2009-02-25 19:10:00
Philippinespinay..be counted in this thread
Bachelor's degree in Nursing..planning to get a(state)license this year..what state i dont know waaaaa..washington resident,shuttles between cali,alabama,idaho..will be in alaska for a year..waaaaaaaaaaa.... crying.gif crying.gif

Edited by RussellandMarie, 25 February 2009 - 06:54 PM.

pepperMalePhilippines2009-02-25 18:53:00
PhilippinesQuestion about Baptismal certificate...
QUOTE (netscot @ Aug 30 2008, 01:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi, guys . I just wanna asks about Baptismal Certificate. I found out a year ago that my Baptismal Certificate has errors. My name was misspelled, it is not the same spelling written in my Birth certificate I got from NSO and from Local Civil Registry . I know that the Local Church where I was baptized was the one liable for its correction. What procedure do I have to make?Can I just bring my birth certificate to show the correct spelling of my name or do I need to show additional requirements to have it corrected?.....I`m just confused?

Second, I have authenticated birth certificate issued years ago. Can i still use the cert. as K1- Docs. soon. or do i need to get new one?

Thanks co- VJ for dropping by.. Hoping for your replies. God bless!



i had my baptismal certificate corrected last year..i went to the local church where i was baptized then i was asked to bring my bc and 2 witnesses who were not related to me..after me and the witnesses signed a form i was given a letter to be forwarded to the bishop's office(in my province)..it was a letter of correction that needs the approval of the bishop since i was baptized in a catholic church..it just took me an hour to get the approval which i then took back to my local church and i got my corrected baptismal certificate right at that moment..
pepperMalePhilippines2008-08-30 01:54:00