Platypus1985
American expat in the Philippines
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5
About me
American
Registration: 01 February 2023
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Foreign driver license conversion by Filamretire
So I'm in Philippines now and have 90 days to use my US driver license. I want to convert it but need ACR-I card. I am on balikbayan one year visa. Went to immigration and they wont give me an ACR -I card since I have one year on visa. I said I will ...
@nickfisher0640my husband and I went to Singapore just for a quick dinner and come back on the same day. The immigration officer just laugh when we were asked that we went there just to have dinner lol. Read More
WIRE transfers from US to Philippines by chughes6302
I'm sure this is a popular topic... I'm buying a car and need to pay cash. I do not have a local bank account yet, because I've only been here for a month.I've tried everything to move $ from Bank of America via, Western Union (only a 5k daily ...
@chughes6302 hi, my husband uses coins.ph to move money from his $ account to BDO (local bank). there芒聙聶s like a 10 peso fee 3 day processing and 2,000 pesos if you want it in a few mins. hope that helps. Read More
visa run after 3 years of tourist by mikebrant1973
any one know what to do for visa run....almost 3 years with tourist visa,,,have someone extent over 3 years?
@bigpearl hello, thank you for your reply. Hmmm, now im worried, that鈥檚 a big concern for me because, why would they took my passport if already provided photocopies of the bio page and the page with my latest visa stamp. I applied in one of ... Read More
visa run after 3 years of tourist by mikebrant1973
any one know what to do for visa run....almost 3 years with tourist visa,,,have someone extent over 3 years?
Hi. Does anyone in here that applied for exit clearance certificate in immigration got their passport collected and wasn鈥檛 returned after 3 days? Read More