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jsnearline   2

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My mother-in-law is leaving the Philippines in a week and a half for the US on an immigrant visa. I want her to be able to call us once she reaches LAX on her way to Denver. I was thinking of adding another line to my wireless family plan and sending her a SIM via FedEx. When I called FedEx, they told me I have to get a permit from the Philippines' telecommunications agency in order to import a SIM card there. This seems a bit strange to me as I'm not trying to sell anything to anyone there but would be providing it to the recipient for her personal use.

Has anyone tried sending a SIM card from the US to their beneficiary in the Philippines? If so, how did it go?

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Scott and Mhay   57

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I never tried to do that...thought about it, but didnt. How about just sending a calling card or do what I did...just send the number and PIN and then she can call as soon as she finds a pay phone? You could send something else and just have the sim card in there, but if they xray it, she may not even get it. :whistle:

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My mother-in-law is leaving the Philippines in a week and a half for the US on an immigrant visa. I want her to be able to call us once she reaches LAX on her way to Denver. I was thinking of adding another line to my wireless family plan and sending her a SIM via FedEx. When I called FedEx, they told me I have to get a permit from the Philippines' telecommunications agency in order to import a SIM card there. This seems a bit strange to me as I'm not trying to sell anything to anyone there but would be providing it to the recipient for her personal use.

Has anyone tried sending a SIM card from the US to their beneficiary in the Philippines? If so, how did it go?

go to walmart or most targets and you can get a prepaid cell phone with a certain amount of minutes on it,, before sending it activate everything for her so that when she gets to the usa all she has to do is turn it on,,add your nomber to the memory and she doesnt even have to worry about remembering youre #,,just a suggestion,,phones in the airports here in usa are a little confuseing for newcomers and without a ccard almost impossible to use good luck

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go to walmart or most targets and you can get a prepaid cell phone with a certain amount of minutes on it,, before sending it activate everything for her so that when she gets to the usa all she has to do is turn it on,,add your nomber to the memory and she doesnt even have to worry about remembering youre #,,just a suggestion,,phones in the airports here in usa are a little confuseing for newcomers and without a ccard almost impossible to use good luck

You are only allowed to buy 5 at a time.

Those are good things to take to Philippines to sell of give away as gifts, they are dirt cheap in USA

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go to walmart or most targets and you can get a prepaid cell phone with a certain amount of minutes on it,, before sending it activate everything for her so that when she gets to the usa all she has to do is turn it on,,add your nomber to the memory and she doesnt even have to worry about remembering youre #,,just a suggestion,,phones in the airports here in usa are a little confuseing for newcomers and without a ccard almost impossible to use good luck

This is what Im going to do when my Mom comes in May this year. Send her a prepaid cellphone..Im sure it will work :)

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I got an extra AT&T SIM card and sent it to Anna about 1 month before she got on the plane to the US. I recorded the numbers on the SIM Card before sending it to her (took a photo of both sides). Then while she was in the air I called AT&T to add a line telling them that I already had a SIM I wanted activated. They took the number from the SIM and activated it on my account.

By doing it this way the only risk was losing the cheap SIM. I put it into a card (Christmas Card IIRC) and didn't declare it on any forms.


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Atencio   43

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I think the calling card idea would be the easiest. Get one where you just have to send her the number to use.

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+1, I gave my wife the numbers for a phone card for her to call me once in the USA. I also gave her a Japanese phone card I got at Narita so she could call me once in Japan.

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jsnearline   2

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Why would prepaid cell phones be allowed as an import there if a SIM card isn't without a permit?

08/28/2004 Engaged

09/22/2004 I-129F submitted

10/01/2004 I-129F Approved

12/15/2004 K1 Issued

12/30/2004 Arrival in US

02/19/2005 Married

01/30/2006 Conditional Green Card Approved

01/15/2008 Conditions Removed and 10 Year Card Issued

03/28/2009 N-400 mailed to Lockbox

07/17/2009 Interview Denver USCIS office RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL

08/28/2009 Naturalization Ceremony - US District Court - Denver, Colorado[/b][/u]

09/04/2009 Applied for passport

09/22/2009 Passport approved and mailed

09/24/2009 Passport received

08/26/2009 Naturalization Certificate and Name Change Petition arrive back from State Department

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SuperDuper!   230

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Week and a half is not much time to send her a Sim unless you send it Fedex which will really cost you. I bought a ATT sim on ebay yesyerday for 99 cents with free shipping, you can load it online.

10 days is about the average time to send a card or letter to the PI. No need to send FedEx. You should be just fine.

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