It seems like im ready, am i?

[Regan L 1]

sorry, in the spirited debate over extra copies, guess I lost track.. but if it's your daughter, you're going to have to.............

just kidding, I think your set to go.

yay! lol

[Tahoma 2,292]

My daughter has her:

1. U.S. Passport

[Regan L 1]

Regan, to sum it up, you can go either way. you can get extra copies which you may or may not need. if you don't get extra copies and a sitution arises where one is needed, it can be ordered from the ecensus website. you'll just have to wait a few weeks for it to arrive. no need to sweat over this one.

Does any of you know what to expect when i get to the airport to leave the Philippines with my wife and daughter, where should i go, what should i do? who do i show all my paper work too?

[actob99 156]

For sure the airline will check your paperwork and documents to make sure everything is good. Then Immigration will be checking rverything. Hard to get lost in the MNL airport. If you owe departure taxes that were not included in the airfare the airline will tell you so and point to where to pay.

Not sure if that was the answer to your question..

[Hank_ 9,174]

Does any of you know what to expect when i get to the airport to leave the Philippines with my wife and daughter, where should i go, what should i do? who do i show all my paper work too?

If the exit tax is not included in the airfare that will have to be paid for your wife & daughter (if daughter is not USC) at 1620 Php a pop, the counter to pay this fee is at the front of the terminal between the two entrance doors.

And we all know about the 550 Php airport fee.

Quite often there is a big crowd outside the main entrance doors (right side) but most times they are OCW and are entering a different door which is right next to the main entrance, so you need to make your way through that crowd to get at the entrance doors

Edited March 15, 2013 by Hank_

[Regan L 1]

If the exit tax is not included in the airfare that will have to be paid for your wife & daughter (if daughter is not USC) at 1620 Php a pop, the counter to pay this fee is at the front of the terminal between the two entrance doors.

And we all know about the 550 Php airport fee.

Quite often there is a big crowd outside the main entrance doors (right side) but most times they are OCW and are entering a different door which is right next to the main entrance, so you need to make your way through that crowd to get at the entrance doors

thank you sir, but who will i show all my imigration papers too for my wife and our daughter? When and were do i present those papers?

[Hank_ 9,174]

At POE instead of going to the normal custom agent you will go to an immigration agent who will take the brown envelopes. There is usually a customs agent right inside the room as you enter, let them know your wife and daughter need to process for their visas and they will direct you.

[actob99 156]

Don't give PI immigation the brown envelopes... They want to see their passports with U.S Visa's in their passports.. Same with the airline in the PI..

At point of entry just telll the first person you come into contact with, usually directing residents and visitors where to go, what you are doing and they will tell you where to go. No worries, you can't get lost..

[Regan L 1]

Don't give PI immigation the brown envelopes... They want to see their passports with U.S Visa's in their passports.. Same with the airline in the PI..

At point of entry just telll the first person you come into contact with, usually directing residents and visitors where to go, what you are doing and they will tell you where to go. No worries, you can't get lost..

im not really worried about when i get into the united states because they speak english and its my own country. but when im in the philippines, what do i do when i walk inside the airport?

[Tahoma 2,292]

...when im in the philippines, what do i do when i walk inside the airport?

Check in.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Check in.

Yeah. It's pretty easy. Everybody gets herded the same direction, that ends up at immigration. Once you clear that point, and the next two security checks, have a seat in the waiting area by the departure gate, and wait.

[Regan L 1]

Yeah. It's pretty easy. Everybody gets herded the same direction, that ends up at immigration. Once you clear that point, and the next two security checks, have a seat in the waiting area by the departure gate, and wait.

so theres nothing special booth or consular officer for me to go because of all this immigration paperwork??? i just walk in and go the same place everyone else is going, then just pull out all the papers along with my flight itinerary, and they will send me to the security checks?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

so theres nothing special booth or consular officer for me to go because of all this immigration paperwork??? i just walk in and go the same place everyone else is going, then just pull out all the papers along with my flight itinerary, and they will send me to the security checks?

Yep. One choke point. Get there early, in case they want something you don't have and you have to get in line somewhere else to get it. Usually, you go up to the first official, and he collects any money you have to pay, and then you show the next official your passport with all the stamps the first official put in it, and he stamps it again, and off you go.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

so theres nothing special booth or consular officer for me to go because of all this immigration paperwork??? i just walk in and go the same place everyone else is going, then just pull out all the papers along with my flight itinerary, and they will send me to the security checks?

You still need to check in with the airline to get your boarding pass. The itinerary will get you through the first security check outside, where they x-ray your bags. Then you go through the doors to the airline counter to check your bags and get your boarding pass. Then if you are on PAL and they haven't changed things since I was there, you go to the left, and find Customs and Immigration.

[Regan L 1]

You still need to check in with the airline to get your boarding pass. The itinerary will get you through the first security check outside, where they x-ray your bags. Then you go through the doors to the airline counter to check your bags and get your boarding pass. Then if you are on PAL and they haven't changed things since I was there, you go to the left, and find Customs and Immigration.

so after the security check, and check in, and boarding pass, i have to seek out immigration? If so, do i go show them my papers?