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[matthewthulin 0]

No thank you for taking your time any input is very good only no input is bad thank you again God bless and stay healthy

[matthewthulin 0]

How much was that lawyers fee if you know that would be a big help

[matthewthulin 0]

Thank you again for your time and the number I don't know nothing this is how much I know I thought because I was American I can go anywhere in the work and leave anytime that I wanted lol

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1 hour ago, matthewthulin said:

How much was that lawyers fee if you know that would be a big help

Contact the Consulate in LA or the SD Honorary Consulate to see if you don't have pay anything to get it resolved first, if you do then how much.

[JE57 239]

You are a US citizen and you do generally have lots of ability to leave the USA and enter many countries in the world.   It seems you traveled without much experience and made a mistake by overstaying in the Philippines.   Before you go contacting lawyers see if you can resolve it yourself with phone calls / letters to the Philippine Consulate.    Before attempting to travel to the Philippines again you should make sure you have information from the Phlilippine Consulate ( In writing ) indicating that you have paid the fine and are allowed to enter.  Bring this proof with you..  Also you absolutely will require a return ticket when you fly there.  This is not insurmountable and with a little bit of persistence and patients on your part you should be able to resolve this.  Note, you will get much further much faster by first admitting and accepting the fact that this situation is no ones fault but your own.   There are plenty of people who will rightfully claim that there is a fair amount of corruption in the Philippines but based on my understanding of your situation corruption is not the problem.  You had a fine to pay and blacklisted from the Philippines for a period of time.  These two issues are separate... There is no assurance that paying the fine will remove you from the black list.  Certainly the fine must be paid but you need to work with the consulate to figure out what must be done to remove yourself from the blacklist.  Look at this way.... you overstayed previously and as a result would have to pay a fine.  BUT... you also need to convince the Philippines that you will not overstay in the future and if you can't do that then they rightfully should not let you in.  They are doing nothing more than protecting the interests of their country.  You need to figure out what you need to convince them that you should be considered a welcome guest in the future.   Philippines consulate is your best way to go and being contrite, taking responsibility for past mistakes and realizing that your 'need' to see your child is your problem and not the problem of the Philippine government. (or anybody else for that matter).   Good luck and God Bless   

[Nitas_man 3,100]

18 hours ago, BuiQuang said:

if foreginer visit us and overstay, what u think happen?  they can come back to visit more or visa void?  

 

u choose overstay, u must live with consequence.  respect immigration law if u want no trouble.  u ignore phillipinnes immigration law, u got bad consequence.

 

american on VJ say respect US immigration law.  american must respect foreign immigration law too.

As a USC, I 100% agree with this post.

[matthewthulin 0]

I have a son there my only child ever I will do whatever it takes to be a part of his and my girlfriends life again

[matthewthulin 0]

They are in negros and I will do what ever needs to be done so I can spend the rest of my life with them I will even give up my citizen ship if that's what they want

[BuiQuang 95]

2 hours ago, matthewthulin said:

They are in negros and I will do what ever needs to be done so I can spend the rest of my life with them I will even give up my citizen ship if that's what they want

giving up us citizen not gonna help u.  ur wife and child stuck in phillipines and u can not go and just live there.  remember staying illegally is why u got problem now.  study.  u need to study rules.  get help if u do not know how to find rules.  giving up citizenship not the answer.  find real answer.  ur problem first time is u do not know rule so u overstay.  understand rule before u go again or u have more trouble.

[RO_AH 1,659]

3 hours ago, matthewthulin said:

They are in negros and I will do what ever needs to be done so I can spend the rest of my life with them I will even give up my citizen ship if that's what they want

 

The most important thing you can do is start reading. You found this site, there is a lot more information you can find, I read all I could about travel for USC to Philippines including length of stay months before my first trip. If you want to bring your girl and baby here you should REALLY start reading up on CRBA and get that taken care of when you do finally go there. She can do it herself but I hear it's better if you both go. It makes your child a US citizen. That way if you apply for a K-1 you will only need to worry about 1 person since your baby will be able to enter US as a citizen and wont need a visa.

 

Remember ranting and raving and getting upset accomplishes nothing. Knowledge is power so start researching.

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5 hours ago, matthewthulin said:

They are in negros and I will do what ever needs to be done so I can spend the rest of my life with them I will even give up my citizen ship if that's what they want

Why would you do that and just compound the problem? Do you think it is that easy becoming a Philippine citizen? How old are you btw because I am just curious. 

[matthewthulin 0]

I owe them money because I didn't have cash for staying 30 days over my visit how do I find out how much I owe and were I can go pay them

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7 minutes ago, matthewthulin said:

I owe them money because I didn't have cash for staying 30 days over my visit how do I find out how much I owe and were I can go pay them

We have done said this many times now. My first guess would be to call the Consulate in Los Angeles or the Honorary Consul in San Diego.