Travel Tax

[NikkiWicki 3]

hi! finally Dave and I are leaving for USA tomorrow! just wanna ask should Dave pay the travel tax as well? he has a dual citizenship eh. (fil-am)

what are the current fees for travel tax and terminal fee?

last question.. are we allowed to bring pancit canton? if yes howmany?

thank you for the generous replies!!!

Edited October 3, 2012 by NikkiWicki

[batibot 0]

hi! finally Dave and I are leaving for USA tomorrow! just wanna ask should Dave pay the travel tax as well? he has a dual citizenship eh. (fil-am)��

what are the current fees for travel tax and terminal fee?

last question.. are we allowed to bring pancit canton? if yes howmany? ��

thank you for the generous replies!!!��

if you have the greencard already you only pay 200 pesos for the travel tax.im just back from the PH back here in the US and it cost me 200 pesos plus the terminal fee of 550 pesos my kids has the temporary GC,and its their first time to come to the US and cost them 1250 pesos each kid.i dont take anything back with me so i really dont know if there is a limit for a stuff you want to take it back with you

[Hank_ 9,173]

hi! finally Dave and I are leaving for USA tomorrow! just wanna ask should Dave pay the travel tax as well? he has a dual citizenship eh. (fil-am)

what are the current fees for travel tax and terminal fee?

last question.. are we allowed to bring pancit canton? if yes howmany?

thank you for the generous replies!!!

Dave is a USC with a US passport so no he does not pay. He is traveling on the US passport.

Current exit fee is 1620 Php and the airport fee is 550 Php.

You should be fine with bring some pancit, customs will not allow fresh fruits or vegetables. I brought dried mango for snacking on the airplane and they had no issue with that.

Oh ya... enjoy your flight! And Welcome To America!

if you have the greencard already you only pay 200 pesos for the travel tax.im just back from the PH back here in the US and it cost me 200 pesos plus the terminal fee of 550 pesos my kids has the temporary GC,and its their first time to come to the US and cost them 1250 pesos each kid.i dont take anything back with me so i really dont know if there is a limit for a stuff you want to take it back with you

Green Card is totally different than a person with dual citizenship, you are still traveling with a Philippine passport, Dave has a US passport.

Edited October 3, 2012 by Hank_

[Tintin and Mike 127]

I'm USC and I didn't have to pay separate travel Tax but with Dual Citizenship (I don't know )

Terminal fee was reduced to P550 now per passenger, it was P750 last year in Nov.

Pancit canton should be ok but I won't risk it for I've heard a lot of changes as to what you could bring from PH now and customs might have you throw it away.

Have a safe flight!

[neodragon0l 6]

As a USC, I had to pay that wretched terminal fee. I think it was 750 pesos in April 2012. Anyway, you can bring pancit canton. They may pull you over, but if it is commercially packaged, it should be fine. I brought 30 bars of likas papaya soap at one point. The customs dog sniffed it out. The customs officer just said, you must shower a lot. and lets me go.

[NikkiWicki 3]

Dave is a USC with a US passport so no he does not pay. He is traveling on the US passport.

Current exit fee is 1620 Php and the airport fee is 550 Php.

You should be fine with bring some pancit, customs will not allow fresh fruits or vegetables. I brought dried mango for snacking on the airplane and they had no issue with that.

Oh ya... enjoy your flight! And Welcome To America!

Green Card is totally different than a person with dual citizenship, you are still traveling with a Philippine passport, Dave has a US passport.

oh good! thank you so much for the info Hank! always there to help!!! I told dave to bring at least 30. if they dont allow, I'll beg to take half of it!

thank you so much guys you've been very helpful since the start of my journey!!

Edited October 3, 2012 by NikkiWicki

[NikkiWicki 3]

I'm USC and I didn't have to pay separate travel Tax but with Dual Citizenship (I don't know )

Terminal fee was reduced to P550 now per passenger, it was P750 last year in Nov.

Pancit canton should be ok but I won't risk it for I've heard a lot of changes as to what you could bring from PH now and customs might have you throw it away.

Have a safe flight!

thanks for that info! yey 550 is better than 750 ill update you guys with the pancit canton

[NikkiWicki 3]

As a USC, I had to pay that wretched terminal fee. I think it was 750 pesos in April 2012. Anyway, you can bring pancit canton. They may pull you over, but if it is commercially packaged, it should be fine. I brought 30 bars of likas papaya soap at one point. The customs dog sniffed it out. The customs officer just said, you must shower a lot. and lets me go.

yey with the pancit canton. it our comfort food! thanks for sharing the experience and goodluck with the journey! be all geared up for extreme patience!

[Hank_ 9,173]

Yes for sure update about the Pancit Canton let us all know what customs says...

[Memphis 26]

Pancit canton(plain) is ok but noodles w/ shredded pork and chicharon was not allowed in SFO (Oct 2011). They threw it out!

[hj0716 1]

thanks for that info! yey 550 is better than 750 ill update you guys with the pancit canton

i bring a lot of those "lucky me" pancit canton (all flavors) and instant noodles from PH last month.

had no problem with the customs here in Chicago...

Welcome to America and have a safe flight...

[neodragon0l 6]

Pancit canton(plain) is ok but noodles w/ shredded pork and chicharon was not allowed in SFO (Oct 2011). They threw it out!

Wow! That's commercial packaging. I had actual chicharon with me last April and I was fine. That's LAX though and not SFO. They said as long as the packaging is commercial and done properly, and not home made.

[Hank_ 9,173]

Wow! That's commercial packaging. I had actual chicharon with me last April and I was fine. That's LAX though and not SFO. They said as long as the packaging is commercial and done properly, and not home made.

[Memphis 26]

Wow! That's commercial packaging. I had actual chicharon with me last April and I was fine. That's LAX though and not SFO. They said as long as the packaging is commercial and done properly, and not home made.

All items I brought at SFO were commercial packaging, I bought from Ayala Cebu.The ones they threw out were luckyme w/soup booster pack and chicharon from chicharittos.The sad part is that the Officer at the SFO airport was a Filipina(old lady).She inspected and read labels of the luckyme and told me in Tagalog,"oops, hindi yan pwde".

But anyways, I think it all depends on the airport..Way back 2006-2009, my POE was Chicago and Atlanta and got along just fine,I even had home-cooked adobo in my luggage and again the yummy chicharon..

[ssupra1 0]

have a safe trip and welcome to anerica!