Need advice on safekeeping packet for about less than 3 months..

[gorjuzk8 2]

Hi again,

I don't have my packet yet but I am expecting it next week.. I just realized, having read a lot of topics here in VJ on handling their packets (torn/opened/lost packets), how the heck am i gonna be able to make sure my packet is safe for another 3 months!

should I call the embassy and ask them to keep it for another 2 months? Is it as fragile as other people say it is?

Getting paranoid now, as my job requires me to travel a lot.. what I'm thinking is to bring it wherever I go together with my CXR and the vaccination record.. I live in an area in Manila where it usually floods, and I'm worried if I leave it there, something might happen.. This is crazy.. I didn't expect to have it this early.. If i can just leave right away, but I can't..

Flood does not get inside our place, but after Typhoon Haiyan I have become super paranoid..

Edited November 23, 2013 by gorjuzk8

[Penguin_ie 5,992]

I just put mine in my concertina document folder with all my other stuff. It's basically the one thing I would grab if there wa sa fire and I needed to run out.

I wouldn't carry it with me when I travel, chances of it getting lost or damaged or higher the more it gets carried and handled. If you feel your home may not be safe (not even o top of a book case, or wardrobe?), you could rent a safety deposit box in a bank?

[gorjuzk8 2]

I just put mine in my concertina document folder with all my other stuff. It's basically the one thing I would grab if there wa sa fire and I needed to run out.

I wouldn't carry it with me when I travel, chances of it getting lost or damaged or higher the more it gets carried and handled. If you feel your home may not be safe (not even o top of a book case, or wardrobe?), you could rent a safety deposit box in a bank?

thanks.. will definitely follow your advice (won't bring it with me all the time)..

on top of my wardrobe on the 2nd floor hopefully is safe enough..

[notusinganymore 31]

Hi again,

I don't have my packet yet but I am expecting it next week.. I just realized, having read a lot of topics here in VJ on handling their packets (torn/opened/lost packets), how the heck am i gonna be able to make sure my packet is safe for another 3 months!

should I call the embassy and ask them to keep it for another 2 months? Is it as fragile as other people say it is?

Getting paranoid now, as my job requires me to travel a lot.. what I'm thinking is to bring it wherever I go together with my CXR and the vaccination record.. I live in an area in Manila where it usually floods, and I'm worried if I leave it there, something might happen.. This is crazy.. I didn't expect to have it this early.. If i can just leave right away, but I can't..

Flood does not get inside our place, but after Typhoon Haiyan I have become super paranoid..

I bought a really sturdy and waterproof envelope for it at national bookstore. Once I placed it inside I never took it out even for a second until I reached the airport for airline and immigration to check it. When I went back to our province I left it in the same case and locked it in a bag that I had in my cousin's place. It's the kids they have that I was worried about because they were in a higher place with no flood.

It is not like an onion paper that easily breaks but rather like a yellow bond paper. That's why it is better to have it sealed and waterproofed.