MANILA EMBASSY Storage locker?

[Mr Trav 15]

My wife has her interview this week and I know there is a no phone policy. Is anyone here 100% sure if there are storage lockers available at the embassy, and if so how much are they etc? Otherwise, we will have to get a hotel. Thanks

[payxibka 10,044]

18 minutes ago, Mr Trav said:

My wife has her interview this week and I know there is a no phone policy. Is anyone here 100% sure if there are storage lockers available at the embassy, and if so how much are they etc? Otherwise, we will have to get a hotel. Thanks

No storage lockers available,  only for USCs.  There are people outside the consulate who, for a fee, will hold the phone.

[Mr Trav 15]

Just now, payxibka said:

No storage lockers available,  only for USCs.  There are people outside the consulate who, for a fee, will hold the phone.

Is it an organized business? Can they be trusted?

[payxibka 10,044]

1 minute ago, Mr Trav said:

Is it an organized business? Can they be trusted?

Organized in the sense they are there everyday doing this.  

[Allovertheworld 355]

13 hours ago, Mr Trav said:

Is it an organized business? Can they be trusted?

I wouldn't trust them, they all look seedy to me.....

[Allovertheworld 355]

14 hours ago, Mr Trav said:

My wife has her interview this week and I know there is a no phone policy. Is anyone here 100% sure if there are storage lockers available at the embassy, and if so how much are they etc? Otherwise, we will have to get a hotel. Thanks

 

There are some storage lockers on Arquiza street, which is directly in front of the vehicle and main entrance for the USEM.  But last time I checked you had to pay ahead for them.  They were about 3 minute walk up the street once you crossed Roxas Blvd on Arquinza street.  So probably not an option.

 

And do not trust the people standing in front of the Immigration Section entrance of the USEM, that would be buyer beware scenario.

 

 

[Lola Lolo 34]

You can’t bring phone inside the Embassy. So me&husband left our phone in hotel room. And if you are from province be careful because not all people in Manila are good. Good luck!

[flicks1998 1,044]

Its not just a no phone policy.  Its any electronics.  Laptops (for whatever reason youd bring it), charging cords, charging adaptors, earphones, smart watches, etc etc.  If your going alone, leave all of that at home.  If someone can go with you and wait outside the embassy, they could hold on to these items.  As others have said, dont trust anyone.  Also, its not just about them stealing your phone, etc, common practice around many parts of SE Asia is to open the back of phones, take out the original parts and replace with Chinese parts.  This is a highly lucrative and very common and extremely easy to do with the right tools.  People just dont realize its happened. 

[John & Rose 7,239]

I had to remove my Apple Watch.  The say anything with an on/off switch cannot enter the Embassy.  Since I was at both interviews I took all their electronics and they Embassy held them.  We had 4 phones, 3 watches, and 2 cameras.  No problem.  All were placed in the same bin.

[user555 196]

When I went to the US Embassy in July 2017 to get my Affidavit in Lieu of a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage paper, I brought my phone, and the security guard in the first building with the metal detector kept my phone in a plastic container. When I finished getting my document, the guard gave the phone back to me. 

[payxibka 10,044]

1 hour ago, user555 said:

When I went to the US Embassy in July 2017 to get my Affidavit in Lieu of a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage paper, I brought my phone, and the security guard in the first building with the metal detector kept my phone in a plastic container. When I finished getting my document, the guard gave the phone back to me. 

A USC has options not available to non USCs 

[Murph4865 597]

4 hours ago, payxibka said:

A USC has options not available to non USCs 

When i also went in to get my lieu of certificate of legal capacity my fiancé  was with me also and had to give up her electronics at same time as me in a different bin but gave us tags to retrieve when we come out of embassy.

[payxibka 10,044]

18 minutes ago, Murph4865 said:

When i also went in to get my lieu of certificate of legal capacity my fiancé  was with me also and had to give up her electronics at same time as me in a different bin but gave us tags to retrieve when we come out of embassy.

Another example of what is available when the USC is present 

[user555 196]

14 hours ago, payxibka said:

A USC has options not available to non USCs 

Yes, he does say "we," so I'm assuming he is going with his lady to the embassy. If they just bring one phone, the US citizen could leave it with the guard.