javadown2

11 hours ago, payxibka said:

Neither of those places would have information on domestic flight requirements.  

well what do you know, I found the info right there on the Philippines embassy site.

1 hour ago, Jfresh26 said:

I believe BIA is still under construction. 
 

As far as I know, the airport in Legazpi is still operating and that is the airport we would use to fly to Manila. 

Maybe I should contact the LGP airport to see whatthe requirements are? I’m not sure where else to turn..
 

 

Naga is a couple hours away from us, Legazpi airport is closest.

11 hours ago, payxibka said:

Neither of those places would have information on domestic flight requirements.  

• Are there restrictions on intercity or interstate travel?  Yes.

For more information, see IATF Resolution No. 101 on the  Philippine Official Gazette website. Checkpoints are in place and domestic air travel remains limited. LGUs my request information about your purpose of travel. In general, leisure travel is not permitted at this time. 

11 hours ago, payxibka said:

Neither of those places would have information on domestic flight requirements.  

https://ph.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

12 hours ago, Jfresh26 said:

My fiancée and I are living together in Bicol province. We want to move to Manila to get closer to the embassy and SLEC. 

 

What are the requirements for incoming Manila passengers via flight?

 

Ive researched both PAL and CebuPacific airline websites, talked to chatbots, went to our barangay and LGU, still getting mixed answers. 
 

My understanding is we need travel pass and medical certificate. Our LGU was clueless and said we needed a covid test, but no where on the airline websites says that. Our barangay didn’t say we needed that either. 

For essential travel reason: my fiancée would like to do the medical & I will eventually be going home to US (hopefully with my fiancée) 

Go to the Philippines embassy or US embassy website for current info.

On 2/26/2021 at 7:15 PM, Tahoma said:

There's no need for her to show her Philippines passport to prove she's a former Filipino citizen citizen because her U.S. passport shows her place of birth.  My wife and I have traveled to the Philippines numerous times, with my wife using only her U.S. passport, and I have always been granted the balikbayan privilege.

Cool, this is great to know...we may just wait completely to get my wife's dual citizenship and new passport until getting back to the Philippines. No hurry it seems, since I will get the balikbayan, so did your wife just get entry with no time limit?

On 2/26/2021 at 9:07 AM, Celebi said:

Congrats on your wife becoming a USC! 

If you don't mind me asking, what are the pros and cons of being dual vs just being USC? 

Biggest for us Is we plan to live there more permanently, so with dual she and my daughter don't need visa, she can stay because citizen. Me on the other hand will have to deal with it as we go. Of course we can keep our property there also since she is a philippines citizen. So for us it is best. 

On 2/26/2021 at 10:11 AM, Chancy said:

 

Former Filipino citizens can actually own land in the Philippines.  But they are subject to limitations (such as land area) that do not apply to citizens.  More info here -- http://www.chicagopcg.dfa.gov.ph/land-ownership-by-former-filipino-citizens

We (wife) already purchased, but of course will complete dual citizenship for us to stay long term.

On 3/2/2021 at 12:54 PM, ultrasoul said:

@Talako @javadown2 

 

Because PHL passports are only issued in the PHL, applying for a new PHL passport at a PHL consulate/ embassy takes 6-8 weeks as the passports have to go from DFA Manila -> Houston Consulate -> Your house via USPS priority mail.

 

As long as your wife is planning to be in the PHL for at least 3 weeks to be on the safe side, it's best to only apply for dual citizenship at the Houston consulate, enter PHL with her US passport, and then apply for a new PHL passport at a DFA office in the Philippines.

 

You'll save money too- 950 PHP (~ USD $20) or 1200 PHP expedited (~ USD $25) compared to USD $60 + USD $7.95 priority flat rate if done at a PHL consulate/ embassy in the US.

As I said on another thread- if you both have children and you want your children to acquire PHL citizenship (in addition to their US citizenship), you will need to re-register both your marriage and birth of your children that took place outside PHL with the PHL consulate/ embassy in the US. COVID has made this process much easier- there used to be an in-person appointment required of these 2 processes but now mail in is allowed (at least for states under the Washington DC embassy or New York consulate jurisdiction) 

Thanks for the great input, we will just file dual then and get her a new Philippines passport once back in the Philippines. Our daughter is already a dual citizen so nothing to figure out there except maybe renewing old passports. Tentatively planning for July time frame for going back for probably a very long term stay/live full time. So even if there is quarantine upon entering we don't care, will deal with when the time comes.

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

My wife is more pessimistic than me.  She is thinking yet another year before we go home 

Nah, they NEED  the tourist....already signs that they are allowing inside travel to Cebu for tourism. Maybe fully open by end of year, that is my guess. 

1 hour ago, seekingthetruth said:

Duterte just recently extended the state of calamity into September.  Not one vaccine has been given.

If I were you, I would stay away until everything is normal.  This place is a mess of unorganized and disconnected bureaucracy right now.

Well we will see later in the year, we are In a lease here in Phoenix until end of November. So no hurry.

24 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Passports are taking on average 8 to 10 or so from application 

Ok, thanks for the heads up..we won't go to the Philippines until she has it all done...once all is completed no more headaches with travel to and from the Philippines....hopefully they relax travel restrictions soon though, but doubtful!

So my wife just passed citizenship interview and oath ceremony will be next week. We plan to apply for her dual immediately, does anyone know the approximate time to finish this? We will also of course immediately file for US Passport, expedited. We just want it all done so when the first chance it's open for travel into the Philippines we can go, preferably once they stop requiring quarantine on arrival and then again with province/barangay! We will either fly to San Francisco or LA consulate.

21 minutes ago, JayDGODITRUST said:

Hey!!!!! I’m extremely happy with you guys successful journey. Well it’s a time to celebrate I send my package off in a few days I’ve been good with the wait times hoping for a great time🤗🤗.

Thank you, hope rest of your

 journey goes well also! good luck

18 hours ago, Phoenix777 said:

Congratulations! Which service center? And what do you mean by missing biometrics appointments? Do you mean she did not have it all or rescheduled 2 times? 
thanks 

Phoenix, we had to reschedule the biometrics 2x's first appointment we missed completly 

13 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Congratulations.... I am glad everything worked out for you

Thank you!

Filed September 9 2019....missed 2 bio-metrics appointments, wife just received her 10 year green card and we had no interview. We were really sweating it because she was outside the US right at the 6 month time period with an expired green card but luckily had the extension letter. Now only 4 more months and we file her N-400! We have been very fortunate with short wait times, if we had not cancelled to appointments I'm sure we would have been done 3 months ago. Good luck to everyone!

Just wanted to get an idea of how long it will take for my wife to receive the notice of receipt after filing the I-751, just ball-park numbers of people who have recently applied/sent theirs out. We kind of have a tight window of time because we are on Guam and decided to file using our mainland address in Spokane WA because we are going back there in late December(after he green card expires). We will file within the 90 day window, her green card expires December 8th. So just a little worrisome on our part that she get this letter so she can travel back. We planned on being in the Philippines for a vacation prior to coming home. Anyways, plans can change..it all depends on her ROC and getting this extension letter in time. 

Thanks in advance fellow Journey members!

Sweet....was going to ask same question....going to file my wife's I-751 in September but may change addresses several times, so we are worried a little because we will be outside of US when her Green card expires. I can get the extension letter to me before hand (expires December) but kinda worried about later on when I'm not sure what my address will be during the ROC process. 

2 minutes ago, arken said:

Not exactly right. Your wife chose to stay at home. Had she been working for say 1.5 years after getting EAD, she could have earned over  25K even at the minimum wage. Spending around 1K on ROC is nothing then. So in your case it was a choice.

 

They didn’t make any mistake. I believe you meant skip ROC process. If one is married for more than 2 years at the time they are approved for GC, they get 10 year GC and so no ROC involved. She stayed with the risk of deportation just in case she had run-ins with the law, so she was at risk  all the time. 

She has to wait 3 years after getting GC to apply for citizenship. 

Yeah, ROC....yep we just did what we believed the process was suppose to be. Honestly happy for her and ok yeah my wife or she could have worked and easily made that money. I guess its more about the whole process/interview/paperwork then money/costs. 

Anyways, thanks for the response. IT was a choice and we just did what we thought she was suppose to do. 

Haha, rant over now. I'm happy for her. I'll say it again, it's just frustrating to wait and wait again...pay more money and time. I'm done ranting, thanks for the replies. 

11 minutes ago, PolskaKielbasia said:

Because, let's be real here, there is for all intents and purposes zero negative consequences of being out of status for a few months. I'm not saying it's a good thing, it's just the way things rolls. Especially if she isn't interested in working or traveling back to her home country and isn't in an hurry to naturalize.

 

And in the ridiculously tiny off-chance the government starts applying heat she can immediately file a I485 and obtain safety. 

Her downside is she wants to bring her mother her to help with her child, so now she actually slowed down that happening.

3 minutes ago, JFH said:

Sure. Obviously ICE have bigger fish to fry than a K-1 wife who didn’t file AOS in a timely manner. But the old “I never thought it would happen to me” could actually happen. Random traffic stop, for example. I wouldn’t want to be looking over my shoulder the whole time just to avoid ROC. I’d also question my husband’s commitment to me if he’s quite happy to delay filing AOS and potentially put my status at risk. 

She never drove, so that wasn't a big deal...neither did my wife. 

16 minutes ago, PolskaKielbasia said:

You should relax and enjoy a few cold beer. Her plan isn't all upside either. She probably got her AP a lot later than your wife. If something had come up in the meantime that absolutely required her to travel home, she would've had to abandon the AOS process. But yes it appears her floating time out-of-status paid of handsomely. Also, your wife will be able to file N400 sooner than her (three years from when one first becomes a green card holder, 2 or 10 years is irrelevant). 

Yeah, true our timeline will be ahead when it comes to citizenship. I know, but it's just annoying that you follow the directions and you end up behind...just frustrating. 

So, this is more of a rant then anything. So my wife and I followed the process to the T for our K-1 visa process...and we are about to do the removal of conditions later this year. So...my rant is that my wife's friend (also Filipino) was on the exact same path and timeline (they met during the medical process in Manila). So she just posted on her Facebook that she had received her 10 year green card, I'm like how? So come to find out she had waited so long to file for her green card that when the interview time came they had already been married for 2 years, I mean good for her but it makes me a little angry. We filed right away for my wife's green card and paid those fees, now we have to file again for removal of conditions and pay those fees, paperwork, interview...etc etc. So it appears your better off to just wait out the 2 years and then file and you will get your 10 year green card much faster. Yeah in the mean time your stuck in US but and can't work or travel outside US..but in her case she stayed home (same as my wife). Just mad that if you follow the rules they make you pay more..

The more I think about this the more I wonder if they made a mistake for her?? Should she be worried? I'm thinking she meets the married for 2 years but how can they allow them to bypass the AOS process? And now they they have the green card doesn't she still have to wait 3 years before becoming US citizen (3 years and married to US citizen rule)?