jm05

Well I'm ticked off.

First I was not able to purchase plane tickets from a Philippine based airline. I tried both Cebu Pac and PAL and was denied by both by all my credit cards.

When I posted online about this multiple people replied that they could not purchase online either and that they sent money to their other half to make the purchase in person, simple enough.

Well, now I am trying to make hotel reservations for my fiancee at a hotel for the interview.

I was just informed that my credit card denied the charges. This is my Visa Check Card which comes from my bank account. I made sure there was enough money to cover the hotel fee in the account.

So I call the bank and get informed that there have been no denied transactions on my card. When I mentioned that the charges were comming from the Philippines they told me, "Oh, well that is different. We denie all charges from the Pacific Rim countries due to the high ammount of fraudulent charges from the area." ?????? WHAT THE EFF???

So I say to the guy, "So you are prohibiting me from spending MY money the way I want to?"

"No sir, we are protecting you from fraudulent charges on your account."

"I am telling you right now, I want this charge to take place. I have provided all the evidence you have requested to prove I am how I say I am, CC#, SS#, DOB, etc. I want to spend my money."

So he goes to talk to management and then comes back and tells me that there is nothing that can be done because the charge is not making it to their systems to be denied so they can not make not to allow the charge.

What it sounds like is the CC companies in the Philippines are aware of the fact that the US card will be denied and never attempt to submit the request.

Is anyone else having trouble with any credit cards? So far I have only attempted to make the hotel reservation with my Visa Check Card. I have not tried my GM Mastercard or my AMEX card, both of which are true credit cards. However, both of these were denied by Cebu Pac and PAL a few weeks back.

If your not having trouble post what type of card it is and who the issueing bank is.

If anyone else is having trouble contact your CC company and find out if they also have a blanket block on all PAC rim countries.

Marc

Hello..i encountered same problem with yours when i purchase big amounts.coz im a supplementary or should i say extension of two credit cards namely US Bank and Bank of America account of my fiance..they were really strict on purchasing using CC especially here in Philippines..they would email or inform my fiance about fraudulent may happen...but that was last year..and im glad now i dont have any problem with it..and im glad

After my interview the guy in window 37 told me to pay for delivery fee and he gave me a paper stating for "documents verification". But i dont know which documents will be verify by the USE. Im just confused coz i dont know if my visa is approve or not. If our documents being verify by the USE, is there a possibility that my visa will be denied? And how long will it take for the verification of the documents? Coz some says 2-3weeks..and some says 3-6weeks..which is which? pls help me! coz as of now it still bothers me...hope some of you can answer and help me clarify this...thanks

As other posters said, each case varies. I know people that's been waiting for 6months and some for only 1week. One good thing to look forward to is that they have you paid the delivery fee. If you were denied, they should've returned your passport. Keep it positive gurl!

Whew! that relief me..im just confused and worried that it may take more than a month of waiting to get my visa and to fly to Washington...i hope i dont have to wait that long.. thanks!!!