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rocky

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #500 on: September 06, 2013, 10:57:23 am »
^usually mahigpit sila sa solo traveller. pero kung wala ka naman gagawing masama don, wala kang dapat ikatakot. isang tanong isang sagot lang ;)

sa PAL terminal wala gaanong tanong. yong mga budget airline ang mahigpit ???

ellesor

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #501 on: September 06, 2013, 11:43:08 am »
Hello sissies! I'll be travelling abroad with my boyfriend this coming Sunday. It's our first time to travel abroad and we're both young! I'm only 21 and he's 22. Medyo napa-praning ako sa mga nabasa ko dito. Mag tour lang sana kami sa SG for 3d2n. May mga travel vouchers din naman kami. And we're both employed kaya pwede rin namin dalhin company ID namen :)

Ano ano bang possible questions ang pwedeng itanong saamin?

Nakakapraning ayokong ma offload. Haha

Sis no worries. Nung 1st time namin abroad ang tanong lang magkaano ano kami hehe

bellanjelah

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #502 on: September 06, 2013, 11:45:39 am »
^^tama ka sis Rocky, my last flight was with PAL, wala ngang tinanong sa akin, the IO only asked for my old passport yun lang.

jackyjames_09

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #503 on: September 06, 2013, 05:39:20 pm »
Sisses! Re-post ko lang ito from facebook - A3 Tours and Travel.
ATTENTION TO ALL PASSPORT HOLDER...!!!!1

PLS DO SHARE TO ALERT THE OTHER PASSPORT HOLDER...

Alert: Passport
Awareness at the Airport PASSPORT
AWARENESS AT THE AIRPORT Please be
Careful at the Airports, This is a well
organized conspiracy by Immigration,
Police, Customs and Airline staff with networking at all International Airports.
Be careful when ever you give your
passport to Immigration/Customs/ Airline
staff. The pass port can be easily
tampered and can create trouble to you.
They have found an easy way of making money. This is the way it works:At the
time of the passenger’s departure, if the
passenger is not looking at the officer
while he is stamping the exit, the officer
very cleverly tears away one of the page
from the passport. When the passenger leaves the immigration counter, the case
is reported on his computer terminal
with full details. Now all over the
country they have got full details of the
passenger with Red Flag flashing on the
Passport number entered by the departure immigration officer. They have
made their money by doing above. On
arrival next time, he is interrogated.
Subject to the passenger’s period of stay
abroad, his income and standing etc., the
price to get rid of the problem is settled by the Police and Immigration people. If
someone argues, his future is spoiled
because there are always some innocent
fellows who think the honesty is the
basis of getting justice. Please advise
every passenger to be careful at the airports. Whenever they hand over the
passport to the counters of Airlines or
immigration or the customs, they must
be vigilant, should not remove eyes from
the passport even if the officer in front
tries to divert their attention. Also, please pass this information to all friends, media
men and important politicians. Every
month 20-30 cases are
happening all over the world to rob the
passenger the minute he lands.
A similar case happened with Aramco‘s Arifuddin in Pakistan . He was travelling
with his family.
They had six passports. They got the visa
of America and decided to go via Jeddah.
When they reached the States, the page
of the Americanvisa on his wife’s passport was missing. At the time
of departure from Pakistan it was there,
the whole family had to return
helplessly. On arrival at Pakistan , they
were caught by the police and now it is
over 2 months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and the
Courts. On going in to details with him,
he found out the following: One cannot
imagine, neither can believe, that the
Immigration dept can play such a nasty
game to harass the innocent passengers.All the airlines passengers
must be aware of this conspiracy. Every
month 15 to 20 cases are taking place, at
each mentioned airport, of holding the
passengers in the crime of tearing away
the passport pages. On interviewing some of them, none of them was aware
of what had happened. They don’t know
why, when and who tore away the page
from the middle of the passport. One can
imagine
the sufferings of such people at the hands of the immigration, police and the
court procedures after that. The number
of cases has increased in the last 2-3
years. People who are arriving at the
immigration, they are questioned and
their passports are being held and they have to go in for detailed interrogation.
Obviously, the conspiracy started about 2
to 3 years ago, now the results are
coming. Some of the Airline counter staff
too is involved in this conspiracy. SO
MAKE SURE NOT TO LET THE PASSPORT GO OFF YOUR SIGHT EVEN FOR A SECOND. THE
IMMIGRATION COUNTERS ARE HIGH AND
TIRED AND SHORT PASSENGERS REALLY
HAVE TO WORK HARD TO KEEP THE
PASSPORT IN SIGHT, SPEACIALLY AFTER
THE EXHAUSTINGJOURNEY, EVERYONE WANTS TO GET OVER WITH THE AIRPORT
FORMALITIES AND GO HOME. SO BEING
VIGILANT FOR AN EXTRA MINUTE WILL
SAVE YOU A LIFE TIME OF MISERY. BEST OF
LUCK IN YOUR TRAVELS.KINDLY SEND THIS
TO AS MANY OF YOUR INTENDING TRAVELLERS AND FRIENDS ACROSS THE
WORLD REQUEST THEM TO CHECK THE
PASSPORT AT THE CHECKING COUNTERS
AND BEFORE LEAVING THE AIRPORT. I think
at least have a full photo copy of
Passport and Keep scan of your passport in your Hard drive or flash memory and i
will advise same for ticket also —
This information
will save lives of passengers. Spread the
word and share! Act Now!
This is a re-blogged from a concerned citizen!

iceheaven31

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #504 on: September 06, 2013, 06:27:15 pm »
^ hi sis. medyo totoo itong warning na ito. one member of the philippine madrigal singers, nung paalis sila for US tour this year, was victimized by this. nasira ang passport niya at muntik na siyang hindi makalipad. i dont know how they fixed it, but eventually she managed to fly naman. pero yun nga mga sis, be vigilant. and di ko alam kung ano meron, pero medyo madali nga masira (reportedly) yung mga unang labas na e-passports natin. ingat ingat. :)

Softcoremara

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #505 on: September 07, 2013, 01:48:49 am »
Alrighty, thanks sa tips! Siguro share ko na lang experience ko with the IOs pag balik ko ng Pinas!

Thank you! :)

wahmjunkie2

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #506 on: September 07, 2013, 04:17:22 am »
Would be flying to SG next week via Clark, first time. Hope the IO would not be strict.

jackyjames_09

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #507 on: September 07, 2013, 05:16:26 am »
sis iceheaven31, very disappointing ano? Uwi akong Pinas next Tuesday via PAL T2 hopefully huwag naman mangyari sakin yan.

annamarie88

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #508 on: September 09, 2013, 12:19:38 am »
Before i went to SG last June, i checked first this thread, totally made me nervous kasi sa nababasa ko na pag solo lang daw and bago ang passport, strict ang IO, etc haha grabe buti everything went smoothly.. Naka blazer ako, porma and all ;)

k_heart

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #509 on: September 09, 2013, 01:13:57 am »
He!he !Naalala ko yung IO sa Singapore, not my first time naman ako pumunta ng SG when
i went there last June. Pero bago yung passport ko,as in walang tatak. Di ko naman kinabit
yung old passport ko na may US Visa kasi no need naman kasi SG di ba.ha!ha!
Ayun, red flag pala ang new passport at nahiwalay ako sa mga officemates ko. Grabe, super
sungit nung IO na old woman. May nalimutan akong isign , galit na galit agad. Super dami
tanong like if first time ko,dun. Magwo-work ba daw ako dun, etc. Feeling nya magwo-work ako.  First time ko naka-encounter ng sobrang sungit na IO. Lagi naman ako sa US, at nag europe
na din ako pero never ako naka-experience ng masungit, as in tumungo lang ako to get my ballpen,
eh aba, listen first daw and don't do anything habang nagsasalita sya.
Awa ng Diyos, cool pa din ako,hindi ko pinatulan. nakasmile pa din ako all through out
hanggang matapos questions nya. Sabi ko,palibhasa panget na nga sya,panget din ugali kaya
galit sa mga mga pleasant-looking.ha!ha!Nagulat talaga ako dun sa masungit na IO.

So ayun, naubusa din ng itatanong at nakalabas ako. Then yung latest trip ko naman to another
Asian country, mabait naman IO compared sa SG. Yun pala, ang dami din ang nasungitan
sa group namin dun sa SG trip na yun.

For my travel this last quarter, US naman, kasama ko mga kids ko, relax relax lang since
mababait IO sa LA at madami ding Pinoy. Saka pag family travel, mas mabilis pa than usual.
« Last Edit: September 09, 2013, 01:16:28 am by k_heart »

annamarie88

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #510 on: September 09, 2013, 01:25:32 am »
Hehe buti ako pinili ko talaga yung lalake na IO sis ahahahaha nakakatawa obvious ata na pinili ko yung guy kesa yung mukhang matandang masungit na babae :D scared din ako nun, pnlano ko pa dalhin old passport ko at iniisip ko pa ano sasabihin ko kapag nagtanong magkano dala ko pera haha omg fun times :)

k_heart

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #511 on: September 09, 2013, 01:42:46 am »
Ha!ha!ha! Naku, mahilig din akong pumili sa lalake na IO sis. Hindi ko din naman alam kung
bakit sa babaeng mashondang masungit ako natapat. at saka, yung wala kang ini-expect na anything
kasi routine travel, kaya talagang nagulat ako. Gusto nya talaga ako sindakin. Konti
na lang, masisindak na nya ako.  ha!ha!ha! eh ang aga-aga pa naman. Kakagising ko lang sa plane.
ha!haha!
sabi ko,tuloy sa mga kasama ko, ano ba yan, kung kelan asian country, dun pa masungit IO. As if
gusto ko tumira sa SH. Haller!ha!ha!
In fairness, dala ko din yung isa ko pang old passport, di ko lang inattached. mai-attached na nga.
ha!ha !

annamarie88

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #512 on: September 09, 2013, 03:21:28 am »
Hahaha sis obvious sakin talaga na pinili ko guy kasi naging vacant bigla si old woman, talagang hindi ako gumalaw hahaha sige sis iakabit mo na old passport mo :D

littlemissbiatch

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #513 on: September 09, 2013, 10:00:20 am »
^^ I think advisable talaga to attach the old passport if you're using a completely new one, just to show yung travel records. Yung boyfriend ko andami tanong nung immigration officer when we went to HK, tapos nung nalaman na bago yung passport niya sabi sa kanya dapat daw pinakita na lang niya yung luma to save them both the trouble. :p

entwife

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #514 on: September 09, 2013, 10:49:57 am »
I will be travelling to SG on Sep 26. This will be my first trip abroad. I will be alone kasi yung friends na kasama ko after 2 days pa flight nila. I renewed my passport 2 mos ago.

I will be having my company ID and approved leave letter from my company. I have a hotel reservation kaso isang gabi lang kasi my friend offered his place. My return trip is after 3 days. Should I be concerned about the IO?

glamorous_aisha

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #515 on: September 09, 2013, 10:50:59 am »
maybe one trick is to look very casual when going to airports. everytime kasi na umuwi ako ng pilipinas na naka-business attire since may meeting ako right after i land. grabe usisa sakin ng IO. kapag naman parang nakapambahay lang ako dedma lang sila. haha

entwife

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #516 on: September 09, 2013, 10:57:42 am »
Nabasa ko nga sis na dress smart. Pero hindi ba ako mukhang magaapply ng work nun? or kung casual hindi ba nila iisipin na pupunta ako ng Malaysia? haha

annamarie88

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #517 on: September 09, 2013, 11:26:46 am »
Depende talaga sa IO hehe kasi ako solo and new passport, hindi nakaattach old passport ko.. Naka blazer ako at smiley face :D

bagaholic_chewy

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #518 on: September 09, 2013, 11:32:25 am »
Some say, pomorma daw. Some naman, casual lang.

In my case, I always dress relaxed for flights, most of the time naka-flats or wedge havs lang. Then jeans and super-casual shirt. Never naman ako nagka-prob sa immig, whether here in PH or abroad, kahit di ako nakaporma. Me tanong minsan, pero ok lang naman, the usual standard questions.

I personally believe nasa pagdadala lang yan. If you look nervous and edgy, the IO may see a reason to question you more. So be confident. And give direct answers sa tanong, wag paligoy-ligoy. Also, be respectful din sa pagsagot if natanong. Sometimes kasi I hear arrogant passengers sa Immigration dito sa PH. Keep your return air ticket and hotel reservation handy, just in case hanapin. Though based on my recent trips, di na ako hinanapan nito, tinanong lang kung ilang araw or kelan ang balik.

For government employees, better have your travel clearance ready din, madalas ko kasi marinig to na hinahanap sa immigration (i hear from other counters, meron pa muntik ma-offload because of this).

adikako

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Re: Immigration officers, how to deal
« Reply #519 on: September 09, 2013, 01:30:21 pm »
Never had problems with IOs abroad but in Philippines number of times na!

Recently lang nung paalis kami ng anak ko bound to Canada.

IO: Hiwalay kayo ng asawa mo? Itatakas mo ba ang anak mo? May pending kaso ba kayo? (ang dami nyang tanong na sobrang ratrat na inclining sa pagdala ko sa anak ko na 6 yrs old.
Me: Hindi, actually andun sya sa labas hinatid nga kame. Gusto mo tawagan natin at itanong mo.
Naimbyerna sakin siguro. at halatang binabagalan sa pag stamp at pag flip ng page.

Siguro if yung pagkakatanong eh tactful at with ethics hindi ko mamasamain at ma appreciate ko pa, kasi nga naman may involve na minor at welfare ng bata. But the way niya ay napaka rude at OA sa pagka assuming! Porket di ba kasama ang tatay, hiwalay agad?!!!

Kwento ko sa relatives ko, sabi nila GRABE naman sa PINAS. Dun daw sa kanila, rude yun pag ganun sobrang personal ang dating ng tanong.

 

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