Hong Kong Guide (Thread 37)

[minaco_aino]

^ Pwede bang hindi ideclare o tatanungin kasi yung work mo? He's a fire fighter. Ano pa bang important reminder pag ang magtatravel government employee?

[ubengbaka]

^Other govt employees write down a different profession. Yun ang nabasa ko sa ibang forums dati. Just make sure you know something about the profession you're writing down and it's a profession that can support your trip. I run my own business but I still always write Prod designer as my profession (I only do my prod design stint once in a while na lang). I was only asked once about it, they asked which company daw ako work. I said it's a freelance work.  Wala na tanong after.

Hope this helps.

@sis ezoneme hehe sorry, not advisable nga with kids ^_^

[SOFIEMAE]

^Yes, my hubby is a govt employee everytime he was asked by the IO local, kung ano work niya lagi lang niya sinasabi businessman wala namang ibang hinihingi na... from 2010 to february 2014 travel namin ganun lang lagi in his case kasi mas mahirap ang daming documents na needs pag nagpaalam na mag travel siya, sa crame pa hihingi ng docs at 1 month before pa release, so lakasan lang ng loob gawain din ng iba niyang opisyal heheh... tsaka yung passport niya private hindi yung pang government na passport issue

[gylbie]

Meron ako tanong? Meron ba malapit na palitan ng dollar malapit sa GC? Or mas okay if sa airport kami papalit? Salamat ng marami.

[prettybarbie]

Mababa ang palit sa airport...

[akosicheng]

1 more week to go and off to HK na kami. super excited na kami ng kapatid ko. sana wag naman maging maulan. hehe...

[rocky]

sis SOFIEMAE, e-passport na ba hubby mo? kasi alam ko pag e-passport & na-declare mo na govt ka makikita na nila sa database. kaya mula nong e-passport ako, nagpapapirma na talaga ako lagi ng TA kesa naman ma-hold ng matagal sa IO & worst hindi makaalis dahil lang don

[minaco_aino]

Thank you sis rocky, ubengbaka, SOFIEMAE!

Sis rocky, we're about to renew our passport this year. January 2015 travel namin. So e-passport na kami. So better na ideclare na lang na government employee since makikita pala sa system. San ka kumukuha ng TA?

And pardon may ignorance, may visa na ba sa HK kung January 2015 ang travel? TIA!

[prettybarbie]

Visa free for less than 14 days ang stay

[imeego]

mga sis question lang, kung magsasama kami ng yaya, di ba kami mahihirapan sa immigration? i mean, di kaya sila strict or hanapan sya ng kung anong documents? we have 2 kids na kasi and di ko na keri ng walang kasamang yaya if ever..

[SOFIEMAE]

^wala pang visa basta less than 14 days stay only, pero diplomats meron

yes sis rocky E-passport na, pagnakuha nga kami ng passport sa government lane para mas mabilis... basta pagmagkasama kami naalis wala halos tanong, sabay kami interview lagi ng IO, kahit sis mga officemate niya private din passport... actually kakaalis lang last july 5 naku kinabahan ako bigla now ko lang naisip yan hahaha hindi pa naman kami magkasabay next year sa travel, hapon alis niya with my son then umaga kami ng parents ko...

yung mga kakilala ko sis sa other gov agencies (pwede ko ba bangitin heheh) 2 ang passport nila pwede pala yun? isang pang private at pang govt (red) naguguluhan ako pag red need pa rin ang TA kahit for training lang sila... pag private passport ang gamit nila mga personal travel pero wala silang TA, hindi sila nagdedeclare pero nakakalis sila baka wala naman sis sa database (sana heheh)

sis prettybarbie , musta weather now? papunta now brother ko dyan TIA

[mama squeak!]

^OT post but I would like to clarify lang about biometric or e-passports. The regular (maroon) e-passport does not state one's occupation unlike the old ones.

A government employee can be issued two passports, the regular maroon for private travel and the official red for government related travel. In short the government employee can use the regular one without declaring his/her occupation. Better not to declare kasi talagang hihingian sila ng travel authority. But if he/she chooses to use the red official passport automatic meron supporting docs kailangan ipresent like a travel authority (TA).

Now when you apply for a passport (regular), you can always declare na government employee ka para you can use the courtesy lane. Pakita ka lang proof like your government ID.

Now back to topic!

[SOFIEMAE]

^thanks

[minaco_aino]

^Thank you  mama squeak! Sorry napasarap kwentuhan re passport.  First time traveler out of the country.

[rocky]

ginagamit lang red passport pag official travel like pag attend ng seminar/training. pag personal hindi pwede

^^sis minaco_aino, Director General ng agency pumipirma & noted ng bureau director. kaya alam na may lakwatsa ka. hehe! anyways, madali lang naman magpapirma

[minaco_aino]

^thank you sis rocky!

Question, yung sinasabing Golden Crown where you buy DL & NP360 tickets ay the same as Golden Crown Guesthouse?

[rocky]

^oo sis sa mismong guesthouse nabibili yong discounted tickets

[minaco_aino]

^Great! Thanks sis! Doing my howework na kahit matagal pa travel. 

[layzieg]

pwede ba mag early  check in sa airport express ang cebu pacific? tia

[mama squeak!]

^sis, do you mean in-town check-in ng airport express? Alam ko hindi kasama ang Cebu Pacific sa mga airlines na merong in-town check-in. You have to check-in sa mismong airport check-in counter.