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For SRRV, having been here for greater than 6 months they wanted NBI report. We went to NBI in Manila; SRRV consultant helped us and we made it through there in a flash. They had no problem giving us electronic fingerprints. You pre-register with Manila NBI online. They also request background check from home country. I just asked my daughter at home to go to local sheriff department and get copies for us; anybody can do it as police records are not confidential information. Just costs $25 apiece. She dhl’d them to us. My report showed a speeding ticket more than 15 mph over the limit pled down to 5 mph over; SRRV consultant did not like that and did not submit it. I still got SRRV visa; I had to submit affidavit (per approved BI procedure) that I would submit home police report within 6 month so she submitted it after I received SRRV. No problems! She was concerned that BI would delay approval until they could confirm that speeding ticket was NOT crime of moral turpitude...a regular BI clerk cannot make that judgement apparently, so it takes additional time for approval. But BI allows for an affidavit promising to submit within 6 months of approval so SRRV can be issued quickly. I didn’t want delays because we intended to travel to US in 6 weeks. Thiscis one of the great value adds of the free PRA consultant who get paid a commission by PRA for this work. We never would have been aware of the affidavit loophole; PRA consultant even gave us the affidavit form promising to submit home police report and you have your attorney notarize it. As of this date my speeding tickets has been removed from sheriffs report due due it being > 10 years old. Three things to take away are that 1) even small marks in police report can cause delays if not handled properly 2) FBI report is not required, local sheriff or police dept report will suffice 3) Full NBI report from Manila where the have fingerprint facility are required, in addition to home country police report, are required if you are have been in Philippines more than 6 months. If less than 6 months I THINK fingerprints are still required and probably can be obtained at NBI in some large city here. I cannot overestimate the value of the free PRA marketing consultant when you obtain SRRV; they make it very easy when you fly to Manila and visit all the agencies such as NBI, DFA (for red ribboning), BDO or whatever for bank deposit, Doctor for physical exam, USA embassy for marriage license and birth certificate affidavits, and PRA office at Citibank for application submittal and payment of application fee. We did not ever have to enter BI office during the process as the much friendlier PRA does that on your behalf. You go to 2 agencies max per day due to traffic in Manila; plan to spend 5 days there. Stay at a nice hotel in makati; not expensive at all! Make a vacation of it; “grab” cars will take you everywhere very cheaply and efficiently. After we travelled to the US, we returned to Cebu and were allowed to bypass long immigration lines at the airport and go through the diplomatic line for fast efficient processing. My apologies if I went too far off topic.


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WTF is wrong with that poster? Those little ones are earning a living for their families! My gosh, they are selling things we can use like mangos, bananas and peanuts. They take the money they EARN and buy rice with it fir their families. They get the products from legal sources and sell at a profit. This is what we call HONEST WORK. There are other kids that hang around places line McDonalds near Robinson’s and they actually beg but even there I have seen some selling things. I usually give the one’s that beg 10 pesos and I know some of them have handlers who take most of the money. I don’t like that but if they have handlers I don’t see them. Those kids are the beggars. The one’s selling mangos and fruit are not and I buy from them when I have small money with me.I’m thankful to God that my kids never had to do those things and not be able to go to school.


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Agree, there is nothing a foreigner can do. You can marry a Filipina or ex-Filipina and use your marital resources to put the land TCT in her name. Then you can live there and do so legally as long as your wife “permits” you to live there. Well, after 33 years of marriage I have no problem with that. We will never get divorced or separated at this stage of our lives but I do realize that IF for some reason, that did occur, I would be basically screwed. Also, not that there is a big age difference between us (5 years), I still expect to meet my maker well before she does but in the event the reverse were to be true, then there would exist this piece of property that I am living on that I did not own. What to do? It might be possible to simply do nothing, as I note many TCTs here and mother titles are in the name of deceased people. But in my case there are these greedy relatives who might play some inheritance shenanigans and get me kicked off. A saving factor is that they probably could never afford the legal fees or the resultant capital gains tax. But then again, there are a few lawyers in the family who might go pro-bono. We had our will made out but I don’t really have a clear explanation of this situation except that I would be “beneficial owner”, not a titled owner, but I could choose who would get the title. I am not so sure I believe that, plus we have kids in a foreign land who they say “could” inherit the land but I cannot really believe that because they are not Philippine citizens though they have a Filipina mother. Anyway, I would never let the Greedy just take the house and land as-is. They have things like bulldozers to correct such injustices but an even better option might be to donate it to the Catholic Church under the condition that I can complete my final days here. Some of the relatives are so fake-religious! This would be the ultimate justice, letting all that property go, and become the property of the Church.


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