For Veterans And/Or Their Survivors - RAO Cebu

luvdox · Jun 23, 2015

nwlivewire said: ↑

AS OF THIS DATE, CEBU IS THE NEAREST US RETIREMENT ACTIVITES OFFICE (RAO) LOCATION TO DUMAGUETE

Below is a copy of the email traffic I have rec'd.

"First, thanks for making contact with us..I hope for success on your continuing education endeavors.

A physical US address for many of our RAO retirees is a close relative who is living in the U.S. I don't know how to secure a physical US address while living in the Philippines. Our members are able to send and receive mail limited to 16oz.from the Military Postal Service or FLeet Post Office. I don't know if this weight limitation will satisfy your small package requirement.

Also I will say using the military postal service is as reliable as the U.S. Postal service . It's more reliable than the local Philippine postal system in your concerns of tracking and pilfering.

So our RAO Cebu members living in Dumagute actually get there mail from us by either visiting our office when in Cebu or in certain circumstances we forward their mail via LBC which is a national Door to door delivery service at the members additional expense. They travel to Cebu either by plane or using a combination of ferry and land travel.

Lastly, our members primarily rely on our restricted mailing privelages [sic] for their letter mailing correspondence and also receiving their medications from Tricare or Vetrans [sic] Administration. We do offer consulting on VA benefits and Tricare claims. We help widowers and their dependents file the proper paper works to receive their survivor benefits. We have a active membership of 121 retirees and their families including widowers.

I hope this answers some of your questions. Please contact us here any time for further questions."

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So since I do not want to burden my friend or Son with constant shipping of mail from US to Dumaguete, I will go ahead and pay for a mail forwarding service here in the States that DOES provide a STREET ADDRESS AND NOT A PO BOX ADDRESS.

Then they can scan mail if I want them to, authorize them to toss it out or to hold it for a monthly bulk shipment, or to send that piece of mail immediately.

Once a month I can have the mail forwarding company send that months worth of mail to me - and to forward mail to the Cebu address in NO GREATER THAN 16 ounce packages.

Most of my really important stuff is done electronically and paperless now. But using Cebu RAO might cut down the cost of international postage fees, and subsidize the cost of the Stateside mail forwarding service.

And hopefully, cut down on even more governmental paperwork and control.

I only want to be bothered with the required gov't paperwork, and relocating out of country adds a couple more things to have to file every year. Enough already!

A nice trip to Cebu once a month will give me a chance to explore that area, too.

But it sure would be even nicer if there was a VFW in Cebu.

Doesn't Dumaguete have a US Veteran population large enough to support a VFW?

Or, do Vets only come as tourists and leave?

nwlivewire
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Hello,
I just posted about the RAO not too long ago. My hubby is a member since April when we moved here and been gone to Cebu twice since. But it is getting costly now to go to Cebu just to pick the mail or packages now that most of our business transactions are done. Perhaps you and he could coordinate about going about the mail retrieval in Cebu. Please send me a message if you are interested. We usually go to the Gym at Portal West in the morning and we could meet up with you afterwards. Hope to hear from you.
Thanks!

nwlivewire · Jun 26, 2015

luvdox said: ↑

Hello,
I just posted about the RAO not too long ago. My hubby is a member since April when we moved here and been gone to Cebu twice since. But it is getting costly now to go to Cebu just to pick the mail or packages now that most of our business transactions are done. Perhaps you and he could coordinate about going about the mail retrieval in Cebu. Please send me a message if you are interested. We usually go to the Gym at Portal West in the morning and we could meet up with you afterwards. Hope to hear from you.
Thanks!
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I'm planning on arriving to Dumaguete as soon as I get my "green card". Am planning right now to arrive up in the Clark area to in-process with PRA for the Courtesy Visa in early June 2016.

Depending on how long it takes to get my ACR (?) card, I hope to be in Duma and looking for a place near Silliman U in Summer 2016.

So I will be glad to assist however I can to get a local RAO started - if that is possible and the numbers are there in Duma that will sustain it.

nwlivewire

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