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03-02-22 21:56 #14953
Posts: 59Thanks to Westcoast for the comprehensive report. Further clarification asked.
Thanks for the report. It was informative. Here are additional questions about which you may have insights:
1) What constitutes proof of vaccination? I am triple vaxed attested to by a US CDC card but which can be easily doctored. I think that I recall that these CDC cards are acceptable. Further the PI is generally lax on enforcement. Recall the perfunctory inspection of your bags by the security guards when you enter the mall. However I would hate to be turned away by immigration or shaken down for a bribe.
2) What is acceptable Health insurance? I have Medicare and supplemental insurance. For all of you expats who have no experience with that, supplemental insurance covers shortfalls between the amount charged for medical service and what Medicare pays. You can get this insurance without premiums that's how big the insurance industry is. So I am wondering if presenting my US health insurance cards will suffice.
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03-02-22 16:13 #14952
Posts: 6803Also the list of countries that Phils allows in visa-free:
https://dfa.gov.ph/list-of-countries-for-21-day-visa
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03-02-22 16:11 #14951
Posts: 6803Thanks bro
From today, March 3, 2022. Update on visa requirements from the Philippines Embassy website:
http://www.philippine-embassy.org.sg...l-information/
General Information on the Entry of Foreigners
The Embassy informs the public of salient points of Resolution Nos. 159 dated 27 January 2022 and 160-A dated 3 February 2022 of the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF):
I. Classification of countries, territories, and/or jurisdictions into green, yellow and red is temporarily suspended until further notice;
II. Effective 10 February 2022, foreign nationals traveling to the Philippines for business and tourism purposes may enter the country visa-free and stay in the Philippines for not more than 30 days, provided that they:
Are a citizen or national of a non-visa required country under Executive Order 408 s. 1960 (E.O. 408);
Are fully-vaccinated and able to provide sufficient proof of vaccination (except for minor children below 12 years of age), to include any of the following:
World Health Organization (WHO) International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis;
VaxCertPH;
National or digital certificate of the country which has accepted VaxCertPH under reciprocal arrangement (for Singapore, digital certificate issued through Notarise Singapore); OR
Other proof of vaccination permitted by the IATF.
Present a negative RT-PCR test taken within 48 hours prior to departure from (first) point of origin;
Have a valid return ticket or ticket to onward destination (not later than 30 days from the date of arrival in the Philippines);
Have passports valid for at least six months from the time of arrival in the Philippines; AND
Have obtained, prior to arrival, travel insurance for COVID-19 treatment costs from a reputable insurance company, with a minimum coverage of USD35,000, for the duration of their stay in the Philippines.
III. Foreign nationals not qualified under Section II above, or foreign nationals from visa-required or restricted countries, may enter the Philippines by securing a 9(a) visa, provided that:
They have an entry exemption document issued under existing IATF regulations;
Are fully-vaccinated and able to provide sufficient proof of vaccination (except for minor children below 12 years of age), as provided in Section II 2(b);
Present a negative RT-PCR test taken within 48 hours prior to departure from (first) point of origin;
IV. Once admitted into the country, fully vaccinated foreign nationals are no longer required to observe mandatory facility quarantine but shall self-monitor for any COVID-19 signs and symptoms for seven (7) days, with Day 1 as the date of arrival in the Philippines. They are required to report to the local government unit (LGU) of their destination should they manifest any symptoms.
V. Those who fail to fully comply with the conditions set forth shall be denied admission and shall be subject to appropriate exclusion proceedings. Furthermore, foreign nationals found not compliant with the conditions set forth in Section II 2b shall be required to undergo facility-based quarantine until the release of their negative RT-PCR test taken on the 5th day. After which, they shall be required to undergo home quarantine until their 14th day, with Day 1 as their date of arrival.
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IMPORTANT:
Only fully-vaccinated foreign nationals (except for minors 12 years old and below) with sufficient proof of vaccination will be allowed entry into the Philippines.
Foreign nationals from visa-free countries who wish to stay in the Philippines for more than 30 days can either (a) request an extended stay at the Bureau of Immigration upon arrival in the Philippines; or (b) secure an endorsement from the appropriate Philippine national government agency and secure a 9(a) visa that will allow them to stay for a maximum of 59 days. The endorsing Philippine national agency must submit their entry exemption request directly to DFA-Office of Consular Affairs (OCA).
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03-02-22 16:01 #14950
Posts: 6803Originally Posted by JonesLover [View Original Post]
Try the money changers in the Divisoria area, on Velez St, between Abejuela St and T Neri St, next to the old Grand City hotel. Alternately try one block to the west, on Tiano Bro St, also between Abejuela and Neri streets. Money changer businesses come and go, they might no longer be there. You can also exchange at the following places:
Any Cebuana Lhuillier locations.
Also in the Centrio Ayala mall, floor 3, Core Pacific Money Exchange (next door to a computer repair shop).
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02-28-22 09:11 #14949
Posts: 245CDO: where to change euro?
Hi,
Unfortunately I had the unfortunate idea to spend a few days in Cagayan de Oro. I already have the plane ticket and in a few days I'll be there, then I'll go to Davao.
My question: someone who knows CDO well, can you tell me where I can go to change the euro with a good exchange rate?
Thank you.
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02-27-22 23:58 #14948
Posts: 6803Originally Posted by MontanaMonger [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by MontanaMonger [View Original Post]
For example in Manila, at the Robinson's Malate, the STAR Pharmacy next to the Robinson's grocery store does not require the tracing form (possibly because you must fill one out for the mall at the entrance, just steps away). Yet upstairs in the mall at Watson's Pharmacy, everyone fills out the tracing form in order to come inside the store. And even more strangely, next to STAR is a small food supplement store (vitamins and minerals and such in pill form, protein powder) that requires me to fill out the form.
Regarding the apps. They vary from place to place. Pictured is the one required to enter the Intramuros BI for extensions. You don't need a special app, you just point your phone camera at that QR code and it automatically brings up a webpage to fill in your contact tracing info (name, address, age, phone number). Then it txts you a filled-in form to show the BI guard when you show your passport to enter.
Originally Posted by MontanaMonger [View Original Post]
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02-27-22 06:22 #14947
Posts: 3471Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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02-26-22 21:52 #14946
Posts: 6803Originally Posted by LukeSkyWanker [View Original Post]
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02-26-22 21:25 #14945
Posts: 411Cdo
Originally Posted by JonesLover [View Original Post]
May the force be with you.
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02-26-22 16:29 #14944
Posts: 1914One more variation
Dr. Westy, you've seen from my past work that I too utilize the vax direct application to epidermis delivery methodology. Your creative non-invasive techniques are intriguing. I have another variation of an absorption method, but it involves some enhanced risk of patient anger and violence, especially with Mexicanas. It's hair delivery which can be effective but slower because it takes time for the vax to reach the scalp and significantly so if a patient has long beautiful hair.
AB and Chicago are still open.
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02-26-22 15:41 #14943
Posts: 6803Continue the vax
Originally Posted by LuvMexicanas [View Original Post]
If there is no acceptable injection site, then as a last resort I use the "Vax-to-skin" delivery method, hoping for some osmosis. Sometimes in a moment of vax-desperation, should I be forced to use the skin method, on my fingertip I also get a dab of the vax from her tummy, ass, or face, and touch it to her lips, hoping some of the vax will make its way down her throat (its for her protection). The final and last-ditch thought on this kind of method is to swab a q-tip (cotton bud in Phils) into my recent skin-vax (warmer is better), then swab it just under her nose (or just inside the nostril), hoping that some of the vax solution will atomize, and she can inhale it on her way home (to her boyfie). Its also possible that she will then kiss her boyfie when she gets home, and continued atomization might help to vaccinate him also. You have to be a very bad boi, and a very good vaxxin' doc, to try experimental treatments such as this. If only there was a site on the Internet where these kids of treatments could be shared. If only. . .
BTW, are Adelitas and Chicago still open for biz?
#thinking-of-the-locals. #good-doctoring-reaps-rewards. #always-thrusting-forward.
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02-26-22 07:22 #14942
Posts: 1914From the west
Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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02-25-22 22:58 #14941
Posts: 462Originally Posted by SpirouleGroom [View Original Post]
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02-25-22 15:32 #14940
Posts: 15821Originally Posted by DashingDon [View Original Post]
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02-25-22 14:30 #14939
Posts: 6803Originally Posted by DashingDon [View Original Post]