[QUOTE=FastEddie48;1573443] AC and Manila is on a crack down[/QUOTE]Where in Manila is a crack down? I'm in Makati right now and haven't seen anything unusual.
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[QUOTE=FastEddie48;1573443] AC and Manila is on a crack down[/QUOTE]Where in Manila is a crack down? I'm in Makati right now and haven't seen anything unusual.
[QUOTE=FreebieFan;1573539]Go to a photoshop, have them make a laminated card, the size of your credit card, with your passport details page and keep it in your wallet...it will save you a world of trouble, in this situation, in Thailand and anywhere, where a passport view / I'd check is required / requested by some authority figure.[/QUOTE]Good advice FF. If staying longer go to Immigration & get an ACR card (Alien Certificate of Registration). Its a strong plastic card same size as a credit card & can't be argued with. You will need ID photo's, money & patience (Its WAY faster & more efficient than the past though).
AV.
[QUOTE=Dg8787;1573513]Sure seems like a lot of info here from 3 party sources but no facts or first hand knowledge. No knowledge of who the detainees were or if there was any. Yes, it is best to have some form of I'd on you like anywhere else in the world. From my limited experience the real poliza don't like to mess with any foreigners unless they have broken some serious law. There has not been enough info back by facts to change my next visit in June.[/QUOTE]Margharita Station is an old established blog with a news feed from multiple legitimate news sources. They have archives going back quite a long way. Yes customers were dragged off to Camp Crame. Raids are an old established tradition in the high profile vice areas. Customer arrests are not that new, been happening on a larger scale since at least 2011 as far as I can remember. As with all dealings with people in authority, smile, speak respectfully, co-operate & carry I'd.
AV.
[QUOTE=FastEddie48;1573443]To Amavida.
I am on a business trip next month to China and Asia and China is cracking down, Thailand is having a curfew, AC and Manila is on a crack down and Jarkata is going to be in Ramadan soon so it will be a tough monger trip.
Fast eddie 48.[/QUOTE]I'm avoiding Thailand for obvious reasons at the moment & Ramadan rules out Indonesia until its over but PI is business as usual. Raids & crackdowns come & go like clouds in the sky here. Enjoy the Philippines!
AV.
[QUOTE=Amavida;1573562]Good advice FF. If staying longer go to Immigration & get an ACR card (Alien Certificate of Registration). Its a strong plastic card same size as a credit card & can't be argued with. You will need ID photo's, money & patience (Its WAY faster & more efficient than the past though).
[/QUOTE]ACR cards are only good for those who are staying longer term AV (as I am sure you already know).
You can only get an ACR card if you have a registered address in the Philippines.
They will ask you to show proof of residency at an address (such as a phone bill or an electricity bill) or a deed of long term rental or ownership. An address in a hotel will not count.
You also have to get a notary to witness your declaration, so be careful about making false declarations if you are trying to get round the requirements.
[QUOTE=Socker;1573240]If you take a yellow cab outside arrivals you get hustled to death and then over charged. Most guys go upstairs to departures and find a white cab dropping off passengers (easy). The white cab will use the meter and get you to where you're going w / out hassle. In the morning take a cab to Victory Liner Bus Depot in Pasay, buy your ticket to Dua, and a trike to hotel in AC, less than 500 p for this trip.
The NEW AC disappointed me w/ the current bar talent but there are a few nice babes hiding in plain sight. You might have to go thru several bars to find one of them. I thought Atlantis was as close to the old AC as there is, I miss the old AC but still a fun down and dirty town. Good Luck[/QUOTE]Thanks Socker if your going to be in AC during the month of June let me know and I will buy you a beer.
Chris
[QUOTE=RedKilt;1573623]ACR cards are only good for those who are staying longer term AV (as I am sure you already know).
You can only get an ACR card if you have a registered address in the Philippines.
They will ask you to show proof of residency at an address (such as a phone bill or an electricity bill) or a deed of long term rental or ownership. An address in a hotel will not count.
You also have to get a notary to witness your declaration, so be careful about making false declarations if you are trying to get round the requirements.[/QUOTE]As I clearly stated, if you are staying longer...
"All foreign nationals who are visa holders of Temporary Visitor's Visa or Tourist Visa who have stayed for more than fifty-nine (59) days in the Philippines.".
Source: [URL]http://www.immigration.gov.ph/index.php/services/alien-registration/acr-i-card-issuance[/URL].
Comment: If you intend to stay longer, get one as soon as you can, it makes life so much easier.
What's this about having a 'registered' address? I've never been asked for documents proving my address and there is certainly no mention of this on the checklist of required documents.
Source: [URL]http://www.immigration.gov.ph/images/FORMS/Checklist/4AlienRegistration/2.%20CDR%20ACR%20I-Card%20Issuance.pdf[/URL].
Comment: Just write any valid address on the form. Obviously you don't mention a hotel name (duh). Would anyone be staying in a hotel longer term anyway?
Notaries are a dime a dozen. At the Manila Immigration building walk outside through the wall of the old city, there is a small city of notaries etc there who will help correctly notarise & double check document requirements before you go queue up at the Immigration counters. In Angeles I'm sure there are plenty around, just ask.
With all due respect, please be scrupulously careful slinging information.
AV.
[QUOTE=Amavida;1573934]As I clearly stated, if you are staying longer... [/QUOTE]If you are staying longer and extend the tourist / visitor visa longer than 59 days, I believe that you will be required to get the ACR card (about 4000 php annually if I recall correctly).
[QUOTE=Amavida;1573934] Comment: If you intend to stay longer, get one as soon as you can, it makes life so much easier. [/QUOTE]Maybe.. And why not!
I made a trip to the LTO office in Tarlac to try to get my Philippines drivers license... I went with a "helper". My "helper" was the younger brother of the lady at my emissions garage and he did NOT speak any English.
It did NOT go well... I wasn't sure why the LTO did NOT issue my license that day but "reportably" required me to be in the Philippines for 6 months before I could get my license.
Well that did NOT make a lot more sense, since theoretically (and probably legally) you can only drive on your foreign drivers license for 60 days. NOW, that depends on who you talk to... The cop that stopped me at a checkpoint late one evening was quoting 45 days and others have quoted 30 days. I believe that 60 days is correct.
No reason to argue with a cop and I did not want to give up my foreign license with the ticket he wanted to issue, so he made enough money that night to feed the family for a while.
Either way, now, I believe that the original problem at LTO was related to the fact that I didn't have my ACR card process completed.
BUT that still doesn't make much more sense, since you get the ACR card on the second renewal at the 60 day mark AND at least, here in Angeles, the ACR car is NOT ready for another 30 days after that. That would still leave a space of time that would NOT be covered.
Better to just tell anyone that you arrived last week and eliminate that problem.
But logic (or selective enforcement of the rules) is NOT required to be in effect, REMEMBER where we are!
Months later and with a valid Philippines drivers license and wearing a helmet, the next time I "breezed" through a checkpoint without any hassles.
[QUOTE=Amavida;1573934] Would anyone be staying in a hotel longer term anyway? [/QUOTE]I have known plenty of guys that stay in the hotels sometimes for years, both for security and because it is easier than maintaining a residence. I don't know of any reason why simply putting down the address of the hotel wouldn't work. I had used my hotel address for some Registration / Insurance documents and would receive my mail at the hotel on my next visit (LOL).
[QUOTE=ChrisLong;1573650]Thanks Socker if your going to be in AC during the month of June let me know and I will buy you a beer.
Chris[/QUOTE]While I was there in mid May for 11 days I took things for granted, now that I'm home I realize how great my trip was, and AC is still very worth while. There's a slow deterioration taking place but it's still worth a long plane ride to experience the AC action. PM for my personal recommendations if you like. Otherwise, thank you and enjoy yourself.
Last night 29/5/14, Rum Jungle bar in subic was raided and closed down.
The two owners have been arrested and held in jail, no news if bargirls or customers were arrested too.
Will post as new info comes through.
[QUOTE=Socker;1574019]While I was there in mid May for 11 days I took things for granted, now that I'm home I realize how great my trip was,[/QUOTE]I am in the same boat. Amen to that!
After reading through this thread and seeing the posts put up by all the naysayers (all of us are not included in the "naysayer" bracket) I 've made a decision.
With all the bar raids, arrests, ugly girls, runners, lousey food, expensive drinks, real high barfines, no barfines allowed here, etc. Etc. Etc.
I'm going back for my second month in a row after only being back in the States less then a month.
I don't know how I will be able to stand it, hehehehehe.
[QUOTE=Jack4765;1574329]After reading through this thread and seeing the posts put up by all the naysayers (all of us are not included in the "naysayer" bracket) I 've made a decision.
With all the bar raids, arrests, ugly girls, runners, lousey food, expensive drinks, real high barfines, no barfines allowed here, etc. Etc. Etc.
I'm going back for my second month in a row after only being back in the States less then a month.
I don't know how I will be able to stand it, hehehehehe.[/QUOTE]Jack4765,
LOL, yes I am stuck with my plane tickets for June. I will try to make the best of it and survive some how. Looks like raids in Subic now! I have plans to visit Subic but it looks like I will have to import some girls from AC.
[QUOTE=Dg8787;1574670]Jack4765,
LOL, yes I am stuck with my plane tickets for June. I will try to make the best of it and survive some how. Looks like raids in Subic now! I have plans to visit Subic but it looks like I will have to import some girls from AC.[/QUOTE]To DG.
I alreay got my ticket also Macau to Clark on Cebu pacific is only 40 USD one way book 2 month ago just made the best of it, I can always get a flight to Bangkok or KL out of Clark not a big deal.
Fast eddie 48.
[QUOTE=FastEddie48;1574763]To DG.
I alreay got my ticket also Macau to Clark on Cebu pacific is only 40 USD one way book 2 month ago just made the best of it, I can always get a flight to Bangkok or KL out of Clark not a big deal.
Fast eddie 48. [/QUOTE]FE 48,
Jack and I are making light of all the bad news coming out about raids, uglies and what now. We WILL survive this and have a great time in AC. Thanks for the tip about $40 flights to Macau as backup plans.
Dg8787.