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Ok so I am revisiting the process in which i will enter the Philippines to stay. Did you know of the many ways you can legally enter the Philippines and take up permanent residency ? Well in doing a little research on my flight arrangements and visa application process I have changed the way in which i will gain a residency visa. I will enter the Philippines on what is called a balikbayan visa which is good for a year and makes for a good reason in the coming year to take a trip out of the country maybe visit Hong Kong or Malaysia or Thailand. The process that i started was to gather all the requirements of a 13A visa which is a chest x ray, blood tests, stool test, Doctors report, statement of physical condition, spouse letter requesting the visa, statements of financial capacity to support yourself and your family alomg with all your documents passport and marriage cert. fed ex all that to the consulate in washington DC with money order for 150.00 US and hope you are not chosen for a in-person interview. Nope insted i decided i would make it a fun trip with a little adventure thrown in for me AND my beautiful wife by flying her to Hong Kong (she is so excited as she has never been out of the country) and meeting her there for a nice weekend of shopping and sampling the Chinese culture from there we will fly together back to manila and upon entry i will request a balikbayan visa that will be good for one year. Did i mention the cost of this ? oh yea… the cost of the 13A visa is 150.00 fee,cost of blood tests and xray,cost of a fed ex from the philippines for the spouse letter, and finaly the cost of the fed ex both ways to DC. all in all about 500.00 +-. The cost of the trip flying my wife to Hong Kong excluding meals and hotel is about 350.00 so hmmm what would you do ?

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