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« Reply #140 on: December 13, 2007, 05:26:34 AM » |
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Good day!
I would just like to raise some concerns on our Philippine Embassy in Bangkok . These are the following:
1. The Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage (LCCM) and the Affidavit should be put in one document like the other embassies (they only have an affidavit) because it is costly to separate them since we need to pay 300 baht to 700 baht per page for translating them to Thai. Aside from the translation, we also have to pay for the authentication at the Thailand 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 800 baht per document (express) or 400 baht per document (normal, 2 days, so we still have to pay for the transportation in going back).
2. In registering the marriage, the Embassy should not get the original authenticated marriage contract (authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), instead get a copy and check it from the original especially if one of the couples is not a Filipino because he/she will be needing it also in his/her embassy. According to a staff in the embassy, the NSO in the Philippines needs the original authentication, but isn't it one of the reasons why we have an embassy here in order to check some documents, acknowledge and attest its truthfulness? Which office now has more access in checking the documents from Thailand ? Is it the NSO, or the Embassy here in Thailand ? It's the Embassy, right? The Embassy will just only tell the NSO that the documents submitted are true, because in no way that the NSO will verify the documents here in Thailand . What's the use of the embassy then if the NSO will do the verification? I hope you got my point here.
3. The embassy doesn't have a photocopier machine, because there was a white foreigner who applied for a visa, and then the staff needs a copy of something (maybe the passport), and he told the foreigner to copy it outside. That was almost 12:00 noon, and when I went out at around maybe 12:30, I saw the foreigner in a quite far place looking for a photocopier. Not a good service.
4. The Filipinos here in Thailand are working so hard, yet earning only a sufficient income, or maybe less. Why can't the embassy help us in some little ways like looking for some ways that we can save in processing documents?
5. The Embassy is more or less 2 hours from my place and Thailand 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is more than an hour far. My fare is 155 baht in going to the Ministry and 95 baht to the Embassy, notwithstanding the walking and the heat. What I am trying to say here is that it is costly and tiresome in going to offices.
6. Why there is no queue number in the Embassy? Is it that expensive?
7. Maybe some staff needs a Customer Service Seminar. I observed that they attend more on their personal needs than the needs of the customers during their duty hours. ( I hate to say this, "the traditional government employees.")
8. Our embassy is old, and it's dark... A haunted house perhaps.hehe.
I hope that these concerns will be given a due consideration. I hope that by next time I will go there, I can see changes.
Thank you.
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« Reply #141 on: December 13, 2007, 05:49:25 AM » |
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Good day!
I would just like to raise some concerns on our Philippine Embassy in Bangkok . These are the following:
1. The Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage (LCCM) and the Affidavit should be put in one document like the other embassies (they only have an affidavit) because it is costly to separate them since we need to pay 300 baht to 700 baht per page for translating them to Thai. Aside from the translation, we also have to pay for the authentication at the Thailand 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 800 baht per document (express) or 400 baht per document (normal, 2 days, so we still have to pay for the transportation in going back).
2. In registering the marriage, the Embassy should not get the original authenticated marriage contract (authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), instead get a copy and check it from the original especially if one of the couples is not a Filipino because he/she will be needing it also in his/her embassy. According to a staff in the embassy, the NSO in the Philippines needs the original authentication, but isn't it one of the reasons why we have an embassy here in order to check some documents, acknowledge and attest its truthfulness? Which office now has more access in checking the documents from Thailand ? Is it the NSO, or the Embassy here in Thailand ? It's the Embassy, right? The Embassy will just only tell the NSO that the documents submitted are true, because in no way that the NSO will verify the documents here in Thailand . What's the use of the embassy then if the NSO will do the verification? I hope you got my point here.
3. The embassy doesn't have a photocopier machine, because there was a white foreigner who applied for a visa, and then the staff needs a copy of something (maybe the passport), and he told the foreigner to copy it outside. That was almost 12:00 noon, and when I went out at around maybe 12:30, I saw the foreigner in a quite far place looking for a photocopier. Not a good service.
4. The Filipinos here in Thailand are working so hard, yet earning only a sufficient income, or maybe less. Why can't the embassy help us in some little ways like looking for some ways that we can save in processing documents?
5. The Embassy is more or less 2 hours from my place and Thailand 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is more than an hour far. My fare is 155 baht in going to the Ministry and 95 baht to the Embassy, notwithstanding the walking and the heat. What I am trying to say here is that it is costly and tiresome in going to offices.
6. Why there is no queue number in the Embassy? Is it that expensive?
7. Maybe some staff needs a Customer Service Seminar. I observed that they attend more on their personal needs than the needs of the customers during their duty hours. ( I hate to say this, "the traditional government employees.")
8. Our embassy is old, and it's dark... A haunted house perhaps.hehe.
I hope that these concerns will be given a due consideration. I hope that by next time I will go there, I can see changes.
Thank you.
...hope that one member from the embassy will at least read this issue, so they will know, right?.... hmmmm... fishy fishy fishy... |
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« Reply #142 on: December 14, 2007, 03:21:15 AM » |
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wala kaya free lechon kahapon.... pero thnks sa jack an jill may roller coaster hexagon, tivoli wafer and cream o coconut... hehehehe... what was good yesterday, eh bukas ang consular office at work nila mga papers etc... at least dual purpose maaccomplish ng mga pinoys incase.... lalo na ung mga nasa province
alam ko kung bakit nila binuksan yun consular office..."just in case may mag suntukan may mapapag reklamuhan" hahahahhaha |
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« Reply #143 on: March 24, 2008, 01:44:50 PM » |
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mabilis ang paggawa ng documents.... kaya lang mabagal ang pag-sign.... so in total.....maghihintay ka pa ring nang matagal.... even how early you go there, they will always tell you to come back after 3PM or balikan na lang the next day.... anong oras ba talaga ang office hours ng mga signatories doon?  .... how i wish that even a single case that when i request a document from them that i can get it instantly (let say waiting for a maximum of 30 minutes)...kaya lang hindi pa ito nangyayari sa case ko... ang mahal ng isang page ng document.....tumataginting na 1K baht....tumaas na ba ulit? difficult to find parking area....why they dont allow to enter inside...anyway, we are there for processing documents.... mag-park ka sa malapit na hotel sa likod....paalisin ka pa ng guard....minsan nga i need to pretend that i am a guess of that hotel just to get a parking space.....gising po tayo!!!! |
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« Reply #144 on: March 25, 2008, 01:45:44 PM » |
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good about the embassy....nagbibigay talaga sila ng financial assistance sa pinoy na in need talga like what happened to my co-teacher here...na preggy sya ng bf nya..kailangan nyang umuwi, wla syang money...tinulungan sya ng embassy na makauwi...for free!!!
ako kaya pwede? hhehehe.....
bad thing is...yung nagyari din sa kakilala ko...naiwan nya sa bus yung passport nya...nagpunta sya sa embassy...sinabihan ba naman sya nung girl na :" kc naman nasa abroad na,tatanga-tanga pa!".....so, ginawa na lang nya , kumuha sya ng affidavit of lost worth 1200 baht yata yun....then, passport worth almost 5000 baht yata yun uli! sorry ha, hindi ko matandaan yung cost eh...then after 3 mos. umuwi din sya sa pinas kc hindi nakahanap ng job d2...tsk.tsk.tsk.tsk..sayang!
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« Reply #145 on: March 25, 2008, 02:32:41 PM » |
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good about the embassy....nagbibigay talaga sila ng financial assistance sa pinoy na in need talga like what happened to my co-teacher here...na preggy sya ng bf nya..kailangan nyang umuwi, wla syang money...tinulungan sya ng embassy na makauwi...for free!!!
ako kaya pwede? hhehehe.....
bad thing is...yung nagyari din sa kakilala ko...naiwan nya sa bus yung passport nya...nagpunta sya sa embassy...sinabihan ba naman sya nung girl na :" kc naman nasa abroad na,tatanga-tanga pa!".....so, ginawa na lang nya , kumuha sya ng affidavit of lost worth 1200 baht yata yun....then, passport worth almost 5000 baht yata yun uli! sorry ha, hindi ko matandaan yung cost eh...then after 3 mos. umuwi din sya sa pinas kc hindi nakahanap ng job d2...tsk.tsk.tsk.tsk..sayang!
magandang aral iyan......ok lang pa-preggy kahit ala money.....anyway, embassy is there to help....hehehehe |
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« Reply #146 on: March 25, 2008, 02:38:13 PM » |
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good about the embassy....nagbibigay talaga sila ng financial assistance sa pinoy na in need talga like what happened to my co-teacher here...na preggy sya ng bf nya..kailangan nyang umuwi, wla syang money...tinulungan sya ng embassy na makauwi...for free!!!
ako kaya pwede? hhehehe.....
bad thing is...yung nagyari din sa kakilala ko...naiwan nya sa bus yung passport nya...nagpunta sya sa embassy...sinabihan ba naman sya nung girl na :" kc naman nasa abroad na,tatanga-tanga pa!".....so, ginawa na lang nya , kumuha sya ng affidavit of lost worth 1200 baht yata yun....then, passport worth almost 5000 baht yata yun uli! sorry ha, hindi ko matandaan yung cost eh...then after 3 mos. umuwi din sya sa pinas kc hindi nakahanap ng job d2...tsk.tsk.tsk.tsk..sayang!
Calling all single Filipino women in Thailand, it's your chance now to get a free air ticket to the Philippines!!! And you know how..... Hurry! |
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« Reply #147 on: March 28, 2008, 11:05:44 AM » |
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 uy! oo nga no!!! kaya lang makalibre ka nga ng airfare,..ang laki namang gastusin na haharapin mo pagpapalaki ng baby.....mag-isip muna tayo mga girls !!!!! wag padalos-dalos....baka matunugan ng embassy na gusto lang natin makalibre!!! hehehe....
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« Reply #148 on: March 28, 2008, 03:34:30 PM » |
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good about the embassy....nagbibigay talaga sila ng financial assistance sa pinoy na in need talga like what happened to my co-teacher here...na preggy sya ng bf nya..kailangan nyang umuwi, wla syang money...tinulungan sya ng embassy na makauwi...for free!!!
ako kaya pwede? hhehehe.....
bad thing is...yung nagyari din sa kakilala ko...naiwan nya sa bus yung passport nya...nagpunta sya sa embassy...sinabihan ba naman sya nung girl na :" kc naman nasa abroad na,tatanga-tanga pa!".....so, ginawa na lang nya , kumuha sya ng affidavit of lost worth 1200 baht yata yun....then, passport worth almost 5000 baht yata yun uli! sorry ha, hindi ko matandaan yung cost eh...then after 3 mos. umuwi din sya sa pinas kc hindi nakahanap ng job d2...tsk.tsk.tsk.tsk..sayang!
Calling all single Filipino women in Thailand, it's your chance now to get a free air ticket to the Philippines!!! And you know how..... Hurry! a silly joke......  |
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« Reply #149 on: April 01, 2008, 12:36:39 PM » |
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good about the embassy....nagbibigay talaga sila ng financial assistance sa pinoy na in need talga like what happened to my co-teacher here...na preggy sya ng bf nya..kailangan nyang umuwi, wla syang money...tinulungan sya ng embassy na makauwi...for free!!!
ako kaya pwede? hhehehe.....
bad thing is...yung nagyari din sa kakilala ko...naiwan nya sa bus yung passport nya...nagpunta sya sa embassy...sinabihan ba naman sya nung girl na :" kc naman nasa abroad na,tatanga-tanga pa!".....so, ginawa na lang nya , kumuha sya ng affidavit of lost worth 1200 baht yata yun....then, passport worth almost 5000 baht yata yun uli! sorry ha, hindi ko matandaan yung cost eh...then after 3 mos. umuwi din sya sa pinas kc hindi nakahanap ng job d2...tsk.tsk.tsk.tsk..sayang!
Calling all single Filipino women in Thailand, it's your chance now to get a free air ticket to the Philippines!!! And you know how..... Hurry! a silly joke...... But there's a truth in it..... Hurry!!! |
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« Reply #150 on: April 02, 2008, 02:41:38 PM » |
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good about the embassy....nagbibigay talaga sila ng financial assistance sa pinoy na in need talga like what happened to my co-teacher here...na preggy sya ng bf nya..kailangan nyang umuwi, wla syang money...tinulungan sya ng embassy na makauwi...for free!!!
ako kaya pwede? hhehehe.....
bad thing is...yung nagyari din sa kakilala ko...naiwan nya sa bus yung passport nya...nagpunta sya sa embassy...sinabihan ba naman sya nung girl na :" kc naman nasa abroad na,tatanga-tanga pa!".....so, ginawa na lang nya , kumuha sya ng affidavit of lost worth 1200 baht yata yun....then, passport worth almost 5000 baht yata yun uli! sorry ha, hindi ko matandaan yung cost eh...then after 3 mos. umuwi din sya sa pinas kc hindi nakahanap ng job d2...tsk.tsk.tsk.tsk..sayang!
Calling all single Filipino women in Thailand, it's your chance now to get a free air ticket to the Philippines!!! And you know how..... Hurry! a silly joke...... But there's a truth in it..... Hurry!!!
Your sweeping statement smacked of disrespect for lots of single Filipinas in this country. I think, you owe them a sincere apology, lengrad.May you be blessed.  |
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« Reply #151 on: April 02, 2008, 11:55:43 PM » |
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For me i'm very thankful to have an embassy here in Thailand.
Well, whats new about us filipinos. We always like to give complains. We rather give a negative critism to others but we are ignoring the fact that we are like them. Money is not the issue here. Because i do believe that the only best friend you have is your pocket. So make sure that you have some cash before going to any places. Don't put yourself to some situation that you cannot go out.
Just Keep the Faith.
Keep Striving and only Hoping.
Ciao!
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« Reply #152 on: April 03, 2008, 04:26:56 AM » |
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good about the embassy....nagbibigay talaga sila ng financial assistance sa pinoy na in need talga like what happened to my co-teacher here...na preggy sya ng bf nya..kailangan nyang umuwi, wla syang money...tinulungan sya ng embassy na makauwi...for free!!!
ako kaya pwede? hhehehe.....
bad thing is...yung nagyari din sa kakilala ko...naiwan nya sa bus yung passport nya...nagpunta sya sa embassy...sinabihan ba naman sya nung girl na :" kc naman nasa abroad na,tatanga-tanga pa!".....so, ginawa na lang nya , kumuha sya ng affidavit of lost worth 1200 baht yata yun....then, passport worth almost 5000 baht yata yun uli! sorry ha, hindi ko matandaan yung cost eh...then after 3 mos. umuwi din sya sa pinas kc hindi nakahanap ng job d2...tsk.tsk.tsk.tsk..sayang!
Calling all single Filipino women in Thailand, it's your chance now to get a free air ticket to the Philippines!!! And you know how..... Hurry! a silly joke...... But there's a truth in it..... Hurry!!!
Your sweeping statement smacked of disrespect for lots of single Filipinas in this country. I think, you owe them a sincere apology, lengrad.May you be blessed. Tsk...tsk.... whew! |
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« Reply #153 on: April 04, 2008, 02:38:59 PM » |
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For me i'm very thankful to have an embassy here in Thailand.
Well, whats new about us filipinos. We always like to give complains. We rather give a negative critism to others but we are ignoring the fact that we are like them. Money is not the issue here. Because i do believe that the only best friend you have is your pocket. So make sure that you have some cash before going to any places. Don't put yourself to some situation that you cannot go out.
Just Keep the Faith.
Keep Striving and only Hoping.
Ciao!
@Steven Except for the best friend-pocket line,  I fully agree with your thoughts. And for that, binigyan kita ng + karma. |
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« Reply #154 on: April 04, 2008, 05:20:12 PM » |
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C_pinoy, please enlighten us. what u mean " best friend-pocket line"? |
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« Reply #155 on: April 05, 2008, 01:56:47 AM » |
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« Reply #156 on: April 08, 2008, 01:08:13 AM » |
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Thanks for the + karma c_pinoy.
But still, the only bestfriend that i have is my pocket. Everytime i'm in deep sh###t. I always check my pocket and its always there to support me.
And mate, always remember that people come and go but the precious one should hold on too.
Keep the Faith!
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« Reply #157 on: April 09, 2008, 02:17:19 AM » |
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Thanks for the + karma c_pinoy.
But still, the only bestfriend that i have is my pocket. Everytime i'm in deep sh###t. I always check my pocket and its always there to support me.
And mate, always remember that people come and go but the precious one should hold on too.
Keep the Faith!
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« Reply #158 on: April 09, 2008, 02:25:58 PM » |
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Thanks for the + karma c_pinoy.
But still, the only bestfriend that i have is my pocket. Everytime i'm in deep sh###t. I always check my pocket and its always there to support me.
And mate, always remember that people come and go but the precious one should hold on too.
Keep the Faith!
Mind is my wallet.... mind is your what? -_- |
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« Reply #159 on: April 09, 2008, 02:30:39 PM » |
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Thanks for the + karma c_pinoy.
But still, the only bestfriend that i have is my pocket. Everytime i'm in deep sh###t. I always check my pocket and its always there to support me.
And mate, always remember that people come and go but the precious one should hold on too.
Keep the Faith!
Mind is my wallet.... mind is your what? -_- It was mine actually...hehe.... correct spelling, wrong word....hehe |
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