That Immigration Officer should have been sacked by now, seems to be they don't really know what their job is. Asking none sense questions and not relevant to the issue of immigration system. He's not supposed to be in any government job. Imagine the stress that he had created to the person is unimaginable and ruthless
exit clearance is required to prevent "human trafficking". they dont want filipinos to work abroad and have a better paying job. ironically the government doesnt create conditions in the country that provides better paying jobs.
@@timg5463 i think they want to keep the citizens poor so itll be easy for them to continue with the corruption. some politicians do mean well but are incompetent, and do little good for the decades they sit in public office. although i cant say the US govt isnt doing the same😁
Disagree. While it is true that there are poor-paying jobs in the Ph, the reality is there are also good-paying jobs. I know a bunch of people who, instead of going abroad to work, stayed here in the Philippines because they have a high-salary job here. The statement ' they dont want filipinos to work abroad and have a better paying job" is false. That will contradict to the programs and agreements the government have with other countries. Other nations such as Japan, Korea and middle eastern countries want filipino workers because of their ability to speak in English. These overseas filipino workers (OWF) bring millions of dollars to the Philippine economy. In fact, the reason why Ph's economy stayed afloat during the height of the pandemic is because filipinos abroad always sent money to the Philippines. they are just being protective and don't want human trafficking to exist. But yeah, I would agree with others saying that it's too much and some questions are irrelevant. But to say that "they dont want filipinos to work abroad and have a better paying job" is illogical.
@@danieldelacruz645 they use "human trafficking" as an excuse. what im pertaining to is customs are making UNECESSARY rules that make it harder for filipinos to work abroad. if the destination country has already issued a visa to the traveller then philippine customs should not question that anymore. it means the country that issued the visa has investigated and wants to accept our filipino traveller. when i say the govt. i mean customs. answer these simple questions: how many filipino travellers missed their flights due to customs screening? 52k? now how many of those 52k had legit papers to travel? half? 25k? so 25k travellers were unjustly screened? thats 50% failure rate? thats an alarming rate. thats either massive corruption or massive incompetence. assuming the 25k rebooked a flight and the average cost of the wasted flight is 25k pesos times 25k travellers is 625million pesos in damages. those travellers should file a class action lawsuit against the bureau of customs for damages. imagine robbing filipinos of 600 million pesos worth of airfare and thats in 2022 alone.
@@danieldelacruz645 AND YES IT IS LOGICAL, BECAUSE IF THE CUSTOMS PERSONEL IS CORRUPT, THEN GIVING TRAVELLERS A HARD TIME IS LOGICAL BECAUSE THEN THE TRAVELLER WILL BE TEMPTED TO PAY A BRIBE. ITS PERFECTLY LOGICAL
As a 60 year old, 6 foot 350 pound United States born male. I have attempted to be placed into a vulnerable situation where I could be sex trafficked by unscrupulous 20 year old southeast Asian women, but so far I have not had any takers😂. Thank you for the video.
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration has no good reason for offloading outgoing Filipino travelers only based on suspicions. According to Bureau of Immigration, last year, out of 32,404 outgoing Filipinos who got offloaded from leaving the country, only 472 are victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment, 873 people misrepresented themselves or presented fraudulent documents and 10 are minors attempting to work outside of the country, so it means 31,049 Filipinos who got offloaded are innocent, those who have bad intentions or victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment are just less than 5%, so what the hell? Look at the damage the Bureau of Immigration did. A Filipino lawyer said that he thinks that all Filipinos who got offloaded by Philippine immigration officers should file cases against those immigration officers who offloaded them, and he said that they can sue the whole Bureau of Immigration. That lawyer argued that human trafficking is a crime, and in all accusations of criminal offenses, the accused/suspect is innocent until proven guilty. The spirit of the law is it's better to let ten guilty persons walk away free than to punish even just one innocent person. Punishing a person for an offense he did not commit such as offloading him just because of the immigration officer's mere speculation which turns out to be unfounded is a huge injustice and human right violation. Another thing which that same lawyer argued is immigration officers have no discretionary power to offload an outgoing Filipino person just at whim or his/her discretion because there's no law which authorizes that, so he says that their acts of offloading outgoing Filipino citizens at their discretion are ultra vires acts. Ultra vires act means an act beyond a person's authority. When a former Philippine president (Gloria Arroyo) was banned from leaving Philippines by the secretary of justice because she's in the Department of Justice watchlist, the Philippine Supreme Court itself said that only hold departure orders from courts of law can prevent a Filipino citizen from leaving the country, the DOJ watchlist cannot do so which means the secretary of justice cannot prevent a Filipino from leaving the country, and since the Bureau of Immigration is under DOJ, so if the secretary of justice cannot do that, what more the immigration officers? Are they more powerful than the secretary of justice, the courts, judges and justices? Here in Philippines, the Supreme Court's rulings forms into the law of the land. The Bureau of Immigration spokeswoman said that they just follow DOJ guidelines in offloading passengers, but the DOJ guidelines CANNOT override a Supreme Court ruling and should not override our constitutional right to travel. I agree with that lawyer when he said that if we have passport, required visa, plane tickets and there's no hold departure order and warrant of arrest against us, then the immigration officers have no reason to prevent us from leaving the country, they are obliged to let us go. So yes, to all Filipino people, if you are leaving Philippines and the immigration officers offloaded you, then sue them. By the way, the immigration officers are NOT allowed to require you to let them check your phone and bank statements because we have the right to privacy and the bank secrecy law says that bank statements are confidential. For me personally, I will not give up my right to travel even for the so-called "good" of the country or for the so-called "national interest" because I'm just a normal civilian, so why should I sacrifice anything for the good of the country other than paying taxes? Their problem is not my problem, and I am not responsible for the problems they're trying tackling, so they should not burden us with it. I will always prioritize my needs and my wants and my family over my country, so the money I pay for traveling is more important than the so-called "needs" of the country.
This is an abomination! I have several episodes with my GF loosing the flight and get very offended by being a suspect of Human Trafficking. Why can't you go to get such a clearance before you are about to board your flight? If they gave you a passport you are already cleared!
My biggest complaint of the Philippines is how very very oppressive the government is for a country that is allegedly "free". It isn't. Their people aren't. I don't think the people have any idea what freedom is, how to obtain it, nor it's cost. Or maybe they do snd just don't want it.
Numerous times when i returned to the usa from travelling abroad,tsa agents interrogated me ,including this year when i returned from london.its likely many of them are envious that theyre just stuck in the airport as they could not afford to travel. One agent was able to grasp my bird for seconds and asked me what it was,just acting stupid!
It's time for our Immigration team to fix these issues. It's embarrassing. This never happened to me when traveling abroad but I heard these horrendous stories from other fellow Filipinos.
I did not see this in any of the guides and documentation requirements! Goodness! Thank you for sharing the information about the CFO. My fiance and I will take the course next time I am out in the Philippines.
Crazy daisy ;) The only time I exited a country and was on my way to board a plane and was interrogated was actually to USA :)))) I don't need a visa or anything, but before entering the plane they were asking me all kinds of questions, checking my credit cards, looking at my passport stamps and they could not understand why I have visited Armenia :))))) Not to mention I had Nigerian, Kenyan, Russian or Qatar stamps there as well.... I was explaining to then for half an hour that when you visit Caucasus you usually do Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan which I did :) But they could not get it through their thick scull :)))) So in the end they finally got it that it was to take Photos! OMG :)))) No problem with USA entry though..... just my 5 cents ;)
Where can we file complaints about US immigration? They gave my girlfriend, soon to be wife such a hard time and never even looked at her documents and denied her a visit to the US to meet my family.
My wife also refused on plane to Ireland because CFO...we tryed to book online that course and it no have aviliable until my wife viza expires what is terible ...we dont know what to do
I was recently watching a TikTok live video of a Filipina and am American guy that are in Cebu and he started being verbally and even physically abusive to her on camera, the account was made private, I guess bc a lot of people were calling him out. I mention all that bc I don’t know who she is, it was my first time seeing that account.. what do you suggest? The guy was much bigger than her, so it has me and many other people very concerned
They have been really cracking down on teachers and medical personnel trying to leave the country since early 2020. They aren't doing it to prevent trafficking, but rather to keep in the Philippines where they are paid shit.
while it is true that some immigration officers are asking irrelevant questions, the statement that they want to keep these people from leaving is untrue. My 3 brothers were able to leave the country multiple times and their jobs are mechanic technicians and welders. No problem at all. I heard that they are more strict to foreigners with filipina wives because some filipinas have been killed by their american husbands abroad. a lot of news about americans murdering and even dismembering their filipinas. Cutting parts of their filipinas' bodies and burying them.
@@danieldelacruz645 Not really any different than what happens to American women killed by their husbands. I did a quick search and found 3 such instances as you mentioned but made to sound like it was an epidemic.
today i just crossed the border from kyrgystan to kazakhstan walking there were 4 lines for immigration about 15 people in a line you handed officer your passport he looks at it scans it and stamps it no questions no hassle nobody male female young old had issues upon walking 100m to kazakhstan accross river same procedure easy when you visit philippines and spend money there you helping to prop up that horrible system the same as when tourists go to cuba !
If exit clearance dokuments are in order, no need to be interviewed by imigration personal , show the papers then walk , imigration peronal have no standard procedure to follow ,even if the dokuments are in order, just ask stupid questions , cheek phones etc
Any article I've read about this mentions that a Filipino needs to get a position abroad through the 'Department of Migrant Workers'... Is this screening about the government getting their cut?
no. They are just overly strict to avoid human trafficking. But some imigration officers asking irrelevant questions are just too much and prolly power tripping. They are already being questioned by the Philippine senate committee.
@@danieldelacruz645 funny the POEA issues licenses to recruiting agencies which means by discouraging people by literally not letting them leave unless their employment is approved by such an agency, there is incentive. Government anywhere is a form of Mafia
@@danieldelacruz645 I read about some of that. I really liked the one Senator's response to the BI saying they would do a study with "When ever I hear someone say they will do a study that means nothing will change for a long time" or fairly close to that.
i know of lady Filipino ladys that have gone to a country for work and have disappeared say like Saudi Arabia happens a lot being ex military its hard to sit back and allow this to happen they were there as you say illegally so no records were kept , i am seeing a Filipino lady and the paper work i have to do just for her too visit the uk is a bloody joke
Does it occur to you, the so called " money under the table"? I've heard those a lot, like in some gov. offices in the Philippines, when waiting in a long line, if you give secretly a thousand or 500 pesos, your name will be called right then. This practice should not be tolerated!!!!!!!!! That might be what was expected from the passenger.
The government makes it hard to leave the country and the government also makes it hard to live in the country. I think it's a Rich vs. Poor thing. It's well known that most people who participate as victims of human trafficking are the poor folks. We should prevent poverty further! UBI may just be the antidote to mitigate poverty!
ive seen imigration problems at manilla airport , one phillipina with her American fiancee was getting quite wound up as they would not let her fly , she was missing one of the many documents required for exit , in the past a lot of philippinos have been the victims of trafficing ,ending up in very bad situations and the government ending up having to bail them out ,wonder if some kind of insurance scheme could help ease tthe situation
I can understand the need for exit screening. The main export of the Philippines is people. The horrific stories of middle eastern abuse of Filipino labor is cause for much more. I would consider it a provocation of the highest degree! Right up there with a military attack. To think of these good, sweet hardworking people hurting everyday is a nightmare.
Hi, can I ask you on which island did you record this video? I have never seen such an open space like this with good roads in the Philippines, it made me very curious.
No. Actually, Cebu Pacific promised a refund of the taxes only but , of course, that never happened. I lived in Pi and the people are mostly lovely. It is a beautiful country. It is also seething pot of corruption, ignorance and apathetic citizens. They should all be embarrassed. A political position is only a license to steal.
@@timg5463 not only the Philippines. some governors and other politicians in the US are also corrupt increasing state taxes making people leave and move to other states. Not all politicians are corrupt here. I live in a city just an hour away from Manila and the local government is the best when it comes to healthcare and education. Business taxes are so low and submitting taxes is very efficient. Just like other western countries such as the US. There are good and bad people everywhere. But at least Ph doesn't have gun shootings and have a state like Philadelphia where some streets look like zombie streets because it's full of people who are so high on drugs.
She had to buy a new ticket next day for P29, 000!!! What happened is just silly? The question asked got nothing to do with human trafficking... School yearboook, parents marital status , photos in university etc!!!
I could not remember the exact amount her new ticket cost but remembered it was much more than the original which was like 19,000, which she claimed she also lost.
As a US citizen married to a filipina I will be coming to the philippines in november for 2 1/2 months. Since we have to enter the country together with our marriage license in order for me to stay longer than the 30 days. Which country is best to go to to make a visa run? And do I need anything to go there??
IF you are coming in together haver her request a Balikbayan visa for you which will be good for one year. Cheapest and easiest visa run countries are Singapore and Malaysia most of the time for flights.
This doesn’t look like it was in the Philippines. No traffic and the area is incredibly clean. Was this video at a park by a government building? Where in the Philippines was video shot?
So my wife and I live here in the Philippines, we plan on visiting this summer my family in the US, she’s not immigrating only a tourist visa, does she need some class before she leaves as well? It’s my understanding that’s only for people getting married or immigrating to another country. In our case she’s just going with me for a few months to visit family stateside and back to the PH for the winter.
The CFO added the language "partner" and has overextended (informally) their responsibility to include non immigrants. Understand too that it's not merely a class, it's judgment. As a partner you will have to give up info that I consider entirely unreasonable.
@@writekelly After some research on their website it appears the statue states it’s for Immigrants intending to live or immigrate abroad. You’re staying my wife still needs this course? Does any woman going on a tourist visa to America need this?
Joe I have never had an issue with my wife going out of the country since we have been married. Her course and sticker are not in her current passport. I think one time they did ask for her marriage certificate proof. Likely her problem will not be with the Philippines immigration but with getting a tourist visa to the USA. If she already has the Tourist Visa to USA you are probably good to go. IN short she should not need a class to vacation as a tourist because she is not immigrating or working abroad.
I don't think you reported on the heart of the matter, the interview was conducted outside the purview of the customs officers authority. The individual paperwork was in order her answer to the officer were without suspect plus he rifled thru her phone that's not legal! This officer for whatever reason chose to take advantage of his position and conduct an illegal interview and this happens all the time. Now I will tell you one of the reasons this happens like this, It is because in this country it is ingrained into the culture "to go along to get along" you do not get loud always be respectful shut your mouth do not complain. I went to Thailand last August, 3 females were removed from the plane. One has to ask is there a benefit to how many passengers a customs officer stops from flying. I don't know if your figure of 50,000 is correct but that is a very high figure. So you stopped them from flying, then what don't they do more investigating to catch the actual traffickers. How many traffickers were apprehended in the last five years by customs! Just let me also state for female to fly internationally has probably six months of documents and authorizations to attain including her personal finances proof from the people she's visiting hotel reservations etc etc. Then after all that this guy at customs has a hunch a feeling something is a foot, not believing all the verifying paperwork presented. If the paperwork had errors hey that's his call but conducting illegal interviews that's a game changer. Her is something no one touched on customs camera recordings are only kept for 30 days but they were still doing there investigation more than 90 days later. So there's no recording of the incident, your the lawyer how convenient is that.
Old news not all details are out about this . Ive found immigration quite helpful. I had no problem leaving the Philippines. One stop shop at Manilla airport. My ecc certificate was done efficiently and quickly at the airport. It's to protect all. I've always found immigration in the Philippines helpful professional fast. As long as u have all the correct requirements they need. It's very simple.
It's not going to happen you might have a chance if you are with her and I would say she has 30% chance better have all your ducks in a row 100% you will be going into secondary
there should be no inconveniences if you have the proof. Some foreigners who look like the filipina woman's grandfather were able to leave the country without any hassle.
@@danieldelacruz645 oh yeah there are fifty thousand people that disagree and have been offloaded are you at Shell for the Philippine government soyboy
I guess It’s okay to worry about the issues of human trafficking but not that the Filipinas are basic slaves as OFW in the Middle East working 16-18 hours per day !!
That Immigration Officer should have been sacked by now, seems to be they don't really know what their job is. Asking none sense questions and not relevant to the issue of immigration system. He's not supposed to be in any government job. Imagine the stress that he had created to the person is unimaginable and ruthless
Offloading of Filipina women especially when they are over 30 years old is so ridiculous.
exit clearance is required to prevent "human trafficking". they dont want filipinos to work abroad and have a better paying job. ironically the government doesnt create conditions in the country that provides better paying jobs.
It is almost like they do not want their citizens to discover what a train wreck their country is.
@@timg5463 i think they want to keep the citizens poor so itll be easy for them to continue with the corruption. some politicians do mean well but are incompetent, and do little good for the decades they sit in public office. although i cant say the US govt isnt doing the same😁
Disagree. While it is true that there are poor-paying jobs in the Ph, the reality is there are also good-paying jobs. I know a bunch of people who, instead of going abroad to work, stayed here in the Philippines because they have a high-salary job here.
The statement ' they dont want filipinos to work abroad and have a better paying job" is false. That will contradict to the programs and agreements the government have with other countries. Other nations such as Japan, Korea and middle eastern countries want filipino workers because of their ability to speak in English. These overseas filipino workers (OWF) bring millions of dollars to the Philippine economy. In fact, the reason why Ph's economy stayed afloat during the height of the pandemic is because filipinos abroad always sent money to the Philippines.
they are just being protective and don't want human trafficking to exist. But yeah, I would agree with others saying that it's too much and some questions are irrelevant.
But to say that "they dont want filipinos to work abroad and have a better paying job" is illogical.
@@danieldelacruz645 they use "human trafficking" as an excuse. what im pertaining to is customs are making UNECESSARY rules that make it harder for filipinos to work abroad. if the destination country has already issued a visa to the traveller then philippine customs should not question that anymore. it means the country that issued the visa has investigated and wants to accept our filipino traveller. when i say the govt. i mean customs. answer these simple questions: how many filipino travellers missed their flights due to customs screening? 52k? now how many of those 52k had legit papers to travel? half? 25k? so 25k travellers were unjustly screened? thats 50% failure rate? thats an alarming rate. thats either massive corruption or massive incompetence. assuming the 25k rebooked a flight and the average cost of the wasted flight is 25k pesos times 25k travellers is 625million pesos in damages. those travellers should file a class action lawsuit against the bureau of customs for damages. imagine robbing filipinos of 600 million pesos worth of airfare and thats in 2022 alone.
@@danieldelacruz645 AND YES IT IS LOGICAL, BECAUSE IF THE CUSTOMS PERSONEL IS CORRUPT, THEN GIVING TRAVELLERS A HARD TIME IS LOGICAL BECAUSE THEN THE TRAVELLER WILL BE TEMPTED TO PAY A BRIBE. ITS PERFECTLY LOGICAL
As a 60 year old, 6 foot 350 pound United States born male. I have attempted to be placed into a vulnerable situation where I could be sex trafficked by unscrupulous 20 year old southeast Asian women, but so far I have not had any takers😂. Thank you for the video.
Haha that is funny!
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration has no good reason for offloading outgoing Filipino travelers only based on suspicions.
According to Bureau of Immigration, last year, out of 32,404 outgoing Filipinos who got offloaded from leaving the country, only 472 are victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment, 873 people misrepresented themselves or presented fraudulent documents and 10 are minors attempting to work outside of the country, so it means 31,049 Filipinos who got offloaded are innocent, those who have bad intentions or victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment are just less than 5%, so what the hell? Look at the damage the Bureau of Immigration did.
A Filipino lawyer said that he thinks that all Filipinos who got offloaded by Philippine immigration officers should file cases against those immigration officers who offloaded them, and he said that they can sue the whole Bureau of Immigration.
That lawyer argued that human trafficking is a crime, and in all accusations of criminal offenses, the accused/suspect is innocent until proven guilty. The spirit of the law is it's better to let ten guilty persons walk away free than to punish even just one innocent person. Punishing a person for an offense he did not commit such as offloading him just because of the immigration officer's mere speculation which turns out to be unfounded is a huge injustice and human right violation.
Another thing which that same lawyer argued is immigration officers have no discretionary power to offload an outgoing Filipino person just at whim or his/her discretion because there's no law which authorizes that, so he says that their acts of offloading outgoing Filipino citizens at their discretion are ultra vires acts. Ultra vires act means an act beyond a person's authority. When a former Philippine president (Gloria Arroyo) was banned from leaving Philippines by the secretary of justice because she's in the Department of Justice watchlist, the Philippine Supreme Court itself said that only hold departure orders from courts of law can prevent a Filipino citizen from leaving the country, the DOJ watchlist cannot do so which means the secretary of justice cannot prevent a Filipino from leaving the country, and since the Bureau of Immigration is under DOJ, so if the secretary of justice cannot do that, what more the immigration officers? Are they more powerful than the secretary of justice, the courts, judges and justices? Here in Philippines, the Supreme Court's rulings forms into the law of the land. The Bureau of Immigration spokeswoman said that they just follow DOJ guidelines in offloading passengers, but the DOJ guidelines CANNOT override a Supreme Court ruling and should not override our constitutional right to travel.
I agree with that lawyer when he said that if we have passport, required visa, plane tickets and there's no hold departure order and warrant of arrest against us, then the immigration officers have no reason to prevent us from leaving the country, they are obliged to let us go.
So yes, to all Filipino people, if you are leaving Philippines and the immigration officers offloaded you, then sue them. By the way, the immigration officers are NOT allowed to require you to let them check your phone and bank statements because we have the right to privacy and the bank secrecy law says that bank statements are confidential.
For me personally, I will not give up my right to travel even for the so-called "good" of the country or for the so-called "national interest" because I'm just a normal civilian, so why should I sacrifice anything for the good of the country other than paying taxes? Their problem is not my problem, and I am not responsible for the problems they're trying tackling, so they should not burden us with it. I will always prioritize my needs and my wants and my family over my country, so the money I pay for traveling is more important than the so-called "needs" of the country.
It's more corruption disguised as additional questioning. If she broke out her purse and pull few bills, then she would have a speedy exit.
This is an abomination! I have several episodes with my GF loosing the flight and get very offended by being a suspect of Human Trafficking. Why can't you go to get such a clearance before you are about to board your flight? If they gave you a passport you are already cleared!
My biggest complaint of the Philippines is how very very oppressive the government is for a country that is allegedly "free". It isn't. Their people aren't. I don't think the people have any idea what freedom is, how to obtain it, nor it's cost. Or maybe they do snd just don't want it.
My Thoughts exactly! I have been living in this God forsaken country and non of my fellow citizen have never Identified Gov't actions as oppressive.
Numerous times when i returned to the usa from travelling abroad,tsa agents interrogated me ,including this year when i returned from london.its likely many of them are envious that theyre just stuck in the airport as they could not afford to travel. One agent was able to grasp my bird for seconds and asked me what it was,just acting stupid!
It's a violation of the core principles of human rights and the Philippines own Travel Act.
It's time for our Immigration team to fix these issues. It's embarrassing. This never happened to me when traveling abroad but I heard these horrendous stories from other fellow Filipinos.
It's just so they can make more more pesos.
@@Nga_Babaye So I heard😔
I did not see this in any of the guides and documentation requirements! Goodness! Thank you for sharing the information about the CFO. My fiance and I will take the course next time I am out in the Philippines.
Disgraceful mate
Totally Disgraceful.
Crazy daisy ;) The only time I exited a country and was on my way to board a plane and was interrogated was actually to USA :)))) I don't need a visa or anything, but before entering the plane they were asking me all kinds of questions, checking my credit cards, looking at my passport stamps and they could not understand why I have visited Armenia :))))) Not to mention I had Nigerian, Kenyan, Russian or Qatar stamps there as well.... I was explaining to then for half an hour that when you visit Caucasus you usually do Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan which I did :) But they could not get it through their thick scull :)))) So in the end they finally got it that it was to take Photos! OMG :)))) No problem with USA entry though..... just my 5 cents ;)
Yes I had same thing happen to my friend, Missed the flight, 3 years back,
Dont have this in my country of birth but the airlines do check your Visas are Valid via their computers.
Where can we file complaints about US immigration? They gave my girlfriend, soon to be wife such a hard time and never even looked at her documents and denied her a visit to the US to meet my family.
My wife also refused on plane to Ireland because CFO...we tryed to book online that course and it no have aviliable until my wife viza expires what is terible ...we dont know what to do
Blame on the legal people for it and the counter offer for my country to ask for loans. Backdoor negotiations is often had rules for us to follow.
I was recently watching a TikTok live video of a Filipina and am American guy that are in Cebu and he started being verbally and even physically abusive to her on camera,
the account was made private,
I guess bc a lot of people were calling him out.
I mention all that bc I don’t know who she is, it was my first time seeing that account.. what do you suggest?
The guy was much bigger than her, so it has me and many other people very concerned
They have been really cracking down on teachers and medical personnel trying to leave the country since early 2020. They aren't doing it to prevent trafficking, but rather to keep in the Philippines where they are paid shit.
while it is true that some immigration officers are asking irrelevant questions, the statement that they want to keep these people from leaving is untrue. My 3 brothers were able to leave the country multiple times and their jobs are mechanic technicians and welders. No problem at all.
I heard that they are more strict to foreigners with filipina wives because some filipinas have been killed by their american husbands abroad. a lot of news about americans murdering and even dismembering their filipinas. Cutting parts of their filipinas' bodies and burying them.
@@danieldelacruz645 Not really any different than what happens to American women killed by their husbands. I did a quick search and found 3 such instances as you mentioned but made to sound like it was an epidemic.
today i just crossed the border from kyrgystan to kazakhstan
walking
there were 4 lines for immigration
about 15 people in a line
you handed officer your passport
he looks at it
scans it and stamps it
no questions no hassle
nobody male female young old had issues
upon walking 100m to kazakhstan accross river
same procedure
easy
when you visit philippines and spend money there you helping to prop up that horrible system the same as when tourists go to cuba !
If exit clearance dokuments are in order, no need to be interviewed by imigration personal , show the papers then walk , imigration peronal have no standard procedure to follow ,even if the dokuments are in order, just ask stupid questions , cheek phones etc
Any article I've read about this mentions that a Filipino needs to get a position abroad through the 'Department of Migrant Workers'...
Is this screening about the government getting their cut?
no. They are just overly strict to avoid human trafficking. But some imigration officers asking irrelevant questions are just too much and prolly power tripping. They are already being questioned by the Philippine senate committee.
@@danieldelacruz645 funny the POEA issues licenses to recruiting agencies which means by discouraging people by literally not letting them leave unless their employment is approved by such an agency, there is incentive.
Government anywhere is a form of Mafia
@@danieldelacruz645 I read about some of that. I really liked the one Senator's response to the BI saying they would do a study with "When ever I hear someone say they will do a study that means nothing will change for a long time" or fairly close to that.
i know of lady Filipino ladys that have gone to a country for work and have disappeared say like Saudi Arabia happens a lot being ex military its hard to sit back and allow this to happen they were there as you say illegally so no records were kept , i am seeing a Filipino lady and the paper work i have to do just for her too visit the uk is a bloody joke
True, some of them only come back for their funerals. Been a few from Kuwait that were reported recently. Just terrible heart breaking stuff.
Does it occur to you, the so called " money under the table"? I've heard those a lot, like in some gov. offices in the Philippines, when waiting in a long line, if you give secretly a thousand or 500 pesos, your name will be called right then. This practice should not be tolerated!!!!!!!!! That might be what was expected from the passenger.
The government makes it hard to leave the country and the government also makes it hard to live in the country.
I think it's a Rich vs. Poor thing. It's well known that most people who participate as victims of human trafficking are the poor folks.
We should prevent poverty further! UBI may just be the antidote to mitigate poverty!
ive seen imigration problems at manilla airport , one phillipina with her American fiancee was getting quite wound up as they would not let her fly , she was missing one of the many documents required for exit , in the past a lot of philippinos have been the victims of trafficing ,ending up in very bad situations and the government ending up having to bail them out ,wonder if some kind of insurance scheme could help ease tthe situation
I have never seen one get offloaded in person, but my guess is they would get pretty emotional when not allowed to leave.
I can understand the need for exit screening. The main export of the Philippines is people. The horrific stories of middle eastern abuse of Filipino labor is cause for much more. I would consider it a provocation of the highest degree! Right up there with a military attack. To think of these good, sweet hardworking people hurting everyday is a nightmare.
The stuff that happens in the middle east to these people is heartbreaking when I hear about it.
why in hell would they want to see a yearbook??????
Hi, can I ask you on which island did you record this video? I have never seen such an open space like this with good roads in the Philippines, it made me very curious.
I think he’s in Davao…
Crocodile Park
He's in Davao on the island of Mindanao. Davao has a lot of green spaces and parks. The roads are mostly very good. Not quit western standards.
This is in Davao City on the island of Mindanao, the area is beside the crocodile park really great place to walk and exercise while still in the city
There are open spaces everywhere in the country outside Metro Manila. Every town and city has its own public plaza... you can record videos anywhere.
I like the idea of Philippines, but I feel it's way too complicated
Australia has exit clearances too.
That is true. Never been but they would not let my friend leave during the Lockdowns.
Is travel insurance available for filipinos? Would it cover offboarding?
No. Actually, Cebu Pacific promised a refund of the taxes only but , of course, that never happened. I lived in Pi and the people are mostly lovely. It is a beautiful country. It is also seething pot of corruption, ignorance and apathetic citizens. They should all be embarrassed. A political position is only a license to steal.
@@timg5463 not only the Philippines. some governors and other politicians in the US are also corrupt increasing state taxes making people leave and move to other states. Not all politicians are corrupt here. I live in a city just an hour away from Manila and the local government is the best when it comes to healthcare and education. Business taxes are so low and submitting taxes is very efficient.
Just like other western countries such as the US. There are good and bad people everywhere. But at least Ph doesn't have gun shootings and have a state like Philadelphia where some streets look like zombie streets because it's full of people who are so high on drugs.
She had to buy a new ticket next day for P29, 000!!!
What happened is just silly? The question asked got nothing to do with human trafficking... School yearboook, parents marital status , photos in university etc!!!
I could not remember the exact amount her new ticket cost but remembered it was much more than the original which was like 19,000, which she claimed she also lost.
As a US citizen married to a filipina I will be coming to the philippines in november for 2 1/2 months. Since we have to enter the country together with our marriage license in order for me to stay longer than the 30 days. Which country is best to go to to make a visa run? And do I need anything to go there??
IF you are coming in together haver her request a Balikbayan visa for you which will be good for one year. Cheapest and easiest visa run countries are Singapore and Malaysia most of the time for flights.
What happens to someone with a dual citizenship
I certainly would not tell them that just enter on the same passport you leave on prefeably not the Filipino passport.
This doesn’t look like it was in the Philippines. No traffic and the area is incredibly clean. Was this video at a park by a government building? Where in the Philippines was video shot?
Davao City near the Crocodile park. Great place to walk and get some exercise. Fairly decent sidewalks with little traffic.
Well that doesn't sound awful
So my wife and I live here in the Philippines, we plan on visiting this summer my family in the US, she’s not immigrating only a tourist visa, does she need some class before she leaves as well? It’s my understanding that’s only for people getting married or immigrating to another country. In our case she’s just going with me for a few months to visit family stateside and back to the PH for the winter.
The CFO added the language "partner" and has overextended (informally) their responsibility to include non immigrants. Understand too that it's not merely a class, it's judgment. As a partner you will have to give up info that I consider entirely unreasonable.
@@writekelly After some research on their website it appears the statue states it’s for Immigrants intending to live or immigrate abroad. You’re staying my wife still needs this course? Does any woman going on a tourist visa to America need this?
@Joe Valentine I would guess you will be fine as you already are married and have a history.
@@writekelly Yeah we’ll stop by Clark before the trip and ask to make sure. So we’re not surprised the day of travel.
Joe I have never had an issue with my wife going out of the country since we have been married. Her course and sticker are not in her current passport. I think one time they did ask for her marriage certificate proof. Likely her problem will not be with the Philippines immigration but with getting a tourist visa to the USA. If she already has the Tourist Visa to USA you are probably good to go. IN short she should not need a class to vacation as a tourist because she is not immigrating or working abroad.
I don't think you reported on the heart of the matter, the interview was conducted outside the purview of the customs officers authority.
The individual paperwork was in order her answer to the officer were without suspect plus he rifled thru her phone that's not legal! This officer for whatever reason chose to take advantage of his position and conduct an illegal interview and this happens all the time. Now I will tell you one of the reasons this happens like this, It is because in this country it is ingrained into the culture "to go along to get along" you do not get loud always be respectful shut your mouth do not complain. I went to Thailand last August, 3 females were removed from the plane. One has to ask is there a benefit to how many passengers a customs officer stops from flying. I don't know if your figure of 50,000 is correct but that is a very high figure. So you stopped them from flying, then what don't they do more investigating to catch the actual traffickers. How many traffickers were apprehended in the last five years by customs! Just let me also state for female to fly internationally has probably six months of documents and authorizations to attain including her personal finances proof from the people she's visiting hotel reservations etc etc. Then after all that this guy at customs has a hunch a feeling something is a foot, not believing all the verifying paperwork presented. If the paperwork had errors hey that's his call but conducting illegal interviews that's a game changer. Her is something no one touched on customs camera recordings are only kept for 30 days but they were still doing there investigation more than 90 days later. So there's no recording of the incident, your the lawyer how convenient is that.
Old news not all details are out about this . Ive found immigration quite helpful. I had no problem leaving the Philippines. One stop shop at Manilla airport.
My ecc certificate was done efficiently and quickly at the airport. It's to protect all. I've always found immigration in the Philippines helpful professional fast. As long as u have all the correct requirements they need. It's very simple.
Is there any place or website where I can find those "requirements"? I can only find some blogposts
whats high school has to do with flying ???? she should have ask them you make more peanuts then all americans and canadians do lol
Yikes watch that tree
Too complicated
That's why l don't travel
Yeah I hope to take my girlfriend to Thailand when I get to the Philippines….
It's not going to happen you might have a chance if you are with her and I would say she has 30% chance better have all your ducks in a row 100% you will be going into secondary
there should be no inconveniences if you have the proof. Some foreigners who look like the filipina woman's grandfather were able to leave the country without any hassle.
@@danieldelacruz645 oh yeah there are fifty thousand people that disagree and have been offloaded are you at Shell for the Philippine government soyboy
@@danieldelacruz645 they're offloading and not letting Filipinos leave the country
yeah like there is no domestic violence in the philippines
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I guess It’s okay to worry about the issues of human trafficking but not that the Filipinas are basic slaves as OFW in the Middle East working 16-18 hours per day !!
And how many slaves are there in the U.S today? Home of the free, get a clue!
why would filipinos want to leave?
i thought it was a paradise 😜😝
If that’s how they treat their own citizens….. how will you fare as a foreigner?? 🤔
You must be a white man to even think of speaking like that!
yep
they are treated as slaves
ive heard stories like this during communist times
What u talking about usa has a huge problem with its mexican border. Philippines has a more control on its immigration.