Maverick's Filipina Dating Journal/Questions

[Maverick]

Hey guys!


Maverick here again. First, I'd like to thank all of you for the advice so far. I realize that my threads (and thoughts) could be scattered at times and that I do tend to be a bit overly emotional. I appreciate all of your patience!


Well, I'm planning a trip to the Philippines in July. Due to the fact that I'm in the military, I will not know for sure if I'm approved to go until June, though I was told that there is a good possibility of this happening.


My goal at that time is to visit a few girls (as friends that could potentially turn into more) and basically just get to know them and the country a little bit.

Anyway, I've re-activated my online dating account and I'm already confused and have questions. I'm sure the questions will only grow (exponentially haha) as I finally make my first trip and begin the actual process.


Also, I'm thinking that maybe a journal literally from beginning to end might have some benefit for new guys just starting out.

[Maverick]

Okay, so I've been talking to a few girls. I've narrowed down my search to college educated girls under 5'2 that have degrees in nursing (since we'll have a lot in common, I figure).


I've been starting to realize though that I have no idea when these women are actually interested in me.


To save time, I'd like to get rid of the girls that only seem to have lukewarm interest (is this a good idea?).


Also, a girl messaged me on here that lives only a few hours away from me in the US, telling me that I'm cute. I thought that maybe she's a scammer so I asked for her number. She gave it to me and we've been texting so she seems possibly legit. Is this a red flag that a girl living in the US is on a foreign dating site?

[michaelb]

Also, a girl messaged me on here that lives only a few hours away from me in the US, telling me that I'm cute. I thought that maybe she's a scammer so I asked for her number. She gave it to me and we've been texting so she seems possibly legit. Is this a red flag that a girl living in the US is on a foreign dating site?

No. I'd say not a red flag, under the following conditions: 1) Even though she is in the US, is the foreign dating site in sync with her ethnicity (i.e. is she Filipina on a Latina or FSU site? Bad. Is she Filipina on a Filipina site, OK). 2) You need to know the circumstances and status of her being in the US (tourist visa, student visa, worker visa, hasn't overstayed, outright illegal entry, LPR, etc...whatever the case is). 3) Need to make sure that her interest in you is not turn a temporary visa into an LPR via marriage. Of course if things develop and the two of you eventually get married then you will sponsor her for LPR, I'm just saying make sure that isn't the primary reason she is interested in you.

Good Luck.

[Maverick]

No. I'd say not a red flag, under the following conditions: 1) Even though she is in the US, is the foreign dating site in sync with her ethnicity (i.e. is she Filipina on a Latina or FSU site? Bad. Is she Filipina on a Filipina site, OK). 2) You need to know the circumstances and status of her being in the US (tourist visa, student visa, worker visa, hasn't overstayed, outright illegal entry, LPR, etc...whatever the case is). 3) Need to make sure that her interest in you is not turn a temporary visa into an LPR via marriage. Of course if things develop and the two of you eventually get married then you will sponsor her for LPR, I'm just saying make sure that isn't the primary reason she is interested in you.

Good Luck.

She's Filipina on a Filipina site.


She's good-looking but not insanely so.



Since my post, we talked a bit more and she actually married another American guy and then divorced him. So it seems like she already has her green card. So maybe she was a green card hunter to begin with, then ditched the guy when she got it.

[Maverick]

Since I created this post, it has become very overwhelming, to say the least. I'm trying to avoid women that message me first. Another shady one messaged me and turned out to be Muslim and living in Zamboanga. Also, her Facebook has random guy commenting on it and she curses a lot when she talks to me. We cammed a bit so I know she's a girl. Very strange.


She was definitely physically attractive and my type.



Either way, I cut that one off. Just had a bad feeling about her.


I'm trying to focus on girls that are within my search criteria now (this included living in either Manila, Cebu, or Davao.....and not being Muslim lol).

[piglett]

Since I created this post, it has become very overwhelming, to say the least. I'm trying to avoid women that message me first. Another shady one messaged me and turned out to be Muslim and living in Zamboanga. Also, her Facebook has random guy commenting on it and she curses a lot when she talks to me. We cammed a bit so I know she's a girl. Very strange.


She was definitely physically attractive and my type.



Either way, I cut that one off. Just had a bad feeling about her.


I'm trying to focus on girls that are within my search criteria now (this included living in either Manila, Cebu, or Davao.....and not being Muslim lol).

If your thinking about taking a trip to the PI


i would say take a look at all of the trip reports you can between now & then


you will see where some guys have made mistakes & you can learn form them 




if your looking to see more than 1 lady you had better not tell


doing so will make them really mad & get you kicked to the curb 


it can be done, but it's tough


maybe only tell the 1st one on the list the day you will arrive.....?


i can understand that you want to see as many ladies as you can while there


but they CAN'T 




good luck
piglett

[Ray]

Hey Mav,
 
About the divorced Filipina living a few hours away from you in the States...
 
Just because she is divorced is not necessarily a red flag or mean that she was a green card shark. It is possible that she found out after she arrived here that she was married to a jerk-off. It happens all the time.
 
If I were you, before you spend the money for a plane ticket, take a drive to see this chick this weekend and see if there is anything there. You never know until you try. And you may just save yourself a few thou on travel and visa expenses... 
 
BUT, take michaelb's advice and check out her immigration status before you get in too deep.   
 
Good luck...
 
 
Ray
 
 
 
 

[indaycare]

Hey Mav,
 
About the divorced Filipina living a few hours away from you in the States...
 
Just because she is divorced is not necessarily a red flag or mean that she was a green card shark. It is possible that she found out after she arrived here that she was married to a jerk-off. It happens all the time.
 
If I were you, before you spend the money for a plane ticket, take a drive to see this chick this weekend and see if there is anything there. You never know until you try. And you may just save yourself a few thou on travel and visa expenses... 
 
BUT, take michaelb's advice and check out her immigration status before you get in too deep.   
 
Good luck...
 
 
Ray

Yea!!

Try it.  you will save thousands of dollars lol.   but if she don't have a green card yet. i think i jump too high but for me as filipina I would say that's a red flag.


INDAY,

[Maverick]

First, thanks for the responses, guys! I mean this girl does live about 5 hours or so away. Also, I already caught her in a lie. She's lying about her age (told me she's 25 and her Skype, which she never added me on, said that she was born in 1984, making her 30). Also, she's showing all kinds of a** in her photos lol.


Anyway, I've been back on the dating sites for the past few days talking to a few girls. To be honest, I think most of these girls are lying to me. Many say that they're nurses, but are ALWAYS on the dating site. Also, they take a while to respond to me and it seems like it's hard to get them in one-on-one chats. To be fair, I'm talking to other girls too, but I try to focus on one girl at a time at least lol.

Also, a lot of these girls tell me that we get interrupted from talking because of a slow connection or they can't get online because of a brownout or something like that. I'm wondering if they're just BSing me. I remember when I was talking to that girl last year, she was almost always able to get online. Granted, she turned out to be a likely scammer. But still......


Yeah, I definitely just have to get out there lol.

[robert angel]

First, thanks for the responses, guys! I mean this girl does live about 5 hours or so away. Also, I already caught her in a lie. She's lying about her age (told me she's 25 and her Skype, which she never added me on, said that she was born in 1984, making her 30). Also, she's showing all kinds of a** in her photos lol.


Anyway, I've been back on the dating sites for the past few days talking to a few girls. To be honest, I think most of these girls are lying to me. Many say that they're nurses, but are ALWAYS on the dating site. Also, they take a while to respond to me and it seems like it's hard to get them in one-on-one chats. To be fair, I'm talking to other girls too, but I try to focus on one girl at a time at least lol.

Also, a lot of these girls tell me that we get interrupted from talking because of a slow connection or they can't get online because of a brownout or something like that. I'm wondering if they're just BSing me. I remember when I was talking to that girl last year, she was almost always able to get online. Granted, she turned out to be a likely scammer. But still......


Yeah, I definitely just have to get out there lol.

Lying about her age by FIVE years? That's pretty ridiculous--it's not like if you got close to her you wouldn't see her getting carded at a club or otherwise find out sooner rather than later. That's more than a 'fish story'.

If she's showing a whole lot of her rear on line, she might be loose all the way around. Maybe she was looking for a hookup. A lot of women dread the word 'thirty', as well as 'forty' and 'fifty' and some start looking for younger guys around those marks.

Then again, I think women lying about their age is as old as their existence.

One thing related to height and lies is that I'd guess a whole lot of Filipinas round up being 4'10 or 4'11 to a nice, even 5'0. But I bet a lot of guys right here in the USA round up from 5'11 to 6'0--I add an extra half inch myself, rather than say "I'm 5'11and 1/2"....

[Maverick]

Lying about her age by FIVE years? That's pretty ridiculous--it's not like if you got close to her you wouldn't see her getting carded at a club or otherwise find out sooner rather than later. That's more than a 'fish story'.

If she's showing a whole lot of her rear on line, she might be loose all the way around. Maybe she was looking for a hookup. A lot of women dread the word 'thirty', as well as 'forty' and 'fifty' and some start looking for younger guys around those marks.

Then again, I think women lying about their age is as old as their existence.

One thing related to height and lies is that I'd guess a whole lot of Filipinas round up being 4'10 or 4'11 to a nice, even 5'0. But I bet a lot of guys right here in the USA round up from 5'11 to 6'0--I add an extra half inch myself, rather than say "I'm 5'11and 1/2"....

Let's just say....when she messaged me, my first thought was "This girl is a bar girl for sure" until I realized she actually lived in the US....


I've never seen a bar girl before, but this girl looks how I would imagine one would look. I just checked on her profile and it looks like she has fake tits!


Definitely not what I'm looking for at this time in my life.

[indaycare]

First, thanks for the responses, guys! I mean this girl does live about 5 hours or so away. Also, I already caught her in a lie. She's lying about her age (told me she's 25 and her Skype, which she never added me on, said that she was born in 1984, making her 30). Also, she's showing all kinds of a** in her photos lol.


Anyway, I've been back on the dating sites for the past few days talking to a few girls. To be honest, I think most of these girls are lying to me. Many say that they're nurses, but are ALWAYS on the dating site. Also, they take a while to respond to me and it seems like it's hard to get them in one-on-one chats. To be fair, I'm talking to other girls too, but I try to focus on one girl at a time at least lol.

Also, a lot of these girls tell me that we get interrupted from talking because of a slow connection or they can't get online because of a brownout or something like that. I'm wondering if they're just BSing me. I remember when I was talking to that girl last year, she was almost always able to get online. Granted, she turned out to be a likely scammer. But still......


Yeah, I definitely just have to get out there lol.

Are you sure she's filipina? if she claimed she is and posted pictures like you said oh my please run away lol. these kind of thing will tell you about the personality of the person. in my opinion filipina that have a high respect to her self would never do this thing. unless she's working in the club that's normal to them. I understand that the world is upgrade lol.. and some people wear sexy nowadays. but again no matter where we all goes that conservative section of my culture it's hard to get rid of it's in our genes lol. just be aware and be careful not being judge mental but if you say club and bar girls in the Philippines people look at you so low.

My friend and her dutch husband visit me in makati before I  left for US her husband said let check this place in makati ave it's a ktv bar i was so shocked when i enter the door there loud music and a big state in the middle full of almost naked young lady dancing. lots of foreigner on the chair looking those ladies. wow i was shaking saying lets go lets try other thing like a cafe or something because im not comfortable in this place they're all laughing at me. im 30 years old but that's my first time to see what's inside those ktv bar. now i have ideas lol....

About the internet connection that's bs most people in the Philippines had smart phones. if she's in the province and had bad internet connection then she should complain to the person who she rented that's pretty easy. every place had wifi it's not hard to communicate nowadays not like before. you know why they say that? because next they will ask you if you could send them money for they're internet please don't buy that.

My Husband never give me money until we meet in person which is i also resign from my job. while processing my k1 visa. i apply a part time job. it's easy to find job in Philippines. it just some lady don't want to work because all they want is for they're partner to send them money every month. laziness is a disease lol...


inday 

[robert angel]

Are you sure she's filipina? if she claimed she is and posted pictures like you said oh my please run away lol. these kind of thing will tell you about the personality of the person. in my opinion filipina that have a high respect to her self would never do this thing. unless she's working in the club that's normal to them. I understand that the world is upgrade lol.. and some people wear sexy nowadays. but again no matter where we all goes that conservative section of my culture it's hard to get rid of it's in our genes lol. just be aware and be careful not being judge mental but if you say club and bar girls in the Philippines people look at you so low.

My friend and her dutch husband visit me in makati before I  left for US her husband said let check this place in makati ave it's a ktv bar i was so shocked when i enter the door there loud music and a big state in the middle full of almost naked young lady dancing. lots of foreigner on the chair looking those ladies. wow i was shaking saying lets go lets try other thing like a cafe or something because im not comfortable in this place they're all laughing at me. im 30 years old but that's my first time to see what's inside those ktv bar. now i have ideas lol....

About the internet connection that's bs most people in the Philippines had smart phones. if she's in the province and had bad internet connection then she should complain to the person who she rented that's pretty easy. every place had wifi it's not hard to communicate nowadays not like before. you know why they say that? because next they will ask you if you could send them money for they're internet please don't buy that.


inday 

Plenty of Filipinas 'lose their way' in the USA and end up working in bars, strip clubs, etc. Ask someone who lives in Las Vegas or parts of California, for example.

My wife never set foot in a bar until she came to the USA and one time a friend of ours and his girlfriend convinced us to go to a strip club. My wife was amazed and appalled when she encountered a Filipina waitress there, who not only came from the very rural, remote area (3 hours from Davao)  Philippine province of Compostela Valley she's from, but she had told (LIED) to her US Army husband, who was away, serving in the Middle East, that she was waitressing at a restaurant!!

Some women marry the wrong guy, who will later on convince her to make money in clubs, get into drugs, etc. A cute Filipina can make some big money in those clubs and some can't resist the temptation and 'one thing can lead to another' once you start down that slippery slope....The USA can take a good girl and turn her bad sometimes--sad but true. It can test your morals, for sure.

As for internet usage, some areas in the provinces have connections that are slow or even intermittent. My wife's younger sister has lost letters she hadn't been doing saves on, resume updates, even just regular internet usage connections. She doesn't have a smart phone, nor do most of her siblings, although all are either in college or university graduates with good jobs. It's just not a high priority.

There are brownouts and scheduled two hour power outages in parts of Mindanao and probably elsewhere as well.

I guess the bigger cities have better infrastructure overall, but not too many places have it like Makati, that's for sure.

[indaycare]

As for internet usage, some areas in the provinces have connections that are slow or even intermittent. My wife's younger sister has lost letters she hadn't been doing saves on, resume updates, even just regular internet usage connections. She doesn't have a smart phone, nor do most of her siblings, although all are either in college or university graduates with good jobs. It's just not a high priority.

There are brownouts and scheduled two hour power outages in parts of Mindanao and probably elsewhere as well.

I guess the bigger cities have better infrastructure overall, but not too many places have it like Makati, that's for sure.

I'm from Mati Davao Oriental for your info that's the last province facing the pacific ocean if you look at the Philippine Map we're in the last Island far down right. I've been going back and forth from Manila to Mati Davao for the last 6 months. I was amazed how technologies work there. back then there nothing much in that town because were so far from where all the resource come from which is from Manila or Cebu and travel to Davao City from Davao City 5 hours drive to get to my town. back then take us 7 to 8 hours but because they fix the road everything run smoothly. 10 years ago there no atm/banks there but now there so many and lots of foreigner living in that town and had they're businesses. and now we have big malls too and even Jollibee fast food chain we had it there. every cafe or even mang inasal you can name every establishment they had they're wifi area already my point is provinces in the philippines is not the way it used to be. my uncle living in Agusan close to the place you mention. we don't have contact to them before unless we travel to they're place. but now i can call him or even skype him lol.

Well if the internet is slow. why not doing the email then. that's way better than mailing to the post office lol... trust me Maverick if the person really want you that bad they will find ways to communicate with you since they already know how to sign up on a dating sites. lol they know better than that.


INDAY,

[robert angel]

I'm from Mati Davao Oriental for your info that's the last province facing the pacific ocean if you look at the Philippine Map we're in the last Island far down right. I've been going back and forth from Manila to Mati Davao for the last 6 months. I was amazed how technologies work there. back then there nothing much in that town because were so far from where all the resource come from which is from Manila or Cebu and travel to Davao City from Davao City 5 hours drive to get to my town. back then take us 7 to 8 hours but because they fix the road everything run smoothly. 10 years ago there no atm/banks there but now there so many and lots of foreigner living in that town and had they're businesses. and now we have big malls too and even Jollibee fast food chain we had it there. every cafe or even mang inasal you can name every establishment they had they're wifi area already my point is provinces in the philippines is not the way it used to be. my uncle living in Agusan close to the place you mention. we don't have contact to them before unless we travel to they're place. but now i can call him or even skype him lol.

Well if the internet is slow. why not doing the email then. that's way better than mailing to the post office lol... trust me Maverick if the person really want you that bad they will find ways to communicate with you since they already know how to sign up on a dating sites. lol they know better than that.


INDAY,

Wow Indaycare!!--that's pretty neat-- I know where Mati is! I hope your area wasn't hit by Typhoon Bopha --it came into my wife's village in 2012, with winds of 175 MPH and no natural disaster in 2012 killed more people anywhere on earth for that year. No electricity or running water for going on six months in my wife's barangay. I think after COMVAL, it went more central, then towards Palawan, turning away from Mati. Then of course, as many more people came to know, in 2013, Tacolban Leyte claimed the record for lost lives min 2013 --oh, the Philippines!

At least as the bird flies, Mati's not so far away from my wife's family. I was once close to a lady from there. I guess you have you been to or through Nambunturan? They are building not one, but TWO malls there! With a population said to be about 73,000, (not including NPA) it sort of amazes me, but my wife's family and other people from all around there will enjoy going there. I imagine they'll have a movie theater/s, which will be nice.
Yep--the city is coming to the countryside!

[Maverick]

Are you sure she's filipina?

I actually had my doubts. She didn't have a face that struck me as attractive. I'm naturally attracted to Filipinas so that was surprising.


Based on her look, I think she actually might be Thai. I remember going to Thailand a few years ago and being really unimpressed with the looks of the girls there. They just don't really do it for me like Filipinas do. 


Anyway, I won't be contacting this girl. If I was looking for fun, sure, I'd be down. But I'm looking for something more serious and I don't think this girl will provide that.


Thanks for the advice!

[Maverick]

I'm from Mati Davao Oriental for your info that's the last province facing the pacific ocean if you look at the Philippine Map we're in the last Island far down right. I've been going back and forth from Manila to Mati Davao for the last 6 months. I was amazed how technologies work there. back then there nothing much in that town because were so far from where all the resource come from which is from Manila or Cebu and travel to Davao City from Davao City 5 hours drive to get to my town. back then take us 7 to 8 hours but because they fix the road everything run smoothly. 10 years ago there no atm/banks there but now there so many and lots of foreigner living in that town and had they're businesses. and now we have big malls too and even Jollibee fast food chain we had it there. every cafe or even mang inasal you can name every establishment they had they're wifi area already my point is provinces in the philippines is not the way it used to be. my uncle living in Agusan close to the place you mention. we don't have contact to them before unless we travel to they're place. but now i can call him or even skype him lol.

Well if the internet is slow. why not doing the email then. that's way better than mailing to the post office lol... trust me Maverick if the person really want you that bad they will find ways to communicate with you since they already know how to sign up on a dating sites. lol they know better than that.


INDAY,

After talking to a few girls on the dating site for the past week or so, I'm starting to realize that there are a lot of scammers and prostitutes there. Since I encountered a scammer last year (who made it seem like she wasn't for a long time), I have a more skeptical eye now.


I agree with you. I think they are BSing me.


I will keep trying this method, of course, since it's really the only thing I can do at this point. Either way, I'm learning a lot.

[Maverick]

It's official (well almost)! Looks like I'm finally getting leave to go to the Philippines for a couple of weeks! I'm excited and nervous.


I've traveled around a lot and I usually go alone (since most people never seem to want to go). Ironically, a friend of mine messaged me and is very serious about going (he's the entrepreneur free spirit type so he's probably not BSing me). He owns an internet company that employs some females in Cebu. So we're probably going to head over there. I'm thinking Cebu and Davao at this point, but I'm not completely sure yet.


I'll probably end up meeting with a really cool girl that I've been talking to that lives in Davao. I've been on the dating sites for a couple of weeks now and I'm not overly impressed with what I've met, other than her. I'll keep checking it out though, for sure.


Either way, after over a year of thinking about this, it feels good to actually go (if even for a little while)!




Mav

[thekfc]

Awesome.
 
You are taking the first step which is taking the trip. 
 
The recommendation is if you going to Cebu or the surrounding area is to fly directly to Cebu and bypass NAIA (Manila) as it is viewed as a "sore eye". Personally, I have been to worst airports and terminals (includinh here in the USA).
 
On our next trip (this fall),  we will be using the new terminal (NAIA 3),  as Cathay Pacific will be transfering their operation there by September (they are currently in the process of building their lounge).
 
Make your plans and enjoy your stay.
 
And if you have questions - just ask away.

[Howard]

Hey Mav


Sounds like you have a good plan!


The one thing I would like to point out pertaining to your search criteria is to make sure that they have taken the exam there in Manila.  Trust me on this one, I have first hand experience.  If she hasn't taken the exam yet, no big deal, just make sure she takes it and passes BEFORE she comes here on whatever visa you apply for, even if it means delaying her immigration a few months.


My wife went back to finish her BSN after we were married, she only needed one semester to complete it and we decided to have her take the NCLEX here.  HUGE mistake!!! 


To take the exam in Manila would have meant a few more months apart at that time and she wanted to come home and frankly, I wanted her home - here in the US - so we decided to wait for her transcripts, get them certified and take the NCLEX here, rather than spend a few more months apart.  We were not able to get her official transcripts - not the student transcripts, the ones that have to be sent directly to the certification service from the nursing school - in a timely fashion and she has never been able to take the test.  Life got in the way, and by the time we knew it new requirements for continuing education here made it impossible for her to be licensed in the states. 


Seven years later, she is going to go to school to be a medical assistant and will finally make half what she would as a staring BSN.  The time apart and money we spent, compounded by the loss of potential wages lost over the last seven years has been staggering.  Luckily, we have been able to get by and our relationship weathered the storm.  It's still a situation that could have been avoided had someone known to give me this very same advice.


I know you're a long ways away from any of this, but you should keep this in mind moving forward


Good Luck!


Keep the Faith!


H

[Maverick]

Hey Mav


Sounds like you have a good plan!


The one thing I would like to point out pertaining to your search criteria is to make sure that they have taken the exam there in Manila.  Trust me on this one, I have first hand experience.  If she hasn't taken the exam yet, no big deal, just make sure she takes it and passes BEFORE she comes here on whatever visa you apply for, even if it means delaying her immigration a few months.


My wife went back to finish her BSN after we were married, she only needed one semester to complete it and we decided to have her take the NCLEX here.  HUGE mistake!!! 


To take the exam in Manila would have meant a few more months apart at that time and she wanted to come home and frankly, I wanted her home - here in the US - so we decided to wait for her transcripts, get them certified and take the NCLEX here, rather than spend a few more months apart.  We were not able to get her official transcripts - not the student transcripts, the ones that have to be sent directly to the certification service from the nursing school - in a timely fashion and she has never been able to take the test.  Life got in the way, and by the time we knew it new requirements for continuing education here made it impossible for her to be licensed in the states. 


Seven years later, she is going to go to school to be a medical assistant and will finally make half what she would as a staring BSN.  The time apart and money we spent, compounded by the loss of potential wages lost over the last seven years has been staggering.  Luckily, we have been able to get by and our relationship weathered the storm.  It's still a situation that could have been avoided had someone known to give me this very same advice.


I know you're a long ways away from any of this, but you should keep this in mind moving forward


Good Luck!


Keep the Faith!


H

Awesome advice! Thanks man!

[piglett]

Hey Mav


Sounds like you have a good plan!


The one thing I would like to point out pertaining to your search criteria is to make sure that they have taken the exam there in Manila.  Trust me on this one, I have first hand experience.  If she hasn't taken the exam yet, no big deal, just make sure she takes it and passes BEFORE she comes here on whatever visa you apply for, even if it means delaying her immigration a few months.


My wife went back to finish her BSN after we were married, she only needed one semester to complete it and we decided to have her take the NCLEX here.  HUGE mistake!!! 


To take the exam in Manila would have meant a few more months apart at that time and she wanted to come home and frankly, I wanted her home - here in the US - so we decided to wait for her transcripts, get them certified and take the NCLEX here, rather than spend a few more months apart.  We were not able to get her official transcripts - not the student transcripts, the ones that have to be sent directly to the certification service from the nursing school - in a timely fashion and she has never been able to take the test.  Life got in the way, and by the time we knew it new requirements for continuing education here made it impossible for her to be licensed in the states. 


Seven years later, she is going to go to school to be a medical assistant and will finally make half what she would as a staring BSN.  The time apart and money we spent, compounded by the loss of potential wages lost over the last seven years has been staggering.  Luckily, we have been able to get by and our relationship weathered the storm.  It's still a situation that could have been avoided had someone known to give me this very same advice.


I know you're a long ways away from any of this, but you should keep this in mind moving forward


Good Luck!


Keep the Faith!


H

good to see you Howard


i would also like to add that even if you go to see the board of nursing people in person


for your state, they don't always know what they are talking about.


which can result in your new wife's nursing degree being nearly worthless


(Oh come on over your all set)


(sorry we screwed up, your not all set)


(in fact go kick rocks)


been there done that man


there are plenty of ladies in the PI working as a private nurse


they have never passes the national nursing exam


so they are not an RN


but they are allowed to work THERE but not here


my wife ended up getting a job cleaning hotel rooms


& starting from basically square one

[robert angel]

Need some info please...

I've been looking around for info on the NCLEX being offered in Makati, Manila and the info seems mostly dated--a lot dates back to 2007 & 2008.

Can a Filipina who's already passed the national board in the Philippines still take it in Makati at the Trident Tower building in 2014?

I know (or I think I know) that you have to go through the hoops of using a particular USA state to get permission. Does that require like an H1 visa app. from a hospital or a SS# before you can even take the NCLEX?

Wasn't sure if you have get a visa to take it in Guam or Saipan--USA Territories. I'm not sure if you have to put up something of great value to get a tourist or whatever visa is required to qualify to go to a US Territory, assuming that's required.

[piglett]

Need some info please...

I've been looking around for info on the NCLEX being offered in Makati, Manila and the info seems mostly dated--a lot dates back to 2007 & 2008.

Can a Filipina who's already passed the national board in the Philippines still take it in Makati at the Trident Tower building in 2014?

I know (or I think I know) that you have to go through the hoops of using a particular USA state to get permission. Does that require like an H1 visa app. from a hospital or a SS# before you can even take the NCLEX?

Wasn't sure if she had to get a visa to take it in Guam or Saipan--USA Territories. My wife's parents have their land broken up legally into the 7 sibling's names, so not sure if she has to put up something of great value to get a tourist or whatever visa required, if she'd qualify to go to a US Territory, assuming that's required.

I think, last time they counted, about 45% of Filipinas who took it passed and of course there's outfits there who'll take money to 'prepare you'.

yes yes, my wife went to one of those places with a 100% pass rate


only her & a bunch of her class mates didn't pass


i wonder what went wrong???


i would say get on VJ & ask the pinay nurses there Robert

[Howard]

Need some info please...

I've been looking around for info on the NCLEX being offered in Makati, Manila and the info seems mostly dated--a lot dates back to 2007 & 2008.

Can a Filipina who's already passed the national board in the Philippines still take it in Makati at the Trident Tower building in 2014?

I know (or I think I know) that you have to go through the hoops of using a particular USA state to get permission. Does that require like an H1 visa app. from a hospital or a SS# before you can even take the NCLEX?

Wasn't sure if she had to get a visa to take it in Guam or Saipan--USA Territories. My wife's parents have their land broken up legally into the 7 sibling's names, so not sure if she has to put up something of great value to get a tourist or whatever visa required, if she'd qualify to go to a US Territory, assuming that's required.

I think, last time they counted, about 45% of Filipinas who took it passed and of course there's outfits there who'll take money to 'prepare you'.

This is the info I found:


http://eegmed.com/philippines/nclexphilippines.html


from what I read - and this has changed in the last several years - for an additional 150.00 you can take the exam in Manila and have it directly forwarded to your State Licensing Board.  In our case, my wife has been out of school too long and would require the appropriate amount of continuing education, per the State of Michigan Nursing Board's requirements.  There is just no way this is going to happen for us, unfortunately.  My wife would have to take her classes in the Philippines, where her degree is recognized and then prepare for the NCLEX in Manila.  The cost and time away is just too prohibitive for us.


I mention these things because it makes our misfortunes easier to take if we can help others avoid the same mistakes.  I've got nothing to complain about, my life is good... I just hate the fact that my wife dreamt of becoming a nurse and will probably never be one.  We were inches away and with more current information may have seen her efforts come to fruition.


PearsonVue has an 800 number on their main site - which is American - I would call them directly for the necessary steps to take.  The thing to consider is how long your wife has been out of school.  It's a very difficult test and if she has been out for a long  period of time, no matter how intelligent she is, she may have trouble passing the test.  So many things change every year that someone only a year or two out of school may not have enough knowledge of the most current course material


Good Luck


Keep the Faith!


H