hi ppl and thankyou

[andypaul]

these are the banks i meen fella off the british embassy manila website.im sure they will take sterling but im the kinda guy that likes to go armed with all the info


To reduce your waiting time at the Application Centre, we recommend that you prepay your visa fees at any branch of Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of Philippine Islands, Banco De Oro, or Metro Bank.

If you are pre-paying at a bank:
- The bank will accept fees only in cash
- Please carry a photo copy of the passport data page to the bank
- You can schedule an appointment one day after date of deposit of fees at the bank
- You can also visit the Application Centre without an appointment on the next working day. However, waiting times may be longer for applicants who have not taken an appointment.
- The bank's fee receipt will be valid for 45 days from date of issue. Please turn in your application within that period.

Well some remittance companies will allow you to pick up cash at the counter from these banks. You could arrange the pick up at the branch and then simply pay it in. Job done no strolling around with hefty amounts.

If you can speak to the manager or your mahal can then you could transfer it straight to them job done.

Strolling round with 500 quid in pesos or sterling is a bit iffy imo.

[poss30]

what do you meen by remittance companies.sorry if im being stupid. im taking sterling for the visa and holiday because last time my visa debit card would not work in the atm's and i got a bit stuck. my main prob was changing 500 sterling into peso with money changer (bad idea imo). theres a metro bank near robinsons mall in makati so i was gonna get taxi with 500 in my pocket to robinsons then just go to bank but i dont know if they take sterling for visa or if they change money.never been in a bank in phili. so hows it work with the remittance companies

[andypaul]

what do you meen by remittance companies.sorry if im being stupid. im taking sterling for the visa and holiday because last time my visa debit card would not work in the atm's and i got a bit stuck. my main prob was changing 500 sterling into peso with money changer (bad idea imo). theres a metro bank near robinsons mall in makati so i was gonna get taxi with 500 in my pocket to robinsons then just go to bank but i dont know if they take sterling for visa or if they change money.never been in a bank in phili. so hows it work with the remittance companies

Type remittance in to search


basically companies which you give the money you want to convert to pesos or whatever and send it over.

examples are xoom, philrem and pnb to name three