Is this really important? Yes it is, coz as what I’ve known, if we’re an immigrant holder we must have a CFO sticker in our passport in order to get out of the Philippines.. They will hold us if we don’t have one… This is a must for the immigrant people like us and also for fiance/spouse visa holder…

We attended the CFO Pre departure orientation seminar last February 19, 2008, Cebu city around 2pm-4pm based on the schedule for OZ, NZ & other countries while USA & Canada, the schedule is from 10am-12noon Monday-Friday… The fee for the PDOS seminar is P400 each even for the infant…

My and Tabs were wondering if how long will it take coz you know government offices… We arrived there at 1:30pm then good thing they have this website because I already prepared the requirements for the seminar… like the our passports, the form that i just downloaded it from their site, 1 picture 2×2/passport size, and the visa grant letter…

We’re wondering how many are we that will going to attend, After registering, we went outside first to buy something to eat since Tabs is kinda hungry already and a cigarette break before the seminar stated…

In the room, we we’re amazed! hehe Only the two of us were attending the seminar… just me and my husband Tabs.. hehe it’s kinda funny… They played a dvd about migrating… we thought that was the start of the seminar, but when the utility guy get inside the room and turn off the tv and dvd without even saying “Excuse me, I’m going to turn it off before the seminar starts.” or even just a simple “Excuse me”… tsk tsk tsk.. no manners! We were both silent after that.. and when the guy came out the room.. we we’re laughing.. hehe what the!

Then after a minute, the lady, conductor of the seminar came in.. and the seminar started w/ a slide show… well, i find it informative and very helpful for those who doesn’t know much about the immigration… but the seminar is just kind of limited… it’s better to explore on the DIAC website: http://www.immi.gov.au for more information..

Also for the requirements of the CFO: http://www.cfo.gov.ph

Contact Informations:

CFO Cebu
Telefax : (032) 255-5253
E-mail Add.: cfocebu@cfo.gov.ph

CFO Manila
Tel. Nos.: (632) 562-3848,
(632) 561-8321
ext. 104, 105, 201- 203
Fax No.: (632) 561-8332
E-mail Add.: info@cfo.gov.ph;mieo@cfo.gov.ph