Yes I was in the US when I sent it. I express mailed my passport and immigration photos to my relative in Manila along with an authorization form and my state ID and he brought it personally to VFS Makati. The residential and mailing address I put on my forms is my address here in the US but when my relative submitted my documents, he opted to have the passport for pick up, instead of courier delivery. So when I received the "passport is dispatched/ready for pick up" email, he went there and picked up my COPR and passport. Coincidentally, my aunt was coming to visit me here in the US in the same week so she brought my documents with her when she came