Cebu office, 2 month extension plus ACR-I renewal two weeks ago, P4480

 

So perhaps the best MO for us all here is to hold out our hands full of cash and let them take what they want.

 

Your very first 2 month extension also includes an alien registration fee - this registration is done once. Think of it as creating a new folder for your information which of course will be there even if you leave and come back 5 years later. So a 1st time visitor to the Philippines will have a higher fee than a return visitor even if they arrived in country on the same plane.

A 59 day "visa" can also be obtained at the airport on arrival by 1)asking for it BEFORE giving your passport to the BI officer and 2)pay for it at the BI office at the airport. You do not save any money but you do avoid a trip to BI for the 29 day extension (it is 30 days free on arrival).

 

Hi guys,
Here is the receipt for my 1st 2 month extension and ACR. I think the change from the P6500 went on somebody’s lunch.
Just to add to this, On being given my passport back I was given no information of when I was going to receive the ACR card or where to collect it, I did however get a strip of Bi signed paper stapled to a page in my passport stating I had attended the BI and given my bio data to show any official that required that information.

During this time the guy sitting next to me today at the BI was also getting the same service as I 2 weeks earlier and he also handed over P6500.

Ok, it looks like the photo of my receipt is to big to post, I will figure out how to change the resolution on my phone and post it later as we’re now trying to take our nap

 

Figure on another month before your card is ready for pickup - or don't bother, go in 6 weeks and pick it up when you do your next extension. Keep that strip in your passport, if you leave the country after being here more than 6 but no more than 12 months, it will let you get your ECC at the Airport when you leave instead of requiring a separate trip and waiting period (currently 3 days I hear) to get your ECC. Upon being in country over 12 months you have to do the extra Exit Clearance trip regardless.

 

Ok, thanks for that.

I have my phone camera on it’s lowest setting and yet the file is to big for the server so I cannot show my receipt.

Here is the breakdown anyway.
Alien cert of reg. 1000
Visa sticker fee. 100
Head tax. 250
Mthly ext app fee. 300
Mthly ext fee. 1000
Emigration cl fee. 700
Certificate fee. 500
ACR I-card fee. 2528
Legal research fee 50

 

Well it all makes sense now. You paid the right price. It would have cost you about 8K + before the express lane fees were taken away. The problem most of us had is we could not understand why you paid so much when you specifically said:

 

I can see that now, initially they gave me the form to fill for the 2 month extension, took the money and only then gave me the ACR application form to take away to fill out, not explaining the ACR was included in the price.
We live and learn.

 

I have my phone camera on it’s lowest setting and yet the file is to big for the server so I cannot show my receipt.

Here is the breakdown anyway.
Alien cert of reg. 1000
Visa sticker fee. 100
Head tax. 250
Mthly ext app fee. 300
Mthly ext fee. 1000
Emigration cl fee. 700
Certificate fee. 500
ACR I-card fee. 2528
Legal research fee 50[/QUOTE]

I did my 2 month extension last month and the only difference i had in the fees was the ACR-I card fee.

Mine was 2515 but the rest of the fees are the same.


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