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  1. DavyL200

    DavyL200 DI Forum Luminary ★ Global Mod ★ ★ Moderator ★ Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer

    Feb 26, 2016 #2
    If you have decided to stay here permanently in the ph I would say yes to getting the 13 a visa. Benefits are not going to the bi every two months and paying and also wasting hours of you day falling inline! You only need to go to the bi once a year when you have it to do your annual report in the first 60 days and pay p310.
    This visa can be got at bi in Cebu or Manila. Annual reports can be done in any bi office but keep the receipts as they will ask.
    Only the card needs to be renewed every five years at $50
     
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  2. Dave_Hounddriver

    Dave_Hounddriver DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster

    Feb 26, 2016 #3
    I've been doing the same since 2008 and similarly happy. In that time I have met and got to know 6 expat friends who got married, got the 13a visa, got divorced, lost their 13a status, and went back to the tourist status that I have been on all along. I'm happy doing it this way. YMMV

    Edit: By "got divorced" I mean the marriage either ended in a legal separation, an annulment or in one case an actual divorce where she remarried another American in the US.
     
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  3. ajayver

    ajayver DI Member Showcase Reviewer

    Feb 26, 2016 #1
    Greetings to all forum members!

    I've been staying in Philippines since 2010, extending my tourist visa and leaving the country from time to time. So far I am happy with visa laws here comparing to other countries.

    It's been a year since I married a Philippine girl and I am about to go to another visa run in the middle of March to get another 36 months. I need to go to Cebu to get my exit clearance and I'm thinking to take my wife with me and try to apply for a resident visa (we have all the requirements on hands) but I'm not sure if it worths getting?

    As I read in other topics it costs around 8000-9000 pesos and I will need to renew it after one year and looks like I will have to pay around 3000 extra pesos every time I leave the country on top of 1620 pesos travel tax. Looks like I will have to go to Cebu Immigration for any transaction which I would prefer to avoid. Or am I wrong?

    What benefits will I get converting my visa? Isn't it easier to just stay with tourist visa?

    And another question - do I need to pay those 8000+ upon initial applying or later after the approval?

    Any information will be appreciated!
     
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