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3 year visa extension

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    dauinbrit

    dauinbrit DI Junior Member

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    Many thanks for all the helpful advice!
     
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    Some years ago, around 2008, things may have been different. Friends of our’s living in DGTE flew to Hong Kong out of Manila. They returned a few days later. While in line, there was talk about needing to slip $100.00 into your passport to receive the BB visa, given at officer’s ‘discretion’. Our friend refused to slip the $100 into his passport and neither would I for fear of being charged with attempted bribery. Anyway, the officer would only issue him the 21 day visa and from there he went to a lawyer to try to get a 13a which didn’t work out but that is another story. Anyway, I never heard of BB refusal at Cebu Mactan immigration and I only heard of this one case in Manila. But, under the new president I suspect such corruption is not happening anymore. The man ultimately passed away and never did fix his status and never got caught, at least whilst alive.


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    One fellow mentionedit but worth repeating. Be sure to get throwaway ticket out in addn to your round trip. Mactan Immgn checking for exit ticket. I recently got caught there. I found Macau cheapest.
     
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    Before returning to the states for medical purposes last April, I purchased a one way ticket on CebuPacific to Sinagapore from Manila for a whopping price of $25 during a sales promo. So, if you know you are going somewhere out of country, be sure to get a throw away ticket as far ahead as possible.
     
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    When we showed up in 2016, they wouldn't let us onto PAL without a "return," so we added a "outbound" from manila to hong kong, REFUNDABLE. Several months later, after a bit of hassle, we got a refund from PAL. At the time, I didn't have my SRRV yet.
     
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    Right, with SRRV no problem and they let us go through immigration in the diplomatic line which was very fast.


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