Tourist Visa Best Posts in Thread: 1st 2 month extension

Here is mine from December about the 13th

 

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 no idea. It's only my opinion and I will only be here another year or two anyway at most. I made the remark because there are a very few that control the economy here and they keep the economy isolated and the people poor in order to exploit them. Any large influx of foreign money, business ownership, (illegal), land ownership, (also illegal), disturbs their hold on the poor population, hence my deduction that we are not necessarily wanted here long term. Maybe it's ok if we are just tourists, I don't know. I have seen this type exploitation in the rural south in the US many years ago and it is a phenomenon that is not uncommon in the world. It disturbs me to see people work as hard as some do here and live in abject poverty and then die if they can't afford medical care. All this for the benefit of a few. Even Duterte has acknowledged this as the case if I understood his comments correctly in a few articles. (I mean about the exploitation of the many for the few)

 

While NOT my first extension, I did get a 2 month extension today. Extension only as my ACR card is good until June next year. Cost was p1,930

 

Just some information for you guy’s about to apply for your 1st 2 month tourist visa extension.
I went to the BI in Dumaguete just a block or so away from the holy child hospital.
Very efficient, in and out in about 15 minutes.
The only down side is it looks like the price has gone up. Now 6500 pesos and that’s without the ACR card fee.

 

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.

 

That's funny. When I left there on Dec 6, my wife asked me if they had set fees or if they just make them up. I told her they had set fees just to keep her from going back in and causing a scene as she thought the charge was ridiculous. I have suspected that they just pick a figure when you pay but I never check any fee list or ask them to itemize. They didn't give me a receipt as you don't get that until you return for your passport. I paid for a 2 month tourist extension and an ACR I card renewal. Total was 5750P, which was really less than I expected, and this time they told me two weeks to get my passport back.

 

The "BI" site is outdated and still includes express fees that are not being charged at this writing. The situation at BI Dumaguete changes from day to day at the whim of the "In Charge"

 

Can you please post the receipt when you get it. Thank you.