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Go out, no one will care if you are over 60... you may not get in the mall and some other places but get out and get some fresh air, no checkpoints !!

 

For what it is worth, this is what i found.
Schools are opening, I guess our mighty leader found a vaccin from the same cabinet he found the way to kill all drug trade and stopped the corruption.
It is a very secret cabinet, because only he can see it....



NEGROS ORIENTAL IS NOW ON A
MODIFIED GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE STATUS (MGCQ)
Movement of people goes back to normal, given that the public continues to wear face masks, maintain social distancing, and other health protocols be observed.
Work in all sectors and schools will be allowed to resume operations at 100% capacity while making sure that health protocols will be practiced (wearing face masks, etc.).
Public transportation resumes and observes proper health protocols.
Physical classes may resume in full capacity.
All residents living in areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) will be allowed to leave their homes as long as they observe minimum health standards, Malacañang said.
Minimum public health standards refer to guidelines set by the Department of Health (DOH) and sector-relevant guidelines issued by the government agencies to aid all sectors in implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Resolution No. 41 of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) allows everyone to leave their homes provided they wear face masks and practice physical distancing among other health and safety precautions.

 

i am a bit confused. if you arrived 24 november last year when is the expiration date of your current visa? your current visa is a six month? i believe it is correct that you can apply for another six month now if your passport is still good for one year but if not then apply for two months and get your passport renewed. i have heard covid has muddled the response times and conditions of US passport renewal but not sure of that info. maybe someone else here has a better handle on that than me. your visa renewal can be made as far as two weeks ahead of the expiration date of your current one and the start date of your new one begins with the expiration of your old one. but if i am wrong please do not sue me. i am an old man and while i try hard to do everything right, nothing works as well as it used to. i just got mine renewed friday and will pick up monday (tomorrow) so six month extensions are still on the menu.

 

Edit: To save time, skip over to 14:06 - 15:42 for the brief discussion on the topic of concern.

 

There have already been some responses, including by me. Today I may have some better news (not sure). There is here, in Dumaguete, a Filipina blogger "My Filipina Pea" or something close to that. She recently released a video, recently enough that it would still apply to current conditions. In it she interviews an attorney who specializes in immigration matters and your situation was briefly addressed in the video:



It looks like, under current conditions you can get a BI extension to your three year limit. There is a process for that but the cost is about 25,000 php plus additional costs depending on how long you need to extend (which you do not know because you do not know when they will issue airport visas for tourists and you other problem which is passport renewals). At least you could extend. Some commenters seem to be familiar with the attorney (named "Gracie") and mention that her costs are reasonable. I do not recommend her of course as I have no experience with her or the process but it seems you have have an option. Anyway, it wouldn't hurt to check out the video (made in Dumaguete so local conditions are addressed) and you could surely get contact information for the attorney by PM'ing the vlogger. Again, best of luck!

 

As your guess, OFW's send home approx 10kUSD annually on ave? That's about 42k pesos a month. The few OFW's that I know ave about 5k to 17k pesos a month. Which is in the range of what I provide for the wife's family per month.