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  1. kelpguy

    kelpguy DI Senior Member

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    jack, i dunno why you didn't get an extension.
    today is the 19th and my 36mo stay expires on the 24th of this month normally necessitating a trip out of the fils. well, i'm happy to report that we just returned from a successful trip to the manila BoI requesting a 6 month extension in order to get married and apply for a 13A visa.

    i filled out the usual extension form with foto attached requesting a 6 month extension and submitted the form along with my passport and copies of all (philippine) pages of my passport, a notarized letter requesting the extension, a certified copy of our application for marriage license, a copy of our pre-marriage certificate and a letter from my long deceased mother <joke>.

    the immigration officer took the form, the passport and the passport pages and returned the other documents w/o looking at them and gave us a 2 month extension in less than 10 minutes. he also returned all the documents we submitted including the extension from. makes a person wonder what the duma BoI does with the documents we submit.

    total cost of the extension was (as printed on the receipt):
    40 - legal research fee
    300 - mnth extn appl fee
    1000 - mnth extn fee
    500 - motion for recon
    500 - certificate fee
    500 - visa sticker fee
    500 - express lane fee
    500 - exp lane (cert)
    p3,440.00


    duma to manila BoI and back to duma in 21 hours flat

    so that gives us some time to get married and apply for the 13A. next question is; will i need another extension IF the 13A isn't completed before my 38th month extension expires? one duma BoI staff told me, extensions won't be necessary once i get my 13A visa applied for, another told me that isn't true. time will tell...

    ... all's well that ends well, it's just, when will it all end? ...
     
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    kelpguy, Sep 19, 2015
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  2. Rye83

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    I'd make a quick trip to Kuala Lumpur for 24 hours then come back. A round trip ticket from Manila should be around $100-$150 and a hotel for the night shouldn't be much more. Your post reminded me about my visa extension that expires Sunday. Gotta get my butt to Immigration today!
     
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    Rye83, Sep 11, 2015
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  3. Jack Peterson

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    Basically it means that they Forgot to put that stamp in at your 6 months Extension time and now someone has picked up on it.
    This stamp is to let Exit immigration know that you have been here over the 6 months and therefore Require an ECC to leave.

    Just carry on as Normal, They will tell you when your last Extension is :thumbsup::wink:
     
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    Jack Peterson, Feb 23, 2016
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