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Generous Tourist Visa Extension

2 years ago
Background: US Citizens, arrived in PI on 17 July 2022. Philippine Bureau of Immingration Office (BI) on 18 July 2022. Requested 29-day visa waiver extension and possible two additional months. Approved for 29 days plus two months. Visa was extended until October 2022. Tourist ACR available for pick-up on the 28 July 2022.

Where: Bureau of Immigration Office (BI)
5th Floor, Ayala Malls Circuit, Hippodromo, Makati, Metro Manila
(forgot to get the office hours - we went at 10:00 am)

What to bring: Passport with six months validity.
Cash: Php 7,648 for extension (per person)
Php 2,000 for express lane. (per person)
Payment in Philippine pesos only - no credit cards accepted.

Upon entering the BI office, your temperature will be taken, you will be asked to sign a log book and will be handed a blank BI form COM08.QF.001 (Consolidated General Application form for Tourist Extension). Upon completion of the form you will be directed to the appropriate counter.

note; to save time you can bring a pre-filled BI form COM08.QF.001 available for download from:
https://immigration.gov.ph/downloads/bi-forms

The entire process took less than 15 minutes.

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