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Temporary Visitor (9A) — extension beyond 59 days / LSVVE

PhilippinesShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a visa, electronic authorisation or visa on arrival is normally required.

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  • The route is an in-country extension; the section does not state whether a visa is needed to enter. Fee tables only distinguish 'Non-Visa Required National under E.O. 408' and 'Visa Required Nationals', with no nationality matrix.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

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Limits of the record
  • The extension sections do not list permitted visit purposes; the LSVVE text only refers to temporary visitors extending a 'tourist visa'.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

A foreign national whose stay will exceed 59 days must secure extensions of stay with the Bureau of Immigration. The Long-Stay Visitor Extension (LSVVE) is open to temporary visitors of any nationality not otherwise disqualified, during the last 30 days of a previous LSVVE or when a regular extension expires, with total extension of not more than 6 months from expiry of authorised stay. The maximum allowable stay is 36 months for visa-non-required nationals and 24 months for visa-required nationals.

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Limits of the record
  • The initial admission period and the length of each individual extension are not stated as rules in text (only as fee-table columns).

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel and passport evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the 59-day and LSVVE sections: no funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance or onward-travel evidence is stated; the passport is only submitted with the application.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applications are made in-country at the Bureau of Immigration (BI): the applicant submits the completed application form, attachments and passport to the frontline officer; a BI Clearance Certificate is issued if there are no derogatory records (otherwise clearance at the Verification and Certification Unit); the fees are paid; then the passport stamped with the extension of stay is claimed. The official source does not state when a stay can be changed to another status.

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Limits of the record
  • Circumstances in which a stay can be changed to another status are not stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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