Entry visa mistake?

[chubster]

I arrived in Cebu two weeks ago with my Filipina wife and my son who has dual citizenship.
We will stay for four or five months.
Usually I extend my 21 day visa at Immigration in Mandaue whenever it expires.
However - on entry this year my passport has been stamped with a one-year visa.

Is this a mistake? Or am I now entitled to a 1-year stay because of my son?
And if it is a mistake, should I go to Immigration after 21 days or just take my chances at the airport when we leave in a few months?

thanks in advance for any help!

[Arthur Little]

I arrived in Cebu two weeks ago with my Filipina wife and my son who has dual citizenship.
We will stay for four or five months.
Usually I extend my 21 day visa at Immigration in Mandaue whenever it expires.
However - on entry this year my passport has been stamped with a one-year visa.

Is this a mistake? Or am I now entitled to a 1-year stay because of my son?
And if it is a mistake, should I go to Immigration after 21 days or just take my chances at the airport when we leave in a few months?

thanks in advance for any help!

I MAY be wrong ... but I THINK you - as the husband and father of Filipino nationals - are entitled to a stay of up to one year in their country of origin, without the need for a further visa.

[aromulus]

However - on entry this year my passport has been stamped with a one-year visa.


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Congratulations, you have been given a 1 year balikbayan visa on entry....

[rusty]

I arrived in Cebu two weeks ago with my Filipina wife and my son who has dual citizenship.
We will stay for four or five months.
Usually I extend my 21 day visa at Immigration in Mandaue whenever it expires.
However - on entry this year my passport has been stamped with a one-year visa.

Is this a mistake? Or am I now entitled to a 1-year stay because of my son?
And if it is a mistake, should I go to Immigration after 21 days or just take my chances at the airport when we leave in a few months?

thanks in advance for any help!

it is because you entered the country with your wife, it is called balikbayan visa and it is valid for 1 year.

[Arthur Little]

it is because you entered the country with your wife, it is called balikbayan visa and it is valid for 1 year.

Ah, yes, that's right ... a Balikbayan Visa ... it'd been on the tip of my tongue, but its rather cumbersome ... and hence ?unpronouncable ... name and spelling somehow escaped me ...!

[Tawi2]

Literal translation Arthur,balik-return bayan-homeland,balikbayan is someone(or their spouse) who is returning to their homeland after a period abroad.

[Arthur Little]

Literal translation Arthur,balik-return bayan-homeland,balikbayan is someone(or their spouse) who is returning to their homeland after a period abroad.

Whatever ... ta muchly, Del ... that's good to know for future reference! Strangely enough, I'D actually asked more or less the same sort of question on some other thread, but got no replies.

[Northerner]

Jammy sod

Maybe they thought you were Filipino when your wife called you with a Filipino nickname

[jta]

I arrived in Cebu two weeks ago with my Filipina wife and my son who has dual citizenship.
We will stay for four or five months.
Usually I extend my 21 day visa at Immigration in Mandaue whenever it expires.
However - on entry this year my passport has been stamped with a one-year visa.

Is this a mistake? Or am I now entitled to a 1-year stay because of my son?
And if it is a mistake, should I go to Immigration after 21 days or just take my chances at the airport when we leave in a few months?

thanks in advance for any help!

Yes it's a balikbayan visa valid for 1 year and as far as I know it will only be stamped or be given if you are travelling with your filipina wife.

[September]

I arrived in Cebu two weeks ago with my Filipina wife and my son who has dual citizenship.
We will stay for four or five months.
Usually I extend my 21 day visa at Immigration in Mandaue whenever it expires.
However - on entry this year my passport has been stamped with a one-year visa.

Is this a mistake? Or am I now entitled to a 1-year stay because of my son?
And if it is a mistake, should I go to Immigration after 21 days or just take my chances at the airport when we leave in a few months?

thanks in advance for any help!

Definitely it wasnt mistake, it was balikbayAN privilige, enjoy your holiday