Marriage in the Phillippines

[emeraldisle]

I have just married in the Philippines (8th Feb 07)
What I did was to apply for a extension to my stay at the local immigration office (the one I used was close to my hotel in Legazpi City) this cost me 500 pesos for the guy at the office (his under the table costs I think lol) and 1020 pesos with local taxes for the extension...so a total of 1520 pesos for a extra 7 days was not bad...

I was under the impression that we didnt need a visa to stay in the philippines. Is this just were they stamp ur passport coming into the airport? And is their serious repucussions for overstaying? i.e.(honeymoon)

[andypaul]

I was under the impression that we didnt need a visa to stay in the philippines. Is this just were they stamp ur passport coming into the airport? And is their serious repucussions for overstaying? i.e.(honeymoon)

21 days is visa free after that you need to apply for a visa.

I have read reports of people overstaying for a few days not even having it mentioned to getting serious grief (remeber an offical can make your life hell if they don't wanna let you though passport control)
I have never been lucky enough to have stayed more than 14 days or so but if i was i would obtain the Visa just to save any grief at the end of the trip.