Quote Originally Posted by tanga View Post
Graham
I cannot find any info on that policy and I have never heard of anybody being refused. An expat colleague here returned home to sort out some affairs,leaving his wife here,returned after a month got his 21 day visa waiver then booked a short break in HK for himself and his wife and received a Balikbayan stamp on return.
Yes, I'm happy to confirm that the rules were changed in 2001 (now that I've had chance to do some more research), and you're quite right.

It had escaped my attention that they'd done this because the last time I entered the Phils with the (ex) wife and got a Balikbayan stamp was in 2000, so I haven't had to 'test' the system since then.

Here are the current basic rules:

http://philembassy-uk.org/consular-m...ayan-privilege