Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
If you fly in with her you should have no problems getting one year. If you try returning without your wife the privilege will not be valid.

You will still need a return ticket to show the airline, as the visa is still only tourist and not resident.

From what I have heard they have started doing the 6 months visas in Cebu as well.
That's correct, when I went to live in Philippine the balikbayan that I had was invalid because you're traveling alone. I found a one way ticket was more expensive than a return ticket also when Maritess and I came to UK we bought return tickets because they were cheaper than one way!