Good news for Foreigners willing to get a visa in the Philippines Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines (I suppose they will use also the same system in their Embassies):
New BI system: Tourist visa in one day (Philippines Star - Jan 14, 2008)
Foreign tourists can now enjoy a more convenient visit to the country, as the processing time of their visas has been cut from a month to one day via the new Visa Issuance Made Simple (VIMS) system, Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said yesterday...
Read more here: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?He...id=20080113145