A Flyer thanks very much,cant belive things are getting more simple,but I expect there will be someLets all hope it goes well.It will be very good for the Philippines to get rid of a lot of red tape.
My honey filed for anullment in December,wish they would make that quicker.
Don't dream, it's a long and costly process...Originally Posted by jonnijon
Best regards.
Yves
A Flyer thanks very much,cant belive things are getting more simple,but I expect there will be some
My honey filed for anullment in December,wish they would make that quicker.
If she avails of the package deal then it will only take her at least 3-5 months but if not then it takes a year...Be patient...
" The people who mean something to your life are not rated "the best" don't have the most money, haven't won the greatest prizes....
They are the ones who care about you, take care of you, those who, no matter what, stay close by... "
I'm back from Manila now.
Todays procedure was simple and easy again. We entered the main building, chatted to security (I had to leave some ID - my old work card) at the main desk and we walked to the top floor where a happy guard took my details. We rested a little while and went to room 401 to tell them that we had arrived. They told us to go to another room and we entered though we were early. We gave our details and were interviewed right there and this took only 10-15 minutes.
The questions covered things like, "when did you get married?", "are you working?", "where did you work before?", "how did you meet", "do you have savings" with lots of interruptions from the rest of the office who had other matters they wanted the guy to deal with. The interview was in Taglish which didn't help as I'm not that fluent in it.
Of course, even if I was working (which I'm not), I would not have said that I was: I need the visa before I have permission to do so! The questions were fairly basic and general and we left quickly after we had arrived. I was given the phone number and name of a member of staff and asked to phone next week on the "tentative" date (next Friday) so it's just a case of sit and wait until then.
I phoned up the BI yesterday using the number I was given and was told that my application had been approved! I also had to check with the legal dept upon the status of it and did so. They told me I could go in and collect my application next week. We will leave that until the week after because it's holy week next week (lots of civil servants taking time off), but it seems as though I've gone from application to approval in less that 2 weeks which isn't bad at all.
I will update with what happens when I go in next.
Hi Welsh_Italian, thanks for posting all that useful info. I'm so happy to have found this thread through Google.
My husband and I are considering getting a 13g visa, which requires about the same documents as a 13a. Since you have gathered the docs yourself and even got your visa approved (congrats!), I hope you don't mind my asking the following questions:
1. What should the 'letter of application' contain?
2. Just to clarify: were you able to get your BI clearance certificate and apply for your 13a visa on the same day? So does this mean you don't have to get a BI clearance certificate days or weeks beforehand?
3. Did you have to have a photocopy of your passport authenticated at a Philippine embassy/consulate in your home country?
Would really appreciate any info you could give. Thanks.
Hehe, I thought it was going too easily...
Well my wife and I travelled to Manila the other day only to be told that my application was still under approval and that we had to wait.
Without being told of this originally, my application has to go through 3 rounds ('agendas') of approvals and I had only passed the first one. I don't know what the clown who answered the telephone before was, but I wish I had taken his name (not that it would do any good) because it was a wasted trip. They should have finished by now but getting through to the telephone number is difficult. We have managed it once but were told that the person dealing with it wasn't in the office which sounds like the run-around.
If this was the UK, I would know how to tackle this, but over here there isn't much I can do without knowing influential people.
1. Our letter of application was boilerplate written by the notary. I can't remember it's contents but it was quite formal and brief.
2. Yes, you get the BI clearance on the same day. You just pay for it at the time and they consult their computer and print out a slip of paper for you there and then.
3. No I didn't have my passport photocopy authenticated, but I had my original with me for them to examine when I applied.
All the best. As you will see from my previous post, things aren't always what they seem to be, but keep trying and be patient. I get the impression that the new system managed to cut out a little of the under-the-counter stuff for our friends in the BI; but they're back up to speed now and have figured ways to get their hands on some foreigner-sponsored overtime by creating endless committees.
We managed to get through this afternoon and the final round (really?) will apparently be on the 18th or 25th April. The problem is that my visa extension runs out on 20th (Sunday).
Does anyone know if I can apply for my extension after overstaying (if I don't get the visa)? I would prefer to wait for the response to the residence visa before laying out even morecash for another extension.
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