Friday, January 11, 2008

[LinP3] Re: No more balikbayan visas?


I entered the RP on 5 December of 2007 with my wife. Although I was
only staying three weeks I wanted to see how it went. My wife went
first and at the conclusion of her interview with immigration she
asked for the Balikbayan stamp for me. The official just smiled and
said "no problem" or words to that effect. I stepped forward and my
passport was stamped 'Balikbayan' and we were off on our merry way.
We entered in Cebu.

GregW

--- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, arturo barroso
...> wrote:
>
> Actually this happened to us, upon arriving to Manila with my
Filipina wife. When she asked the imigration official for the
balikbayan stamp for us she was told that there would be no more
Balikbayan program. It was no big deal for us since we were only
staying 25 day and got an extention but we wanted to test the system
to see if we could get the stamp for future trips.. But I can see
where it would be a big deal to others. It would be nice to get the
official word on this. We arrive in manila in Aug of 2007.. Art B

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