US passport or Philippines passport

[chriseph 0]

Hello Everyone!

Happy Holiday..

Me and my Daughter are going to the Philippines March of Nextyear, She is 2 years old and will need to have a passport.

I am not a US citizen but my Husband is, and our Daughter was born in the US. I am wondering if she needs a US or Philippines Passport or both..

We will be in the Philippines for 2 months, I've been hearing that she could only be in the philippines for 21 days coz shes a US citizen. What do we need to do?

Thanks in advance!

Christina

[46]

Hello Everyone!

Happy Holiday..

Me and my Daughter are going to the Philippines March of Nextyear, She is 2 years old and will need to have a passport.

I am not a US citizen but my Husband is, and our Daughter was born in the US. I am wondering if she needs a US or Philippines Passport or both..

We will be in the Philippines for 2 months, I've been hearing that she could only be in the philippines for 21 days coz shes a US citizen. What do we need to do?

Thanks in advance!

Christina

Strictly speaking, she needs both. By Philippines law, any child born to a Philippine citizen parent after October 15, 1986 is Philippines citizen. You must always enter a nation of which you are a citizen on that passport. She will additionally need the US Passport to return.

Likely, you could just use the US Passport to enter the Philippines, but it is not technically following Philippines policy.

[Frank and Racquel 18]

Hello Everyone!

Happy Holiday..

Me and my Daughter are going to the Philippines March of Nextyear, She is 2 years old and will need to have a passport.

I am not a US citizen but my Husband is, and our Daughter was born in the US. I am wondering if she needs a US or Philippines Passport or both..

We will be in the Philippines for 2 months, I've been hearing that she could only be in the philippines for 21 days coz shes a US citizen. What do we need to do?

Thanks in advance!

Christina

I'm not sure if she can even get a Philippines passport. Anyway she dont need, she just needs a US Passport and the 21 day thing wont apply if you all travel together and you enter as a Balik Byan (not sure of spelling) visa since you are a citizen there and then they can be under your visa and stay for 1 year without paying the overstaying fees. You have a green card right? If you do , when you leave dont let them screw you out of the 1700p exit tax, show your greencard and they will give you a waiver on that exit tax, you just have to pay like 350p for the waiver hehehe , well they have to get atleast a lil out of you.

[Frank and Racquel 18]

Strictly speaking, she needs both. By Philippines law, any child born to a Philippine citizen parent after October 15, 1986 is Philippines citizen. You must always enter a nation of which you are a citizen on that passport. She will additionally need the US Passport to return.

Likely, you could just use the US Passport to enter the Philippines, but it is not technically following Philippines policy.

I would investigate this more because my friend, who is a Pinoy Celebrity and she lives in the Philippines, she married a German guy and they had a baby and the baby was born in Germany and now she cant get him a Philippines passport.

[CristiFur 15]

Just went with my son who is US born in June and we only had a US passport. We stayed for 31 days! I don't see the need for Phil passport for your daughter. Enjoy the trip!

[ceadsearc 516]

Strictly speaking, she needs both. By Philippines law, any child born to a Philippine citizen parent after October 15, 1986 is Philippines citizen. You must always enter a nation of which you are a citizen on that passport. She will additionally need the US Passport to return.

Likely, you could just use the US Passport to enter the Philippines, but it is not technically following Philippines policy.

I suspect this varies by country. My daughter is a dual citizen, and has a Bolivian birth certificate and national identification card but does not have a Bolivian passport as the Bolivian consulate in DC won't issue one to an infant (at least, not without hassle, and we were told on multiple occasions it was absolutely unnecessary as lawfully all she needs is her US passport and Bolivian ID card) and we couldn't obtain one for her in Bolivia without a lot of paperwork as she was born in America. She enters Bolivia on her US passport and her Bolivian national identification card (and as such doesn't need a visa), which shows she is a Bolivian citizen. I'm not saying this is true in the Philippines, but at least in some instances, a passport of that country is not necessary.

[chriseph 0]

Just went with my son who is US born in June and we only had a US passport. We stayed for 31 days! I don't see the need for Phil passport for your daughter. Enjoy the trip!

and You didn't go to Philippine Bureau of Immigration and Deportation for extention?

thanks i sure will

[chriseph 0]

I'm not sure if she can even get a Philippines passport. Anyway she dont need, she just needs a US Passport and the 21 day thing wont apply if you all travel together and you enter as a Balik Byan (not sure of spelling) visa since you are a citizen there and then they can be under your visa and stay for 1 year without paying the overstaying fees. You have a green card right? If you do , when you leave dont let them screw you out of the 1700p exit tax, show your greencard and they will give you a waiver on that exit tax, you just have to pay like 350p for the waiver hehehe , well they have to get atleast a lil out of you.

That's what I thought, that she cant get a Philippines passport.

That would be great if i don't have to get an extension for her, I just didn't want to have all the hassle of doing all of those, they said its worth 5000Ph for the extension

Yes i do have a Green Card, it would be great to pay little as possible thanks:)

[Frank and Racquel 18]

and You didn't go to Philippine Bureau of Immigration and Deportation for extention?

thanks i sure will

Free Balikbayan Visa for former Philippine citizens and for foreign spouses and minor foreign unmarried children of Filipinos and former Filipino citizens

No visa shall be required for a maximum stay of one (1) year [renewable for an additional 6 months for a total of 18 months] for the following Balikbayan, every time they enter the Philippines to visit, regardless of the frequency of their travel to the Philippines.

1. Former Philippine citizens (including Filipinos who have become naturalized U.S. citizens, and citizens of the Bahamas, Bermuda and other countries within the jurisdiction of the Embassy of Washington, D.C.); Also eligible are Filipino citizens living overseas. A typical situation is that the Filipino visitor to the Philippines is not yet a foreign citizen, but he or she has an immigration card from a foreign nation [such as a "green card" in the USA].

2. Foreign spouses and minor foreign unmarried children of Filipinos and former Filipino citizens.

The balikbayan free visa privilege is extended to former Philippine citizens, the foreign spouse and the foreign minor unmarried children of Philippine citizens, provided that:

1. they are nationals of Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, or Vietnam; and

2. they are traveling together to the Philippines with the balikbayan spouse.

The former Philippine citizen shall declare before a Philippine Immigration Officer at the port of entry that he/she is availing of the balikbayan privilege and shall present his/her valid passport in addition to any of the following documents:

1. cancelled Philippine passport;

2. birth certificate; 3. naturalization papers to show former Philippine citizenship; or

4. certification from the adopted country.

The accompanying foreign spouse and foreign minor unmarried children of Filipinos and former Filipino citizens shall declare before a Philippine Immigration Officer at the port of entry that he/she is accompanied by a Filipino or former Filipino spouse or parent and that he/she is availing of the balikbayan privilege, and shall present his/her valid passport in addition to the following:

1. Foreign spouse: Valid passport and Marriage certificate

2. Foreign Minor unmarried children: Birth certificate

3. Adopted children: Adoption papers

For further verification please call the Philippine Embassy at 202-467-9300 or 202-467-9324 for more information

[prep.mac 7]

Hi there!

My son was born here, I am Filipino citizen, US green card holder.

Your kid can travel to the Philippines on a US passport and stay there for a year then you will have to file for extension of stay if you need to extend. You don't need to get your kid a Philippine passport if you don't want to but it is an option.

I gave birth here in the US 2001 and my son has a US passport but stayed in the Philippines for 10 years til Aug 2011. I never got him a Philippine passport. Initially, I paid for extension from 2002 to 2008. It was Php1200 EVERY OTHER MONTH then for the extension at the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID).Then I decided to file for Recognition to Filipino Citizenship (dual citizenship since both of his parents are Filipino citizens). I spent about $300 to process it, took 6 mos maximum via BID still.

When he exited the Philippines on his US passport last August, we just paid for the Philippine travel tax and ticket/taxes, of course.

Hope this helps since I have been through your case. Unless the Philippine immigration laws changed recently, the info I gave you is still accurate.

Now if you want to process the Recognition to Filipino Citizenship in the US, you can do it through the Philippine Embassies in the US (a separate topic)...for now, to answer your question, the kid is ok to go to the Philippines on a US passport for a year. You, however, have to be mindful of not staying in the Philippines for more than six (6) months being an LPR in the US.

Safe trip!

prep.mac

[CristiFur 15]

and You didn't go to Philippine Bureau of Immigration and Deportation for extention?

thanks i sure will

Nope! Just have a passport for her and enjoy!