staying in the philippines for a year

[Luthias&Lee 1]

I just need a little help. I will be in the Philippines in January and we are getting married. I want to stay with my wife until her paper work is completed and she has her visa. My question is I heard you can get a stamp to stay for 1 year. What's it called and how do I go about getting it. Thank you all for the help

[Hank_ 9,174]

I just need a little help. I will be in the Philippines in January and we are getting married. I want to stay with my wife until her paper work is completed and she has her visa. My question is I heard you can get a stamp to stay for 1 year. What's it called and how do I go about getting it. Thank you all for the help

That is called a Balikbayan stamp, but you can only get it when entering the Philippines with your wife, so after you are married take a quick trip, call it a honeymoon to Bali or someplace, bring a copy of your marriage certificate then as you clear customs with your wife request the Balikbayan stamp

[Luthias&Lee 1]

Thanks Hank you always have great answers

[Greenbaum 12,259]

_{Do like Hank stated. You can get cheap flights to HK, Indonesia and Singapore. Stay a day and return to Phil and follow Hank's advice.}

_{Balikbayan one-year visa-free stay}

_{Balikbayans – any overseas Filipino returning to the Philippines, including former Filipinos who have acquired foreign citizenship – can stay in the Philippines without a visa for a period of one year. The balikbayan visa-free stay privilege is extended to the balikbayan’s non-Filipino spouse and children, provided they enter the Philippines with the balikbayan.}

_{Former Filipino Balikbayans traveling to the Philippines are advised to bring either their old Philippine passport or copy of Philippine birth certificate as proof of their former Philippine citizenship. Accompanying family members of the balikbayan can bring appropriate supporting documents:}

• _{For the spouse: copy of marriage certificate}
• _{For each child: copy of birth certificate}
• _{For adopted children: copy of adoption papers Philippine Law (R.A. 9174) provides benefits to baikbayans:}
• _{Tax-exempt maximum purchases in the amount of USD 1,500, or the equivalent in Philippine and other currency, at Philippine Government–operated duty free shops}
• _{Exemption from Travel Tax, provided that their stay in the Philippines is one year or less. If their stay in the Philippines exceeds one year, Travel tax will apply to them.}

[manilaraf 28]

Strange

Former Filipino Balikbayans traveling to the Philippines are advised to bring either their old Philippine passport or copy of Philippine birth certificate as proof of their former Philippine citizenship.

Way back in the 1990s when I'd travel to the Philippines with family (before I had a student visa, before I became a dual citizen) all that was needed to prove my former Philippine citizenship was the fact that my place of birth in my US Passport was "Iloilo City, Philippines"

[Luthias&Lee 1]

Thanks for the extra information Greenbaum