Us citizen kids via CRBA leaving Philippines for the first time requirements

[Eiramana 2]

I Need advice about my Us citizen kids via CRBA leaving Philippines for the first time. 

I got 3 kids ages 3, 2 and 10 months

They all acquired citizenship via CRBA. 

 

Question is what are the requirements do we need before they fly out of philippines

..do we need to pay any fine? 

I know they need to get exit clearance or ECC which cost around 800 pesos. 

But i wonder if there is fine that we need to pay before they exit PH. 

Thanks

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

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[Sagot 1,548]

4 hours ago, Eiramana said:

I Need advice about my Us citizen kids via CRBA leaving Philippines for the first time. 

I got 3 kids ages 3, 2 and 10 months

They all acquired citizenship via CRBA. 

 

Question is what are the requirements do we need before they fly out of philippines

..do we need to pay any fine? 

I know they need to get exit clearance or ECC which cost around 800 pesos. 

But i wonder if there is fine that we need to pay before they exit PH. 

Thanks

There are no fines.

 

ECC is about it.   I believe you have to acquire the certificates no more than 30 days before traveling and not sooner than 72 hours.

 

You did not get Philippine passports for your children?  You could avoid the ECC with the Philippine passport.

 

http://www.immigration.gov.ph/faqs/emigration-clearance-certificate-ecc

[Brassballs 47]

Interesting.

 

I was wondering why a US citizen would need any document from the Philippine gvt to exit the country.  I guess this stated requirement:

 

Philippine-born foreign nationals who will depart from the Philippines for the first time;

 

is the reason since the foreign national never had an entry visa to match up with the exit?

 

But if the kids exit the country on the Phil visa, wouldn't they then need to pay the exit tax?

 

Just curious.

[Eiramana 2]

2 hours ago, Sagot said:

There are no fines.

 

ECC is about it.   I believe you have to acquire the certificates no more than 30 days before traveling and not sooner than 72 hours.

 

You did not get Philippine passports for your children?  You could avoid the ECC with the Philippine passport.

 

http://www.immigration.gov.ph/faqs/emigration-clearance-certificate-ecc

Thank you for the info sagot. 

But if we want to get a philippine passport too,  do we need to get recognition  certificate from immigration as one of requirements to get ph passport? 

 

Do we need to show their us passport too? 

 

I believe there is part where they ask if applicant has foreign passport on the form when u apply PH passport. 

Edited March 12, 2017 by Eiramana

[Eiramana 2]

1 hour ago, Brassballs said:

Interesting.

 

I was wondering why a US citizen would need any document from the Philippine gvt to exit the country.  I guess this stated requirement:

 

Philippine-born foreign nationals who will depart from the Philippines for the first time;

 

is the reason since the foreign national never had an entry visa to match up with the exit?

 

But if the kids exit the country on the Phil visa, wouldn't they then need to pay the exit tax?

 

Just curious.

I have a lot of questions too about these lol..  But let's wait maybe someone has answers. 

[Eiramana 2]

3 hours ago, Penguin_ie said:

***** Moving from Bringing Family to Philippines Regional forum for country specific answers *****

Thank you

[Eiramana 2]

4 hours ago, Sagot said:

There are no fines.

 

ECC is about it.   I believe you have to acquire the certificates no more than 30 days before traveling and not sooner than 72 hours.

 

You did not get Philippine passports for your children?  You could avoid the ECC with the Philippine passport.

 

http://www.immigration.gov.ph/faqs/emigration-clearance-certificate-ecc

Do you know how much is the ECC? 

[Connie & Mike 0]

Hi my son have US passport only when we left the Philippines to join my husband here in US. I also applied for Exit Clearance for our son at BI and I can give you the breakdown of cost we paid at that time, we applied last Jan 2015 and at that time our son is 4 1/2 yrs old. You will get ECC but with that you will need to pay the fine for each of your kids. If you have time it might be best to apply for Phil Passport.

 

 

 

Administrative Fine - 9000 pesos

 

Express Lane Fee - 500 pesos

 

A-Cert/Certificate of Exemption/Legal Registration Fee - 720 pesos

 

ACR I-Card Fee - 2253 pesos

 

Express Lane Fee - 500 pesos

 

[AKteacher 104]

2 hours ago, Connie & Mike said:

Administrative Fine - 9000 pesos

Express Lane Fee - 500 pesos

A-Cert/Certificate of Exemption/Legal Registration Fee - 720 pesos

ACR I-Card Fee - 2253 pesos

Express Lane Fee - 500 pesos

I left Philippines last year under similar circumstances with my 6-yr old. The above expenses were similar to mine except the fine was higher because my child was older. Get Philippines passports if you can, it will eliminate not just having to pay the money but also the hassles of a lot of paperwork, multiple visits to the Bureau of Immigration, waiting in line, etc.
 

 

[Eiramana 2]

23 hours ago, Connie & Mike said:

Hi my son have US passport only when we left the Philippines to join my husband here in US. I also applied for Exit Clearance for our son at BI and I can give you the breakdown of cost we paid at that time, we applied last Jan 2015 and at that time our son is 4 1/2 yrs old. You will get ECC but with that you will need to pay the fine for each of your kids. If you have time it might be best to apply for Phil Passport.

 

 

 

Administrative Fine - 9000 pesos

 

Express Lane Fee - 500 pesos

 

A-Cert/Certificate of Exemption/Legal Registration Fee - 720 pesos

 

ACR I-Card Fee - 2253 pesos

 

Express Lane Fee - 500 pesos

 

Thanks a lot this is very helpful.. By the way how old was your kid when he got his us passport.. And how long he stayed here with us passport in Ph? 

True..  I already scheduled an appointment but available slot is last day of May

Edited March 13, 2017 by Eiramana

[Eiramana 2]

20 hours ago, AKteacher said:

 

Yes I will but available slot for passport Appointment is last day of May so i have to wait..i hope everything will run smoothly

Thank you

[Connie & Mike 0]

22 minutes ago, Eiramana said:

Thanks a lot this is very helpful.. By the way how old was your kid when he got his us passport.. And how long he stayed here with us passport in Ph? 

True..  I already scheduled an appointment but available slot is last day of May

He got his US passport when he's 3 1/2, so he was there for another yr. 

[SennaBrigante 92]

We chose the PH passport route because the ECC is ridiculously expensive. I can only imagine how much they'll charge you for 3 kids. There's really no set amount on how much you'll pay. They have a magic formula they use to compute the fees. 

[neldy32 0]

If your children have ph passport then you just pay the travel tax which is 810 pesos (my son 3yrs, i think the pay is  less  for those  children below 2yrs old) 

 

Show both ph and us passport at the PH immigration then in us entry just show the us passport. Thats all.