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

[Eiramana 2]

On 3/18/2017 at 0:36 AM, Aila said:

Hi. Your children are dual citizen. You can either pay for ECC or get them a phil. passport. Recognition of phil. citizenship is NOT REQUIRED. I suggest to just get them a phil. passport (faster and cheaper since you have 3 kids, not unless you're willing to pay) when I brought my US daughter (born in US) back in 2011 to Phil. She's holding a US passport only when we moved back here in the states (2016) I only applied for her phil. passport. During our departure we only paid the travel tax P1620 & P810 (for my daughter), her Old and new US passport was asked upon checked in and no issue/s or any interrogation while we pass through the NAIA immigration. 

Now to get your childrens Phil. passport, what you need is their; (we went to DFA Aseana)

*PSA birth cert. (this proves that your children are filipino citizen)

*bring also marriage cert. (if married), I was asked when we applied

*PSA birth cert. (mother)

*2 valid ID (mother). I used my PRC license and Phil. passport

* Valid ID for your children (I brought my daughters school transcript, ID, library card and most recent report card but they only asked for school ID). 

*bring childrens US passport, Yes, I was asked if my daughter have a US passport but they didn't even look at it. 

 

I paid P1200 for rush processing and exactly after 7 days it was ready for PIck-up. 

 

Now your biggest challenge here is to get an earliest DFA appt. since your children are all under 7y/o. I read on their website that minors under 7y/o qualifies for courtesy lane, meaning you can just show up to their office without an appointment but call or go to your nearest DFA office to verify before bringing your 3 babies. 

 

Now that I'm still seeing parents with Dual Citizen child/ren having issues leaving PI. I'll post my experience on here just to help out others. 

 

GOOD LUCK

Sorry for this late reply..  Thank u so much for this info.. And for helping mothers with same situation. 

Keep it up

[sy1983 31]

I know this is an year old tread but I would like to add my experience with US citizen child acquired by CRBA. 
It made absolutely no sense WHAT SO EVER ! my baby was born in the Phils and at 4 month old, she got her citizenship

and we were asked to pay ECC and overstay visa fees which total around 12k peso. They told me, since the child does 

not have a Philippine passport, therefore considered a foreigner and must pay the fees from the time of birth. 
I am SO disgusted by the government. 1) A passport does not represent citizenship, its a travel document. 2) Child was BORN in the Philippines

3) Mother (by blood) is a Filipino citizen. 
 

 

[Hank_ 9,174]

6 hours ago, sy1983 said:

I know this is an year old tread but I would like to add my experience with US citizen child acquired by CRBA. 
It made absolutely no sense WHAT SO EVER ! my baby was born in the Phils and at 4 month old, she got her citizenship

and we were asked to pay ECC and overstay visa fees which total around 12k peso. They told me, since the child does 

not have a Philippine passport, therefore considered a foreigner and must pay the fees from the time of birth. 
I am SO disgusted by the government. 1) A passport does not represent citizenship, its a travel document. 2) Child was BORN in the Philippines

3) Mother (by blood) is a Filipino citizen. 
 

 

Yup.   I stress to many that complete CRBA to also acquire the Philippine passport for the child immediately .. just to avoid the ECC fees.     

 

A passport is a travel document, agreed, and with only a U.S. passport the child is traveling as USC not a Filipino so .. the ECC fee.   

 

Even my wife as a dual citizen when entering the Philippines would be treated as a USC if she enters the Philippines with her U.S. passport instead of her Pilipinas passport.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

9 hours ago, sy1983 said:

I know this is an year old tread but I would like to add my experience with US citizen child acquired by CRBA. 
It made absolutely no sense WHAT SO EVER ! my baby was born in the Phils and at 4 month old, she got her citizenship

and we were asked to pay ECC and overstay visa fees which total around 12k peso. They told me, since the child does 

not have a Philippine passport, therefore considered a foreigner and must pay the fees from the time of birth. 
I am SO disgusted by the government. 1) A passport does not represent citizenship, its a travel document. 2) Child was BORN in the Philippines

3) Mother (by blood) is a Filipino citizen. 
 

 

Exactly that is what makes me so sick with a lot of the Philippine government does. There is no rhyme or reason for it except that they want money from it's citizens.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

32 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Exactly that is what makes me so sick with a lot of the Philippine government does. There is no rhyme or reason for it except that they want money from it's citizens.

I agree. In another thread here on VJ about airport terminal fees I said the same thing. There is no rhyme or reason to what the P-government does. Once you adapt to their policy then they go and change it causing more work and there for more fees, confusion all in the name of job security.

Edited March 5, 2018 by Greenbaum

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

14 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

I agree. In another thread here on VJ about airport terminal fees I said the same thing. There is no rhyme or reason to what the P-government does. Once you adapt to their policy then they go and change it causing more work and there for more fees, confusion all in the name of job security.

I can kinda agree with the terminal FEES if those fees are going to help renovate the terminals but they aren't. I think and believe the that Filipino government does it best to try and keep people in the country as most as they can unless they are OFW's sending money home.

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, cyberfx1024 said:

I can kinda agree with the terminal FEES if those fees are going to help renovate the terminals but they aren't. I think and believe the that Filipino government does it best to try and keep people in the country as most as they can unless they are OFW's sending money home.

All airports have terminal fees, you just don't notice them as they were always collected with the airfare.   Philippines is cheap compared to what some airports in the U.S. charge.

[MsPinay 0]

On 3/12/2017 at 4:09 AM, 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

if the child has PHIL/US Passport they could leave the country without ECC correct?

[deafguy72 99]

2 hours ago, MsPinay said:

if the child has PHIL/US Passport they could leave the country without ECC correct?

yes, my boys ( ages 6 and 5 ) will exit with both passports to hand at no cost and no ECC. 

[Aenha 0]

I'm going to get exit clearance for my daughter (2 years old) next week. Is it ok if im going alone with complete requirements or the presence of my daughter is needed? 

[Aenha 0]

My daughter have philippine passport before crba and us passport. She's 2 years old. If she's going to use the philippine passport, she needed the cfo sticker before leaving right? 

[deafguy72 99]

1 hour ago, Aenha said:

My daughter have philippine passport before crba and us passport. She's 2 years old. If she's going to use the philippine passport, she needed the cfo sticker before leaving right? 

Both US/Philippine passports on hand to exit is not required for CFO sticker. If only with Philippine passport, just go to CFO office and register for your child to receive CFO sticker. 

[deafguy72 99]

2 hours ago, Aenha said:

I'm going to get exit clearance for my daughter (2 years old) next week. Is it ok if im going alone with complete requirements or the presence of my daughter is needed? 

Is she FIL-AM? If yes, hope you got her US Passport via CRBA already if thats right? 

[Hank_ 9,174]

7 hours ago, Aenha said:

I'm going to get exit clearance for my daughter (2 years old) next week. Is it ok if im going alone with complete requirements or the presence of my daughter is needed? 

 

7 hours ago, Aenha said:

My daughter have philippine passport before crba and us passport. She's 2 years old. If she's going to use the philippine passport, she needed the cfo sticker before leaving right? 

 

CFO sticker not needed as your daughter is a USC with a U.S. passport.

 

ECC (exit clearance)  isn't needed as your daughter is a Philippine citizen with a Philippine passport.

 

Gotta like dual citizenship!   

 

 

May have to pay travel tax.

Edited May 10, 2018 by Hank_

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thank you for this thread! My son was born in the Philippines (now 6 months old) , and we got the CRBA and US passport. I had assumed there would be some reason for him to get his Philippines passport, but I didn't know specifically where it would bite me in the butt if I did't get it. Now I know.  There are a couple of month's before my wife will be able to come to the US, so we should be able to get my son's passport in time