US Citizen - When do you need police clearance to leave Philippines

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

If you stay over 6 month or 1 year? 

What is the time frame when you need a police clearance or something from BI to leave the Philippines?

 

Is this only for Tourist Visa or does this apply to  Balikbayan Visas as well?

[Hank_ 9,174]

You need the ECC clearance certificate if you stay 6 months or longer with a tourist visa.   You do not need the ECC with a BB stamp if staying 1 day short of a year.  Also if you are there with an SRRVisa you don't need the ECC either.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

14 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

You need the ECC clearance certificate if you stay 6 months or longer with a tourist visa.   You do not need the ECC with a BB stamp if staying 1 day short of a year.  Also if you are there with an SRRVisa you don't need the ECC either.

Gotcha

 

What is a SRR Visa? Never heard of that one

[suss6052 32]

4 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

Gotcha

 

What is a SRR Visa? Never heard of that one

The Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRRV) is a special non-immigrant visa for foreign nationals who would like to make the Philippines their second home or investment destination.
https://pra.gov.ph/srrv/

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 hours ago, suss6052 said:

The Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRRV) is a special non-immigrant visa for foreign nationals who would like to make the Philippines their second home or investment destination.
https://pra.gov.ph/srrv/

The SRRV was originally (and still is) aimed at former Filipinos who are now "foreign nationals" and would like to retire to the Philippines but do not want to complete dual citizenship.    Lucky for us EXPAT types we can get in on that also, even though for some it is not cheap.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

12 hours ago, Hank_ said:

The SRRV was originally (and still is) aimed at former Filipinos who are now "foreign nationals" and would like to retire to the Philippines but do not want to complete dual citizenship.    Lucky for us EXPAT types we can get in on that also, even though for some it is not cheap.

It say you must bring in 7K worth of money? Or 7k of pension per year?

 

Kinda confusing on that one

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

It say you must bring in 7K worth of money? Or 7k of pension per year?

 

Kinda confusing on that one

There are 4 or so types of SRRVisas, most require a deposit into a special bank account (upward of $40K for some) .. you have to read through the list carefully or contact them.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

11 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

There are 4 or so types of SRRVisas, most require a deposit into a special bank account (upward of $40K for some) .. you have to read through the list carefully or contact them.

I will check them out