5 Year Permanent Resident 13A, ACR1 card RENEWAL

@cmbmtb This is an excellent response, thank you for the complete list.

@vehicross100

Yes sir, you need to do it only in Manila BI, also you must bring your passport with the Bureau of quarantine stamp in it.

you must have colored photo copies of your passport bios page, along with a photo copy of your page which has your bureau of quarantine, and almost forgot a color copy of your original 13A sticker that was placed in your passport,

hope this helps

@vehicross100
Yes sir, you need to do it only in Manila BI, also you must bring your passport with the Bureau of quarantine stamp in it.
you must have colored photo copies of your passport bios page, along with a photo copy of your page which has your bureau of quarantine, and almost forgot a color copy of your original 13A sticker that was placed in your passport,
hope this helps - @gillila8

You are responding to a very old post. I think post pandemic nobody needs to deal with Bureau of Quarantine unless you are coming in from some 3rd world country like Somalia.

I traveled to the Philippines for the first time, with my (Then) English girlfriend, during 1989. Then, between 2000 and 2012, several trips from Amsterdam, but mostly alone. From 2008 until 2012, I had a local girlfriend from Cogeo, Antipolo. I went to Taytay to get a 59-day visa extension. It was done very quickly, and I was not overcharged. Previously, I got my visas in Sabang. Then later there was an office in Puerto Galera, just open on Wednesdays. On one occasion, a young Swedish couple were before my turn. I overheard what they had to pay.

When it was my turn, I sat down at the office, but with my Filipina girlfriend. Very friendly immigration, asking us if we're going to get married. Then to our surprise, I was charged ₱500, less.

There were three Filipinos organizing the visas. After I paid the money, the woman said "How much your change sir?" 🤔 I guess, different prices according to where you apply?

After 8½ years on a Caribbean island, I'm busy planning to spend my last few years in the Philippines. Is there still an immigration office in Puerto Galera? I'm not up-to-date with current prices. I  hope 4,000will cover the 59-day visa?

@danfinn

I got my 13a visa from Chicago consulate 2023.  I went to boi an hour after I arrived and was told I could walk into quarantine.  We go there and are told I need to make an appointment.  I made an appointment and went to olongapo who checked my medical and gave me a polio vaccine and stamped my passport cleared.  Back to boi for acr card application and 20+days later back to pickup 5  year card. 

Hi,

The office in Puerto Galera is permanently closed. The next ones are in Calapan and Batangas.

The first 30 days are free and for the extension you need to pay. According to the Web site of the Immigration it is now 3030 PHP for the 29 days extension. You can also consider to fly to Hong Kong, spend some days there and return for another 30 free days.

all the best

Andy from Boracay

@Andy_1963

I worked out the cost of all the visas for the 3 years. About the cost of a San Mig per day.

@tilapialover  . .  You worked out cost for three years, here is the cost of 13A renewal (5 years)

13A Renewal, $50 USD for five years total (P3000)

Annual report P310 per year. $5.66 USD, Five year total $28.30 USD or P1550

13A $78.30 for 5 years

San Miguel P51.63

Days in five years: 1826

Using your example P94,276 or $1571 USD

I'm confused about this process of renewing a passport stamp. Every time you fly into the Philippines you get one month visa free, so there's no impediment to you entering the country without this stamp in your passport. Whether you've got this stamp or not, you get in. Correct? Then you stay in the Philippines like, for a year or two, because you've got this 13A visa which whether you've got a stamp in your passport or not, you still have. I mean if they look you up on the Immigration computer you will have this 13A visa. Correct? Then you get to the airport to leave the Philippines and at border control they look you up on the computer and you have this 13A visa and out of the country you go. So you enter, stay and leave the Philippines either with or without this stamp. Am I correct or missing something?

You miss that this is the Philippines. When you get a new passport you still have the stamp in the invalid old one. Immigration wants to see an entry stamp in the new one. To make sure their computer data matches the passport.

Maybe for you Andy but a new passport for me meant a lengthy and expensive trip to Manila to have my visa status applied to the new passport and even the old passport was questioned as the cover wasn't cut because I did my renewal online and not required to submit my old passport.

You said it yourself "invalid passport".

Welcome to the Philippines.

Cheers, Steve.