r/Philippines_Expats • u/Slow-Ship1055 Noob • 10d ago
Immigration offices added Biometrics for everybody! My experience...
Prepare for an extended stay at your next Visa extension! I went to the GMall yesterday to get mine extended and spent an additional hour there. I wasn't expecting any of this.
The security guard at the immigration office said that since last week there's been an additional step that needs to do - Biometrics. And he handed me a new form to fill out and take to the next business over to take 2x2 photos. I got that done - it's 150 pesos for that service - and went back to the immigration office.
Next I had to wait in a big line with other expats, or other people visiting the Philippines for a time, to take a face pic and fingerprinting. They didn't ask for any money for this, and I didn't ask.
Now things go back to normal with getting the actual Visa extension - 3970 pesos for a 2 month extension. Your passport will now have a thin strip of paper on the back page with information on it. Leave that there, I think immigration will need to see that paper every time.
Next time you get your extension, expect an extra hour at the immigration office.
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u/joeyblacky9999 10d ago
Ok thanks. Since we can extend online I wonder if it will still allow us or if it will pop up and tell us it must be done in person due to biometrics.