Legal Question in Immigration Law in Philippines

Overstay in the Philippines

Hello,

I have a friend who has overstayed in the Philippines for a couple of years. What can they do to fix their status and what options are available? He is planning to get married to a Filipina girl.

Thanks.


Asked on 1/05/06, 8:47 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys

Jeanie Pulido Law Office of Jeanie S. Pulido

Re: Overstay in the Philippines

Your friend must pay the corresponding fines for overstaying in the Philippines. Thereafter, he would be required to leave the Philippines but he can come back. Once he is back, he can marry his Filipina fiancee and apply for permanent residency.

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Answered on 1/05/06, 8:58 pm
ALEXANDER ACAIN JR. GUZMAN TA�EDO & ACAIN

Re: Overstay in the Philippines

Thank you for your interest in our Firm. My name is Alexander Llanes Acain, Jr., Immigration Lawyer and Managing Partner of Guzman Tanedo & Acain Law Firm.

I suggest that we check the immigration status of your friend at the Bureau of Immigration just to make sure that he is not included in the blacklist. Please be informed that your friend is mostly likely a candidate for blacklisting because he has overstayed here for two years. We have to apply for the Lifting of his name in the Blacklist if your friend is unlucky.

If your friend is lucky, we can work out for the updating of his Tourist Visa plus payment of the penalties for overstaying.

Please visit our website at http://www.gtalawphil.com/immigration2.htm if you want to know more about our immigration services.

You can also e-mail me at [email protected] for further questions.

Regards,

Alexander Llanes Acain, Jr., Esq.

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Answered on 1/06/06, 1:00 am
Rainier Mamangun Lu Mamangun Juco & Alamis Law Office

Re: Overstay in the Philippines

Dear Sir/Madam,

There are numerous alternatives available to him including the extension of his visa with the payment of penalties corresponding to his years of overstay with the Philippine Bureau of Immigration. Btw, I am a senior partner at a law firm in the Phils. and has worked as lawyer for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. You may visit our website at www. lawprofile.netfirms. com. For further queries, you may e-mail me at lawprofile2 @ yahoo.com.

- Atty. Rainier R. Mamangun

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Answered on 1/08/06, 10:46 pm


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