13a holders beware wrong stamp on re-entering

[sonjack2847]

I read on FB about a man coming back in to the Philippines and immigration put the wrong stamp in his passport.He now has to get this sorted,how he will do that I have no idea.Yesterday a Brit told me they had done the same to him. They are both on retirement 13a visas and now have tourist stamps in their passports. Always show your ACR card and check the stamp before you leave immigration to save yourself some hassle.

[Clermont]

Yes an incident like this was only mentioned the other day, wrong stamp on passport. Whose fault, the passport holders of course. It's a private document, people don't treat their bank statements, rego, licences, elect, like that, they check them. Thanks Sonjack for posting this mix up once again for new members, maybe if it keeps getting posted more often, the blame won't fall on the BI all the time ( tongue in cheek ). Saying that we all know there is incompetence in the PI's, so why not check all documents. 

[Old55]

10 hours ago, Clermont said:

Yes an incident like this was only mentioned the other day, wrong stamp on passport. Whose fault, the passport holders of course. It's a private document, people don't treat their bank statements, rego, licences, elect, like that, they check them. Thanks Sonjack for posting this mix up once again for new members, maybe if it keeps getting posted more often, the blame won't fall on the BI all the time ( tongue in cheek ). Saying that we all know there is incompetence in the PI's, so why not check all documents. 

I never gave it much thought, you are 100% correct! I'll never take this for granted again.

Great topic Kevin.