Expired visas given 6 months non renewable.

[Jollygoodfellow]

[OzeMike]

Does this new ruling mean on expiry of my 3 years on tourist visas (April next year for me) the BI will grant me a 6 months non extendable visa? 

[Joey G]

Perhaps the clearest BI message I have ever read. 

[graham59]

Refers to those who've had difficulty renewing their 'normal' visa due to the Covid-19 confusion.

Twas on their Facebook page today. Sighs of relief from some, no doubt. 

[Eddie1]

2 hours ago, OzeMike said:

Does this new ruling mean on expiry of my 3 years on tourist visas (April next year for me) the BI will grant me a 6 months non extendable visa? 

The way I read that is your answer is No.

As Graham59 says...  'Refers to those who've had difficulty renewing their 'normal' visa due to the Covid-19 confusion'.

[Jollygoodfellow]

3 hours ago, OzeMike said:

Does this new ruling mean on expiry of my 3 years on tourist visas (April next year for me) the BI will grant me a 6 months non extendable visa? 

No, not at all.  Please read again, what it says. For a start it ends in November for those who are behind in renewal. So not sure what you are thinking. 

[OzeMike]

Just hoping I guess... thanks for clarifying

[Jollygoodfellow]

09 July 2021
PRESS RELEASE 
BI allows aliens stranded in PH to renew their expired visas
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has given foreign nationals whose visas here have expired during the pandemic a grace period until November 30 this year to apply for renewal of their visas.
In an order issued last Wednesday, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that for humanitarian reasons, the BI is allowing aliens, whose converted visas expired from March 16, 2020 up to July 4 this year, to file their applications for visa renewal or amendment up to the end of November.
Morente said the deadline is non-extendible, and warned that aliens who fail to file their applications before November 30 could be subjected to deportation proceedings for illegally staying in the country.
In the same order, foreigners with expiring visas were also given a non-extendible grace period of six months from the expiry of their visas to file their applications for visa renewal or extension.
“The order applies to renewal or amendment of already converted visas, meaning those who have working, student, or resident visas here,” said Morente.  “Said grace period does not apply for tourists in the country,” he added. 
Morente said his order was in response to numerous requests from foreigners whose visas are expiring or about to expired that they be given ample time or grace period to file their visa renewal applications. 
It was learned that even the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) has also requested the BI to consider the possibility of giving aliens, who were stranded in the country due to the pandemic, a grace period within which they may file their application for visa renewal or amendment. 
The BI Chief, nonetheless, stressed that the privilege can only be availed by aliens who have never left the country since the pandemic. 
“Those whose visas have expired while they are abroad should refile their visa applications if they wish to reacquire said visas,” Morente said.
Morente then pledged that they will continue to study ways to assist stranded foreign nationals in the country in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.