RBM Posted August 3, 2021 Posted August 3, 2021 Came across this, no idea who this guy is or anything about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted August 3, 2021 Forum Support Posted August 3, 2021 Those changes are simply being discussed nothing has been decided yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBM Posted August 3, 2021 Author Posted August 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Old55 said: Those changes are simply being discussed nothing has been decided yet. From what this person said it requires just to be passed in the Senate which he expects to happen. As said i know nothing about him or his integrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted August 3, 2021 Posted August 3, 2021 26 minutes ago, RBM said: no idea who this guy is or anything about him. You don't know Reekay? I thought he was one of the most well known Philippine vloggers. He has some very accurate opinions, but his vlogs make money so probably tainted towards shares and views = profit. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy79 Posted August 3, 2021 Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) The house has recently passed a Bill to make massive changes to Immigration here which could have some scary consequences. It's one of 5 bills put forward as a priority for the Senate to vote on before becoming law but word on the grape vine is the largest change will be to tourist visas. It is propossed that all tourist visas will have to be approved by the Embassy in your home country and only valid for 59 days, similar to what they introduced for the Chinese but I think in their case they were only given 30 days. On addition to this you have to prove a means of finance. Bank statement or proof of earnings. I've attached the copy of the Bill but not had a chance to read it in depth as I'm off to Immigration now for a 6 months extension lol. Section 5 onwards is the key points. https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_18/HB04103.pdf Edited August 3, 2021 by Snowy79 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted August 3, 2021 Forum Support Posted August 3, 2021 Snowy, the link is not working this is why we request members always copy and paste so others can be informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted August 3, 2021 Posted August 3, 2021 I've been following him for a few years and have always found his information with regards to BI policy and changes to be accurate without any conjecture but rather, facts. His "living in The Philippines" videos are normally pretty informative and he gives his experience and as we know, everyone's experience is different, but he's never too far off the mark when it comes to the realities. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy79 Posted August 3, 2021 Posted August 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Old55 said: Snowy, the link is not working this is why we request members always copy and paste so others can be informed. Sorry the PDF looks like a photocopy and not a word document. It works fine for me. I right click it and hit open in New Tab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted August 3, 2021 Forum Support Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) I was able to view the PDF using Snowy's URL link. But the bill is date stamped August 22, 2018. See page one below. Edit - the bill is still alive. See follow on post. Edited August 3, 2021 by Mike J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted August 3, 2021 Forum Support Posted August 3, 2021 It could be me a MacBook Pro related issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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