Visa extension – Angeles City – Dau Immigration Office
Make a left just past the Mabalacat arch on Mac Arthur Ave onto 7th street. Down the street you will see a Philippine flag flying in front of the beige colored immigration building.
The immigration office there can issue your visa extension in less than a half hour. This office is easy to find and walk to but all the trike drivers will know where it is.
It’s near the Dau bus terminal so if you happen to be heading north to Baguio by bus and want to get your extension it would be a quick detour.
You can get off the bus, buzz down to the office, get the paperwork done and return to the bus terminal and catch the next bus heading out of town. Victory Liner has a bus going to Baguio every 45 minutes or so.
Keep in mind that the immigration office is closed for lunch.
The security guard at the door will hand you the application when you enter. He is a very helpful fellow and can answer questions that you might have.
Try to have your flight number and your passport handy and bring along a “ball pen” just to make things easier on yourself.
There is a 500 peso “express lane” fee that must be paid, but it is worth the extra cost. There seems to be a different scale for every extension and I am not even going to try to get to the bottom of it. If I am not mistaken you are issued a 21 day visa free upon arrival.
The next step is getting a 30 day extension and then 60 day extensions after that.
I did go to Dau (not actually Angeles City) and got my last 60 day for a little over 2000 pesos including the 500 peso express fee.
The one before that was around 3000 peso including the express charge. I just go along with what they say.
In the last 6 months I got extensions in Puerto Princesa in Palawan, Mandaue in Cebu, and in Dau near Angeles City.
I received my original 21 day visa at the airport in Manila.
Getting the extension in Manila is a mistake because the office there is very unorganized (at least the one time I used it) and it will waste the entire day.
If you are scuba diving in Sabang, Mindoro your dive shop can handle the paperwork for you. They used to run the passport over to Batangas but I’ve heard that there is an office in Puerto Galera now.
If your spouse is Filipino you can get a Balikbayan visa for free that I believe is good for 12 months.
You are required to leave the country at least once every 12 months unless you have a doctors statement that you can not make the trip.
It used to be common to make the visa run to Sandakan in Sabah by boat from Zamboanga.
With the cost of Asian airlines being so reasonable now most people fly out to save time and money.
There are immigration offices in Zamboanga, General Santos, and Davao (where there is also an Indonesian embassy where you can apply for 60 day Indonesian visas).
I once arrived by boat to General Santos in Mindanao and it was the only time that the immigration wanted to see an out bound ticket.
There are other types of residency visas as well but by the time you are ready for them you will have already done the research on that.
The visa friendly policy is one of the main reasons that I am staying in the Philippines because it is just so easy.
Immigration Update – March 2009
A tourist visa can now be extendable up to 16 months in the Philippines, without having to leave the country. It’s a quick process that costs 2850 pesos, including research fee.
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1 question, when you go to extend the visa in the office, are they asking you for the return air ticket or bank statment?
Hello Davide,
No and no, it’s quick and easy to get extensions now days.
The cost is around 3,000 pesos per two month extension.
Extensions are now allowed for up to 16 months on a tourist visa.
dp
Still don’t get it -
You say they don’t ask to see an onward ticket BUT in your intro you write ” try to have your flight number , etc handy . ”
Do you mean the number of your inbound flight i.e. the flight you took to get there or did I miss something ?
Andre.
Hello andre,
The immigration department in the Philippines is much more streamlined than it used to be.
There is a space for flight number on the application form for visa extension but they are not bothered with that much anymore.
My last entry was by boat through Zamboanga in Mindanao. I just put Alison in the blank and they did not give it a second glance.
Getting an extension in Dau will be very quick and straightforward. Putting your arrival flight number in the space will work.
ps – The cost for visa extensions has risen since I published this page.
Take care,
dp
Hello Sir,
My Sri Lankan friend will come and visit me here in the Philippines on October22- thursday. Since he is a restricted national, he had been given only 1 week visa. He’s supposed to come back to Sri Lanka on Nov 11 to make it a total of 3 weeks vacation here.
I browse websites and I read that when you extend your visa, for restricted nationals, it would take 3 working days to get it. And it would really waste our time. We plan to go to Cebu and Bohol and having to wait for 3 days is a waste of time. Since he’ll come here on 22nd and it’s a thursday, it would be on the next day which is friday til we come to Immigration in Manila to extend his visa and we can get it on the 28th, since it’s a 3 working day processing.
My question is, in Dau, can we get his visa extended and get them the same day. It would be good since I’m from Pangasinan…
Please help
Edwin
I forgot to tell you that my friend will stay from Oct 22-Nov 11 here. A 21 days vacation here
Hello Edwin,
I suggest that you have one of the agencies handle it for you so you can be traveling while they do the paperwork.
Swagmans in Angeles City could probably do it for you, but if not there are several other agencies that could do it.
Another option would be to leave your passport with the immigration in Dau and pick it up a few days later.
Be advised – I am not familiar with the rules for restricted nationals, so research the rules carefully.
cheers
dp
hi im kevin bobir im australian . i want to stay here longer in pampanga . im here til may 15. and arriving at the 22th of april. i want to knw wat will i do to make easier to extend with in 11 month?
i have one extension now, i have to extend this 8th of july
Hello Kevin.
Just go down to the immigration office in Dau. Every trike driver will know where it is.
Dress nice, bring a pen and bring some money.
No worries.
dp
hi there! just updating information. the office is already transfer inside the Clark.
The office has moved a while ago for anyone still reading this in 2012 !!! Its in Clark freeport zone, Again most travel agents and people here in Angeles can point you in the right direction, You need to have a photocopy of your passport(the info page) and a copy of an Icard if you have one !
thanks for the update Ed
dp