Bureau of Immigration(BI)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to request information regarding overstay visa fines for me and my brother in the Philippines, our details are Mahad Abdi-Samad Abdalla DOB: 30/06/1996 and Hanad Abdi-Samad Abdalla DOB: 08/09/1999. I would appreciate it if you could provide me with the following information:

1. What are our fines for overstaying a visa in the Philippines, if any?
2.  What are the consequences of failing to pay the overstay visa fines in the Philippines?
4.  Is there a deadline to make payment?

April 4, 2023

Dear Mahad,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Mar 25, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Visa Overstay Fines.

Response to your request

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information particularly the contact information of Visa Extension from the BI official website www.immigration.gov.ph or you may click the link

  https://immigration.gov.ph/contact-us/main-office 


Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the BI Commissioner, NORMAN G. TANSINGCO, Bureau of Immigration, Magallanes Drive, Intramuros, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
BI-National Operations Center (BINOC)
FOI Officer