It depends where you come from, but excepted for ASEAN countries, and some countries considered as hostiles/terrorist (as lybia or corea) all foreigners have automatically 21 days visa when they arrive in Philippinas.
You can extend this 21 days tourist visa in each BI (bureau of Immigration) in Philippinas, each 2 months, for a period of 59 days, and a total stay of 16 months in the country.
Each visa renewal will cost you something as 3.000 / 3500 pesos (in 2009).
10 -14 days before your visa expires you should go to the immigration and can extend your visa for 2 month more if you wish to stay longer.
If you want to stay more than 16 months, you need to have the approval of the chief of immigration Regulation Division. Extension of stay after 24 months need the approval of the Commissionner.
You might stay a long time in Philippines with a tourist visa. However to apply every 2 months for extension is not really comfortable.
Longstay in Philippines legally is easy, there is a permanent resident/retirement visa, if you are +35 year old and willing to invest some money, which might be used again for your own business or buying your own condominium.
The required amount for investment (starting with USD 125.000,-) will decline with your age, and if you are 60 years old you need only to invest USD 25.000,- and you will get a permanent resident visa, including re-entry and working permit.
A Philippine passport holder can stay for 30 days in Singapore.
Yes, you can come to the Philippines without a visa (as long as you have the ticket for your onward voyage). But if you are planning to stay for more than 21 days (7 days if you are from H.K.), then you can get an extension of stay at the Philippine Bureau of Immigration.
You can stay in The Philippines for up to a month with a United States visa. You can get extensions on this visa for up to a year and a half.
How long can you stay in the USA on a esta visa
Yes Indians get visa on arrival in Philippines. As a matter of fact lately, there was a memorandum that was issued which allows Indians to go to the Philippines and stay for up to 21 days without a visa.
You can stay only 21 days on a tourist visa.
As long as you have a visa card I guess
It depends how long does your visa allow you to stay in the US.
For however long it states on your visa.
There are several countries that citizens of Liberia with a passport can visit without a visa. How long the individual can stay in the country will vary from country to country. In the Philippines and Dominica, visa-free entry is valid for only 21 days.
you can stay more 30 days to prepare yourself to leave the country.
Jamaicans can stay in Singapore for up to 30 days without a visa.
A South African national can visit the Philippines for 21 days without a visa providing you have valid tickets for your return journey to your port of origin or another destination outside of the Philippines AND your passport is valid for more than 6 months beyond your date of departure from the Philippines. You can also extend your stay once you are in the Philippines by applying for a tourist visa extension at one of the Philippine Bureau of Immigration offices.