Quick 13A annual report question

[hk blues]

19 hours ago, jimeve said:

what's supposed to happen when your spouse is dead? I heard an expat said his spouse was already dead.and he lives with his 2 kids.

If the gentleman is on this forum, I'm so sorry my condolence to you. 

I suppose that's why it's better to have a much younger wife, shorten the odds in our favour!

Joking apart, and I was joking, it does highlight a potential  flaw in the 13A programme.  I say potential because perhaps there is a process in place for such eventuality but we've not had to find out about it.

[Balisidar]

19 hours ago, Jack Peterson said:

 You can apply for a compassionate continuance of you 13a Jim but it would be only granted while the kids are still in full time Education after that I am not sure what would Happen. Of course should you remarry then you would need to do the whole 13a thing again with a new petitioner. Such is my Understanding

You can apply for a compassionate 13a VISA if your wife passes away and you have no children.  I believe it's also the only time that the house and land can pass to a foreigner as well.

[hk blues]

4 minutes ago, Balisidar said:

You can apply for a compassionate 13a VISA if your wife passes away and you have no children.  I believe it's also the only time that the house and land can pass to a foreigner as well.

I assume that would also apply if there were children but they had already grown up? I guess the answer is obviously yes!

[Huggybearman]

23 hours ago, Balisidar said:

You can apply for a compassionate 13a VISA if your wife passes away and you have no children.  I believe it's also the only time that the house and land can pass to a foreigner as well.

I am not so sure about that. We have a lot that we will be building on at some point in the future. The adjacent house and lot was owned by a Filipino and his Australian wife. The husband died and his wife had a period of time, a year if I recall correctly, to sell the property. He was also a judge so I would have thought he would have been able to sort something out in her favor, if anyone could have. I believe she returned to Australia after it was sold.

It would have been different of course if it was a condo unit.

[Jollygoodfellow]

3 hours ago, Huggybearman said:

The husband died and his wife had a period of time, a year if I recall correctly, to sell the property. He was also a judge so I would have thought he would have been able to sort something out in her favor, if anyone could have. I believe she returned to Australia after it was sold.

This is correct if no children. If there are children your 13a stays until the children turn 21 from my understanding. Below is taken from this SITE. The BI ruling from HERE

Immediate Steps To Take If Your Sponsor Dies

I have spoken to The Bureau of Immigration about this topic and they do confirm that the 13a Permanent Resident Visa will remain in effect due to having a child/children with the Filipino spouse if the child/children are also Filipino citizens.

BoI does caution that visa status may be lost on account of remarriage.

BoI also advises that a visa holder in this situation should also apply for a new ACR-I card to amend civil status from married to widowed.

Amendments to the 13(a) visa can be processed at the Legazpi, Naga City or Intramuros Manila immigration offices. I Base this off of the Immigration Subport Directory of Transactions. Be sure to check that document and double check by contacting the office to be certain that they do process these transactions before you ever set out to go there.

[gerrysanders]

Wow, this took me back. I thought I remember reading if the Fil spouse dies, the husband can stay.

My wife is ill and I was not prepared for even more bad news. I can't easily just go back to my country after living here for 32 years.

I wonder if I could do the entire srrv process from here. If they want police reports or something from the USA as part of the application process, I don't even know how I could arrange that. I am really out of touch with anything in the USA. I don't even have mailing address or anything.

[GeoffH]

9 hours ago, gerrysanders said:

I wonder if I could do the entire srrv process from here. If they want police reports or something from the USA as part of the application process, I don't even know how I could arrange that. 

I looked (as far as I could) into obtaining an SRRV whilst in the Philippines and the information I got from several sources said clearly that if the applicant had been in the Philippines for more than 6 months then a local NBI clearance was required not a police check from the applicants home country.

[Snowy79]

4 hours ago, GeoffH said:

I looked (as far as I could) into obtaining an SRRV whilst in the Philippines and the information I got from several sources said clearly that if the applicant had been in the Philippines for more than 6 months then a local NBI clearance was required not a police check from the applicants home country.

It's actually 5yrs from being in your home country without requiring police clearance, you get a letter from your Barangay explaining you have resided there over 5 yrs, get a full medical and proof of income. The income should be the only document you'll need authenticated. I'm pretty much 90% into mine already,just awaiting an extension to my tourist visa then sit back. 

[GeoffH]

2 minutes ago, Snowy79 said:

It's actually 5yrs from being in your home country without requiring police clearance, you get a letter from your Barangay explaining you have resided there over 5 yrs, get a full medical and proof of income. The income should be the only document you'll need authenticated. I'm pretty much 90% into mine already,just awaiting an extension to my tourist visa then sit back. 

It's a while since I asked... I probably forgot lots of stuff... my bad.

[Freebie]

1 hour ago, Snowy79 said:

It's actually 5yrs from being in your home country without requiring police clearance, you get a letter from your Barangay explaining you have resided there over 5 yrs, get a full medical and proof of income. The income should be the only document you'll need authenticated. I'm pretty much 90% into mine already,just awaiting an extension to my tourist visa then sit back. 

Keep going... when its done I beleive its well worth it. although they've diluted its usefulness by requiring annual fees for new card instead of once every 3 years. But still easier than the ACR card route.....at the moment.....