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LSVVE question

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#1 ·
I cannot find this on the BI website.

Is the LSVVE a multi entry visa or just a single entry one?

For example if I have 4 months left on the LSVVE and I leave and come back in a week, can I then stay the remaining 4 months or does my leaving negate the LSVVE and reset my clock to start over again?

The real savings, as I see it, in the LSVVE is the hassle of having to extend every 2 months (or in the first 30 days) but I have a contarct that will require me to go away often for short periods so my thinking is that I would just go with the standard extensions every 2 months.

Anyone have experence with these?
 
#2 ·
My understanding of multientry visas is that you can enter and leave the country as many times as you wish duing the validity period of the visa. Each time you enter you will only get the normal allocation. I'm not sure if it is 30 or 59 days. Once this period is up you still need to extent even if the multientry visa is still valid. Contary to popular belief a 6 month multientry visa does not give you 6 months in country.
 
#4 ·
I'll give an instance of when one is useful. We invited the mother in law to visit us in the Uk with the intention of taking her on a birthday trip to Paris and Euro Disney. For this she needed a mutientry visa. In general they are of very little use to tourists and are aimed at the traveling business man.
 
#6 ·
Any visa or extention expires when you leave the country. A quick look at the embassy website looks like you only get the 30 days on entry, so unless you are sure you need to leave and return within the first 30 days of the 6 months multui entry I see not benifit as you will still need to pay for any extensions. And of course there's still the onward tickets to show.
 
#7 ·
YEP....Gary is correct that if you leave the Philippines before your Visa Extension expires, you will LOSE the remainder of your visa. It happened to me last year, I got the 6 month extension in Manila for about P8600, but had to go back to the US 4 months later, so I lost the remaining 2 months on the visa.
 
#8 ·
Then I will just plan on getting the 2 month extensions. Since I will not be in Manila is just as easy as the 6 month which is currently only available in Manila.

What happens to your ACR Icard? Does it expire and have to be turned in when you leave the country? I want to get one as soon as I come to stay so that I can get a local driver license and open a local bank account.
 
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