Hi all, can anyone advise about the necessity of return flight tickets for travelling back to the Philippines? I have been back in the UK for medical reasons
and although I have a non-quota visa (13a) which is due to expire in May 2011 although it is not yet stamped in my passport because I have been out of the
country. I am informed by the Bureau of Immigration in Davao that I must get a return flight ticket to come back into the country at the extra cost. The BoI inform me that I will be reimbursed the return flight fare once I go there and get the visa stamped in my passport. My wife is back in Davao now after having been here
with me in the UK whilst I have been recuperating from my surgery so I would obviously like to return there as soon as I can to be with her. Anyone who can give
me some advice on this I would be most grateful. I wish you all a Very Happy New Year. Regards Mike
PS. I am hoping to fly back with Singapore airlines via Singapore and direct to Davao International Airport.
Hi Mike, happy new year to you.
I moved here in October from Singapore, so faced a similar situatiion. The requirement is to have an \"onward\" ticket that can take you out of Philippines, it doesn\'t have tp be a return ticket back to your point of origin. In my case, I did actually buy a ticket from Philippines to Singapore, mainly for reasons of convenience and low cost. I bought it from the Tiger Airways web site (
http://www.tigerairways.com/sg/en/). It is dated in latish january and I do not intend to use it. People usually refer to these as \"throw away tickets\". By the way, tickets from Clark airport can be a lot cheaper than from Manila. If you are not actually going to fly, the inconvenience of goiing to Clark will not be a concern.
The fare varies a lot depending on the date of the flight, so make sure to find an off-peak time for your \"flight\". Stay away from the Chinese New Year period in early February because a lot of people want to travel around then.
Richard