From the film · EP02 The Visa Truth

You can file it yourself online. Most people miss the date instead.

The Bureau of Immigration runs a portal at e-services.immigration.gov.ph. A straight tourist extension goes through it from your phone, you pay with GCash or a card, and Vaya has nothing to do with it. What the portal does not do is tell you that day 31 is a fine, that day 59 changes what you are, or that the annual report window shuts on 1 March. We track your dates and handle the filings the portal will not take.

Ask us your dates, free Dates are free. A filing we handle is PHP 2,500 plus government fees

How it works

We tell you to do it yourself when you should.

You send a photo of your passport and your arrival stamp
By email, using the button above. Same day, you get your real dates written down: when your stay ends, when the 59-day line hits, when your annual report is due. That part is free and we do not ask you for anything after it. Once we are working together we move to WhatsApp, because it is faster.
We tell you whether the portal covers you
If you need a plain 9A extension and your record is clean, the answer is yes, and we send you the link instead of an invoice. Most first extensions are this.
If it is not online, an accredited agency files it
Vaya never touches the Bureau. A Bureau-accredited agency does the filing, which is the only legal way this works. We quote you the full number first.
Your passport comes back and your dates stay on our calendar
We tell you the day it is lodged and the day it is ready. Then we tell you before the next deadline, not after.

What it costs

Our fee, the fees that are not ours, and the option that costs nothing.

Your dates worked out and written downFree

Filing it yourself on the Bureau's portalFree, government fees only

Vaya fee, per filing we handlePHP 2,500

Vaya fee, monthly, if you are staying long and want the dates trackedPHP 1,500 / mo

Bureau of Immigration and agency feesAt cost, on the receipt

CourierAt cost

Government fees change and depend on how long you extend for. We quote you the real number before you pay us anything, and the receipt shows what went where. If the free row is the right row for you, we will say so.

What is online and what is not

The portal does more than people think, and less than the Bureau implies.

Checked on 7 October 2026. Verify it yourself before you rely on it, because this moves.

9A tourist extension, first and subsequent, including the 6-month LSVVEOnline

Visa waiver extensionOnline

Exit clearance, ECC-BOnline

Annual report, 1 January to 1 MarchOnline, but see below

ACR I-Card, which you need past 59 daysIn person. Biometrics

Anything that triggers a hearingIn person

Your record not matching, the portal saying no record foundIn person

The annual report is the one we are not certain about. The portal accepts it. Separate Bureau notices have told ACR I-Card holders that personal appearance is mandatory. We have not resolved that and we are not going to pretend we have. It is the first question we are putting to a Philippine immigration lawyer, and we will publish the answer here.
The portal goes down. Every guide to it says the same thing, so we will too: do not file on the last day of your stay.

Before you ask

The honest part.

We are not saving you a day at the Bureau, because for most people there is no longer a day to save. We used to say that. The portal made it untrue and we are not going to keep saying it. What we sell is someone holding your dates and dealing with the parts that are still physical.
There is no digital nomad visa. Executive Order 86 created one in April 2025 and it has still not opened. Anyone selling you one is selling you something else.
We are not lawyers or immigration agents. We collect your documents and coordinate a Bureau-accredited agency. That agency files. If your case is complicated, we will tell you and send you to someone who can actually advise you.
Past 59 days you get an ACR I-Card. That is the thing that unlocks a Philippine bank account and full GCash, so it is worth knowing before you plan your money. It is also the part you cannot do from your phone, because they take your fingerprints.
We will tell you when you do not need us. If you are leaving in a week, do not pay us. If your extension is a clean 9A and your record is fine, use the portal and keep the PHP 2,500.

Start

Send the passport photo. Get your dates back the same day.

Email us with EP02 in the subject and a photo of your passport page and arrival stamp. You get your real dates back the same day, from a person, for nothing. Whether you then need us is a separate conversation and often the answer is no.

Ask us your dates, free