Family visa in Philippines

• The 13(a) visa is for the spouse of a Filipino citizen and for an unmarried child under 21 of a Filipino citizen. The Bureau of Immigration describes it as a conversion for a foreign national based on a valid marriage to a Philippine citizen, filed at its main office or an authorised office.
• The Embassy in Washington says it also covers spouses and children of US-Philippine dual citizens. Former Filipinos who took another citizenship use a separate 13(g) visa, and the pages we read name marriage, not an unmarried partnership, as the basis for the 13(a).
• Dependent spouses and unmarried children under 21 of an immigrant visa holder can be included through the Bureau of Immigration's main office; for a child, proof of the blood relationship is needed.

Sources: Bureau of Immigration, Philippine Embassy in New Zealand (Wellington). Checked 17 October 2026.

• No page we read sets an income or savings figure. The Philippine Embassy in Wellington asks for evidence of sound financial status, such as proof of real property, investments, a bank certification, a pension, or a notarised affidavit of support from a relative in the Philippines. What counts as enough is not stated, so it is unknown.

Sources: Philippine Embassy in New Zealand (Wellington). Checked 17 October 2026.

• The Philippine Embassy in Wellington lists: a passport valid at least one year from the date of application, the visa form, four identical colour photos taken within six months, the Filipino spouse's Philippine passport and marriage contract (or a Philippine Statistics Authority marriage certificate if there is no Report of Marriage), a medical examination report with lab results and a chest X-ray dated within six months, a police clearance from where you live, evidence of financial status, and an interview.
• For an application at the Bureau of Immigration the page lists a checklist (BI Form V-I-002), the Consolidated General Application Form for immigrant visas and information on the applicant's children if needed; the full document list is in a linked PDF we did not open.

Sources: Philippine Embassy in New Zealand (Wellington), Bureau of Immigration. Checked 17 October 2026.

• Abroad, the consulate in Los Angeles requires a personal interview with a consular officer, and the Embassy in Washington takes immigrant visa applications by mail only. In the Philippines, the steps at the Bureau of Immigration are pre-screening, an order of payment, payment, a hearing, image and fingerprint capture for the ACR I-Card, and implementation of the visa in your passport.
• Washington and Wellington both give a processing time of two weeks after complete submission of requirements. Vancouver gives five to seven business days for visa processing in general, excluding mailing time and any clearance from other Philippine agencies.
• The Bureau of Immigration's 13A page does not say how conversion from tourist or other status works or how long it takes.

Sources: Bureau of Immigration, Philippine Embassy in New Zealand (Wellington). Checked 17 October 2026.

• Consular immigrant-visa fees: US$150 at Los Angeles and Washington (money order or cashier's cheque, non-refundable) and C$232.50 per applicant at Vancouver (cash or money order only). Wellington's page does not list the fee and says payment details are sent after your documents are assessed.
• The Canberra embassy's schedule of fees, dated 9 March 2016, lists a 13(a) fee of AUD 270; that schedule is old, so the current amount is unknown.
• At the Bureau of Immigration the conversion fee is PHP 8,620 for the principal and for a spouse, PHP 8,370 for a child aged 16 or over and PHP 7,870 for a younger child, plus a one-year ACR I-Card fee of US$50. The page marks these fees as updated on 6 March 2014.

Sources: Philippine Embassy in New Zealand (Wellington), Philippine Embassy in Canberra, Bureau of Immigration. Checked 17 October 2026.

• The Bureau of Immigration labels the conversion as probationary, and its permanent-resident page describes the existing probationary non-quota immigrant visa as valid for one year.
• The ACR I-Card fee on the 13A page is priced for one year, and the page says dependants of immigrant visa holders are added through the main office.

Sources: Bureau of Immigration. Checked 17 October 2026.

• After the one-year probationary visa you can apply to amend it to a permanent resident visa at the Bureau of Immigration. The fee is PHP 8,620 for the principal and for a spouse, PHP 8,370 for an older child and PHP 7,870 for a younger one, plus US$50 for a one-year ACR I-Card.
• The pages we read do not tie the 13(a) to Philippine citizenship or set a waiting period for it.

Sources: Bureau of Immigration. Checked 17 October 2026.

• The tax code defines a resident alien as an individual whose residence is within the Philippines and who is not a citizen, and taxes an alien individual, resident or not, only on income from sources within the Philippines.
• The Bureau of Internal Revenue's graduated rates from 2023 run from 0% up to PHP 250,000 to 35% above PHP 8,000,000. A self-employed resident alien not VAT-registered may opt for 8% on gross receipts above PHP 250,000 where receipts are under PHP 3 million.
• An alien individual cannot claim a credit for foreign income tax against Philippine tax under the tax code. Individual annual returns are due on 15 April for the preceding taxable year.

Sources: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8424, 1997 text), Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines). Checked 17 October 2026.

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1. Philippines: income tax convention of 1976, Internal Revenue Service (treaty text). Checked 16 October 2026.
2. United States income tax treaties A to Z, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 16 October 2026.
3. Status table: Convention of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents (Apostille Convention), Hague Conference on Private International Law. Checked 17 October 2026. Entry into force: Australia 16 March 1995, Canada 11 January 2024, New Zealand 22 November 2001, United States 15 October 1981, Philippines 14 May 2019.
4. Schedule of fees, Philippine Embassy in Canberra. Checked 17 October 2026. Schedule dated 9 March 2016; fees may have changed.
5. Agreement between Australia and the Philippines for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income (signed at Manila, 11 May 1979), United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 1217, no. 19635 (registered by Australia). Checked 16 October 2026.
6. Visa: 13(a) and 13(g) immigrant visas, 9(a) visitor visa, Philippine Embassy in New Zealand (Wellington). Checked 17 October 2026. Undated; mentions the e-Visa system starting in New Zealand on 16 June 2026.
7. Welcome to the Philippine Visa Online Portal (PH Visa Policy), Department of Foreign Affairs, Office of Consular Affairs (eVisaPH). Checked 16 October 2026.
8. Immigrant Visa by Marriage (13A), Bureau of Immigration, Philippines. Checked 17 October 2026. Fee table marked updated as of 6 March 2014 and subject to change without notice.
9. Permanent Resident Visa (PRV), Bureau of Immigration, Philippines. Checked 17 October 2026. Fee table marked updated as of 6 March 2014 and subject to change without notice.
10. National Internal Revenue Code (Republic Act 8424), sections 22, 23, 25, 34, 42 and 51, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8424, 1997 text). Checked 17 October 2026. 1997 enactment of the National Internal Revenue Code. Section 22(F) and (G) define resident and nonresident alien; Section 23(D): an alien individual, resident or not, is taxable only on income from sources within the Philippines; Section 24 and Section 25: graduated rates for residents and for nonresident aliens engaged in trade or business, flat 25% for a nonresident alien not engaged in trade or business; Section 25(A)(1): a nonresident alien staying more than 180 days in a calendar year is deemed to be doing business; Section 34(C): an alien individual cannot claim the foreign tax credit; Section 42(A)(3): pay for services performed in the Philippines is Philippine-source income; Section 51(C)(1): annual return by 15 April. Later amendments were not checked. The wording was checked against a copy of the same Act.
11. Revenue Regulations No. 11-2018 (income tax schedule for 2023 onwards), Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines). Checked 16 October 2026.