Student visa
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03 Jul 2019
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Student Visa from Nigeria to Philippines
- This visa is issued to those visiting the Philippines for the purpose of study.
- A Student Visa is necessary if a foreign national, 18 years old and above, intends to take up a course higher than high school in the Philippines.
- Furthermore, he/she has to have sufficient means of support for education in the Philippines.
- Only selected schools accredited by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) may accept and enroll foreign students. Only then may the foreign student apply for a Student Visa.
- The student visa applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years old and only seeking to enter the Philippines for the sole purpose of taking up a course of study in an approved school in the Philippines.
- A Special Study Permit (SSP) is issued to a foreign national below the age of 18 and/or taking non-degree courses in the Philippines.
- A SSP is a PERMIT, not a visa. It is issued under the Temporary Visitor’s Visa of a foreign national.
- The student applicant must first communicate with the school concerned and comply with the school’s institutional requirements.
- Applicants applying for this visa must appear at the Consulate in person for an interview.
- A photocopy of the transcript of previous academic records is required.
- Applicants may need to provide a comprehensive list of all possible contact persons they have in the Philippines.
- Persons who were previously deported from the Philippines or included in the "blacklist order" of the Department of Foreign Affairs or Bureau of Immigration of the Philippines will not be allowed entry to the Philippines.
- You will have to submit a copy of your birth certificate for authentication of your age.
- The Philippines student visa can be extended to cover the entire duration of the study program.
- For visa extension application, the biometric data previously captured during the visa conversion shall be used in the printing of the renewed ACR I-Card.
- However, applicants aged ten (10) years and below shall have their image and fingerprint captured every extension of visa.
- Applicants aged eleven (11) years and above shall have their image and fingerprint captured every after five (5) years.
