Changing from Visitor Visa to a Philippines Student Visa
Foreign nationals, in the Philippines on a Visitor Visa, who are at least 18 years old and intending to take up a course of study higher than high school at a University, seminary or college, can apply for a Student Visa at a Philippines Bureau of Immigration Office.
The process and cost is shown at: immigration.gov.ph/…/conversion-to-student-visa
The cost shown at that page on the 24th July 2018 was:
Application Fee: PHP 2,000
Implementation Fee: PHP 1,000
Service Fee: PHP 1,000
Certificate Fee: PHP 500
Visa Fee: PHP 1,000
ICR, CRTV, CRTS, CRTT, CRPE: PHP 1,400
Legal Research Fee (LRF) for each immigration fee except Head Tax and Fines: PHP 70
Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR): PHP 1,000
Head Tax: PHP 250
Express Fee (Certification): PHP 500
Express Fee (Filing): PHP 500
Express Fee (I-Card Processing): PHP 500
TOTAL: PHP PHP 9,720 PLUS:
Additional I-Card Fee US$ 50 converted to PHP at current exchange rate
Approximately 12,000 PHP
However, I have seen converted costs in 2018 at the equivalent of almost 15,000 PHP