How can you tell if you receive a real tourist visa versus a fake? A good friend of mine had obtained a 2 month tourist visa at BI in Manila in Feb. He did this personally at the BI office in Manila and not through a fixer and received a OR and clearance form. Last week, went back to get another 2 month and was told his last visa was fake, along with the OR. Now they are threatening to deport unless he pays a big fine and still needs to leave country and then may not be able to come back in. His attorney has advised him to not leave the country but to get a new passport (he is European and can have it expedited) and then tell them he lost his old passport.
Anyway, how do you tell if the visa stamp is real or not?