{
  "id": "ph-srrv-deposit-threshold",
  "title": "SRRV Classic Pensioner (50+) minimum visa deposit",
  "metric": "SRRV Classic Pensioner, age 50+, minimum refundable time-deposit",
  "unit": "USD",
  "kind": "cost",
  "volatility": "annual",
  "direction_note": "the deposit floor rising = more capital a retiree must lock (refundably) to clear the entry gate",
  "publisher": "No Margin Left",
  "source": {
    "label": "Philippine Retirement Authority — Expanded SRRV Program (PRA-PD-LORQ-0010, Issue 0001, Aug 2025)",
    "url": "https://pra.gov.ph/Uploads/Files/Expanded%20SRRV%20Program.pdf"
  },
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "No Margin Left, \"SRRV Classic Pensioner (50+) minimum visa deposit\" (SRRV Classic Pensioner, age 50+, minimum refundable time-deposit). CC BY 4.0. https://nomarginleft.com/data/ph-srrv-deposit-threshold.json",
  "canonical": "https://nomarginleft.com/data/ph-srrv-deposit-threshold.json",
  "csv": "https://nomarginleft.com/data/ph-srrv-deposit-threshold.csv",
  "retrieved": "2026-08-21",
  "stale": false,
  "observations": [
    {
      "date": "2025-08",
      "value": 10000,
      "source": {
        "label": "PRA Expanded SRRV Program PDF, comparison against the prior PRA Citizen's Charter and prior published deposit schedule (the-srrv-2025-deposit-and-fee-rewrite claim re4); the legacy \"$10,000 SRRV\" is widely documented in pre-2025 guides (philippines-srrv-income-math-by-age claim sr7)",
        "url": "https://pra.gov.ph/Uploads/Files/Expanded%20SRRV%20Program.pdf"
      },
      "confidence": "sourced",
      "checked": "2026-08-21",
      "note": "The long-standing pre-rewrite Classic Pensioner 50+ tier, in force through August 2025. This value rests on the prior published PRA schedule, NOT on the August 2025 Expanded SRRV Program PDF, which lists only the new tiers — so per re4's own rationale it is the weaker half of the before/after comparison. The original effectivity date of the $10,000 tier predates the project's sources; '2025-08' marks the last full month it was the standing requirement, not the date it was first set.\n"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-09",
      "value": 15000,
      "source": {
        "label": "PRA Expanded SRRV Program PDF (PRA-PD-LORQ-0010, Aug 2025), text-extracted in full 2026-08-21",
        "url": "https://pra.gov.ph/Uploads/Files/Expanded%20SRRV%20Program.pdf"
      },
      "confidence": "sourced",
      "checked": "2026-08-21",
      "readings": [
        {
          "value": 15000,
          "source": {
            "label": "Philippine Retirement Authority, EXPANDED SRRV PROGRAM (PRA-PD-LORQ-0010, Issue 0001, Aug 2025), retrieved and text-extracted in full 2026-08-21 — the-srrv-2025-deposit-and-fee-rewrite claim re3",
            "url": "https://pra.gov.ph/Uploads/Files/Expanded%20SRRV%20Program.pdf"
          },
          "quote": "SRRV CLASSIC OPTION — 40 to 49 years old / 50 years old & above. Non-Pensioner USD 50,000.00 / USD 30,000.00. Pensioner USD 25,000.00 / USD 15,000.00."
        },
        {
          "value": 15000,
          "source": {
            "label": "Zagdim Overseas — SRRV guide (11 March 2026), read directly 2026-08-21 (philippines-srrv-income-math-by-age claim sr2)",
            "url": "https://zagdim.com/en/buying-immigration-guide/philippines-srrv-retirement-visa-new-policy-and-application-guide-2026-update/"
          },
          "quote": "50+: USD 15,000 (pensioner) / USD 30,000 (non-pensioner)"
        },
        {
          "value": 15000,
          "source": {
            "label": "Retiring to the Philippines — SRRV Visa Philippines 2026 (12 March 2026), read directly 2026-08-21 (sr2)",
            "url": "https://retiringtothephilippines.com/srrv-visa-philippines-2026/"
          },
          "quote": "Classic SRRV (50+) with pension: $15,000; without pension: $30,000."
        }
      ],
      "rationale": "Effective 1 September 2025. The PRA's own program document (re3, primary) and two independently-read 2026 guides (sr2) agree to the dollar on the 50+ pensioner tier at US$15,000, so there is no disagreement to resolve here; where the srrv-2025-rewrite and income-math sidecars might diverge, re3 (the PRA PDF) is the canonical cell. FULL post-rewrite tier table (re3): SRRV Classic 40–49 non-pensioner US$50,000 / pensioner US$25,000; 50+ non-pensioner US$30,000 / pensioner US$15,000; plus US$15,000 per dependent in excess of two. SRRV Courtesy (foreign nationals) 40–49 non-pensioner US$6,000 / pensioner US$3,000; 50+ US$1,500. Each of those other tiers has only this single post-rewrite data point, so they are recorded here rather than as their own series.\n"
    }
  ],
  "corrections": []
}