Philippine non-immigrant visa, Philippine tourist visa

Philippine Non Immigrant Visa

SEC 9

Aliens departing from any place outside the Philippines who are otherwise admissible and who qualify within one of the following categories, may be admitted as NON-IMMIGRANTS.

(A)

9(A) Pleasure, business or health

Procedures in the Processing of Applications for Extension of Visitor’s Visa Under Section 9a.
Applications for visitor’s visa under Section 9a shall observe the following procedures, to wit:
0.Receiving of application with complete documentary requirements;0.Verification of travel and derogatory records, assessment of filing, implementation and other fees and generation of Order of Payment Slip;0.Releasing of OPS to applicant;0.Payment to collecting officer and issuance of Official receipt;0.Approval of Extension;0.Updating of records, visa implementation and document archiving; and0.Release of Passport.Checklist of Requiremenets for Temporary Visitors Visa
0.Valid passport of applicant: and0.Tourist Visa Extension form duly accomplished (BI Form No. MCL 07-02)0.Bureau of Immigration (BI) Clearance Certificate.

(B)

9(B) Transit

(C)

9(C) Seaman

(D)

9(D) TREATY TRADERS

Common Procedures in the Processing of Applications for Visa Extension under Sections 13a in relation to LOI#33, Section 9d, Section 9g (Commercial) and Section 9g (Missionary).
Applications for extension of visa under Section 13a, 9d, and 9g (Commercial and Missionary) shall observe the following procedures, to wit:
Receiving of application with complete documentary requirements;Verification of travel and derogatory records, assessment of filing, implementation and other fees and generation of Order of Payment Slip;Releasing of OPS to applicant;Payment to collecting officer and issuance of Official receipt;Generation of Order of extension and approval of the Commissioner;Updating of records;Visa implementation and release; andDocument archiving.Checklist of Requirements for Treaty Trader’s/Treaty Investor’s Visa Under Section 9(d)
Duly notarized letter request from the petitioner; Duly notarized General Application Form accomplished by the applicant (BI Form No. MCL-07-01); Certified true copy of SEC Certificate of Registration, Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and General Information Sheet, in case of corporation or partnership, or certified true copy of DTI Certificate of Registration of Business Name in case of single proprietorship;Certified true copy of latest Income Tax Return and Audited Financial Statement stamped “RECEIVED” by the BIR;Plain photocopy of passport bio and visa page;Original copy of duly notarized contract of employment, or Corporate Secretary’s Certificate of Election of applicant as corporate officer with details of exact compensation and duration of employment; andBureau of Immigration (BI) Clearance Certificate.
If in the application, the applicant is joined by his/her spouse and unmarried minor children:
Copy of marriage contract of applicant and spouse and/or birth certificate of minor unmarried children, NSO-certified or authenticated by the Philippine embassy/consulate in or nearest the place where marriage was solemnized or place of birth, with English translation if written in other foreign language, as the case may be; andPlain photocopies of their respective passports.

(E)

9(E) Foreign Government Officials

The following persons are required to secure a travel authority to travel abroad from the Office of the President:

Members of the Cabinet and officials of equivalent rank;Heads of the Government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC’s) and the Government Financing Institutions (GFI’s) under or attached to the Office of the President for authority to travel abroad; andHeads of agencies under or attached to the Office of the President. (Section 1 of Executive Order No. 459 issued on September 1, 2005).
Other pertinent rules to consider about travel authority:

• In case of GOCC’s and GFI’s attached to the Office of the President, their officials and employees shall seek approval from the heads of these GOCC’s and GFI’s.

• Officials and employees of GOCC’s and GFI’s not attached to the office of the President shall seek approval from the Department head to which they are attached.

• The travel of Provincial Governors and Mayors of highly urbanized cities or independent component cities shall seek the approval from the Secretary of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

• Head of state universities and colleges shall seek the approval from the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), while all other officials and employees of state universities and colleges shall seek approval from their respective heads.

• Heads of technical and vocational schools shall seek the approval from the Chairman of the Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (TESDA), while all other officials and employees of technical and vocational schools shall seek approval from their respective heads.

• Officials and employees of agencies under or attached of the Office of the President shall seek the approval from the head of these agencies. (Section 2 of Executive Order No. 459 issued on September 1, 2005).

• Government officials and employees traveling abroad while on leave of absence need written travel authority from their respective Department heads, EXCEPT those with the rank of Assistant Secretary and above, who need the travel clearance/approval from the Office of the President. (Memorandum issued by Commissioner Rufus B. Rodriguez dated July 12, 2000).

(F)

9(F) STUDENT

Procedures in the Processing of Applications for Change of Immigration Status from Temporary Visitor and Issuance of Student Visa under Section 9(f).
All applications for change of immigration status from temporary visitor to that of student visa shall observe the following procedures, to wit:
Filing of the application duly supported by the documentary requirements enumerated above and a quick review of their completeness;Verification of travel and derogatory records, assessment of filing and other fees as well as the systems-generation of the Order of Payment Slip (OPS);Releasing of the OPS;Payment to collecting officer and issuance of the Official Receipt (OR) evidencing payment of the required fees;Enrolment of the applicant in the BI-designated biometric kiosk;Preparation of the recommendation by the Student Desk Officer and the recommending approval by the IRD Chief;Approval of the Visa conversion by the Commissioner;Updating of records, implementation of visa and systems-generation of the Endorsement for Registration;Releasing of passport and the Endorsement for Registration; andArchiving of the documents. Procedures in the Processing of Applications for Extension of Student Visa Under Section 9f.

Applications for student visa under Section 9f shall observe the following procedures, to wit:
Receiving of application with documentary requirements;Verification of travel and derogatory records, assessment of filing and other fees and generation of Order of Payment slipReleasing of OPS;Payment to collecting officer and issuance of Official Receipt;Updating of records, implementation of visa and generation of Notice to the Registrar on the action taken;Approval of Visa Extension;Releasing of Passport; andDocument Archiving.Checklist of Requirements for Student Visa

Duly notarized letter request from the applicant;Duly notarized General Application Form accomplished by the applicant (BI Form No. MCL-07-01);Original copy of the Notice of Acceptance (NOA) containing a clear impression of the school’s official dry seal or a duly notarized written endorsement from the school for the conversion of the applicant’s status signed by the school’s Registrar; Original copy of Medical Certificate issued by the Bureau of Quarantine and International Health Surveillance or a government medical institution with competence to certify that the applicant is not afflicted with any dangerous, contagious or loathsome disease and is mentally fit;Plain photocopy of applicant’s passport bio-page, latest admission and authorized stay; and NICA Clearance; and Bureau of Immigration (BI) Clearance Certificate.

(G)

9(G) PRE-ARRANGED EMPLOYEES

Procedures in the Processing of Applications for Change of Immigration Status from Temporary Visitor and Issuance of Pre-Arranged Employee-Missionary Visa under Section 9(g).
All applications for change of immigration status from temporary visitor to that of a Pre-Arranged Employee-Missionary visa shall observe the following procedures, to wit:
Filing of the application duly supported by the documentary requirements enumerated above and a quick review of their completeness;ICT-aided verification of travel and derogatory records, assessment of filing and other fees as well as the generation of the Order of Payment Slip (OPS), assignment/raffle of application to hearing officer, generation of Notice of Hearing indicating the tentative dates of BOC deliberation over the application;Releasing of the OPS and Notice of Hearing to the applicant;Payment to collecting officer and issuance of the Official Receipt (OR) evidencing payment of the required fees;Evaluation and preparation of the Hearing Officer’s recommendation;BOC Deliberation;Updating of records, preparation of Notice of BOC Action, and generation of assessment for implementation and other fees;Transmittal of Notice and Assessment;Payment to collecting officer and the issuance of the Official Receipt evidencing payment thereof;Receiving of Passport for purposes of Visa Implementation and the releasing thereof; andDocuments archiving.Common Procedures in the Processing of Applications for Visa Extension under Sections 13a in relation to LOI#33, Section 9d, Section 9g (Commercial) and Section 9g (Missionary).

Applications for extension of visa under Section 13a, 9d, and 9g (Commercial and Missionary) shall observe the following procedures, to wit:

Receiving of application with complete documentary requirements;Verification of travel and derogatory records, assessment of filing, implementation and other fees and generation of Order of Payment Slip;Releasing of OPS to applicant;Payment to collecting officer and issuance of Official receipt;Generation of Order of extension and approval of the Commissioner;Updating of records;Visa implementation and release; andDocument archiving.Checklist of Requirements for Pre-Arranged Employee – Commercial

Duly notarized letter request from the petitioner-organization;General Application Form duly accomplished and notarized (BI Form No. MCL-07-01); Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) certified true copy of Alien Employment Permit (AEP); Bureau of Immigration (BI) Clearance Certificate; andPlain photocopy of the applicant’s passport showing admission and authorized stay.If in the application, the applicant is joined by his/her spouse and unmarried minor children:

Copy of marriage contract of applicant and spouse and/or birth certificate of minor unmarried children, NSO-certified or authenticated by the Philippine embassy/consulate in or nearest the place where marriage was solemnized or place of birth, with English translation if written in other foreign language, as the case may be; andPlain photocopies of their respective passports.Checklist of Requirements for Pre-Arranged Employee – Missionary

Duly notarized letter request from the petitioner-organization with information of applicant’s place of assignment;General application form duly accomplished and notarized (BI Form No. MCL-07-01);Certified true copy of SEC Certificate of Registration, Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of petitioner;Certified true copy of missionary credentials; Bureau of Immigration (BI) Clearance Certificate; andPlain photocopy of the applicant’s passport showing admission status and authorized stayIf in the application, the applicant is joined by his/her spouse and unmarried minor children:

Sec 9

Aliens departing from any place outside the Philippines who are otherwise admissible and who qualify within one of the following categories, may be admitted as non- immigrants:

(a) A temporary visitor coming for business or for pleasure or for reasons of health;

(b) A person in transit to a destination outside the Philippines;

(d) An alien entitled to enter the Philippines under and in pursuant of the provisions of a treaty of commerce and navigation (1) solely to carry on substantial trade principally between the Philippines and the foreign state of which he is a national or (2) solely to develop and direct the operations of an enterprise in which, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines, he has invested or of an enterprise in which he is actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount of capital; and his wife, and his unmarried children under twenty-one years of age, if accompanying or following to join him, subject to the condition that citizens of the Philippines are accorded like privileges in the foreign state of which such alien is a national; [As amended by Republic Act No. 5171]

(e) An accredited official of a foreign government recognized by the Government of the Philippines, his family, attendants, servants, and employees;

(f) A student, having means sufficient for his education and support in the Philippines, who is at least fifteen years of age and who seeks to enter the Philippines temporarily and solely for the purpose of taking up a course of study higher than high school at a university, seminary, academy, college or school approved for such alien students by the Commissioner of Immigration; and

(g) An alien coming to pre-arranged employment, for who the issuance of a visa has been authorized in accordance with section twenty of this Act, and his wife and his unmarried children under twenty-one years of age, if accompanying him or if following to join him within a period of six months from the date of his admission into the Philippines as a non-immigrant under this paragraph.

An alien who is admitted as a non-immigrant cannot remain in the Philippines permanently. To obtain permanent admission, a non-immigrant alien must depart voluntarily to a foreign country and procure from the appropriate Philippine consul the proper visa and thereafter undergo examination by the officers of the Bureau of Immigration at a Philippine port of entry for determination of his admissibility in accordance with the requirements of this Act.

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