Resident Status By Virtue Of Republic Acts 7919 And 8247

[Mike S]

I have no idea what this is but I posted it in case someone here falls under this category ..... please note you must go to Manila to get this done .....                                           

 

 

 

 

                               BI URGES ALIENS TO REPORT TO BI OFFICES FOR PASSPORT RE-STAMPING


MANILA, Philippines – All foreign nationals and their dependents who are staying in the Philippines with a permanent resident status by virtue of Republic Acts 7919 and 8247, are required to report to the Bureau of Immigration in Intramuros Manila for re-stamping of their passports, or risk being penalised or worse, face deportation and cancellation of their Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR) I-cards.

BI Spokesperson Elaine Tan encouraged the concerned foreign nationals to participate in the re-stamping scheme to ensure that their passports have the authentic stamps.

Tan said the re-stamping scheme will also simplify the verification of the BI’s updated RA 7919/8247 database and will surely help expedite their future transactions in the Bureau. Such transactions include processing of annual report and the renewal of their ACR I-Card.

Applicants for re-stamp must pay the amount of P1,010 and must also secure a BI Clearance at the same cost. The processing for the re-stamp applications may be completed within three days.

The filing period for the re-stamping started last September and will end on December 15, 2014. Such process may only be applied at the BI Main Office in Intramuros, Manila.

All applicants must submit the following:

    Letter request addressed to the Commissioner for re-stamp;
    Official receipt showing payment of applicable fees;
    BI Clearance Certificate of applicant and/or principal RA 7919 holder issued within two months from the date of application;
    Photocopy of passport bio-page RA 7919 implementation page and latest arrival stamp / RA 7919 admission;
    Photocopy of passport page where the new/amended name is indicated, if applicable;
    Certified true copy of newspaper publication;
    Original and Authenticated Birth Certificate and/or Marriage Certificate (issued by the National Statistics Office) if the civil registry document is issued in the Philippines or by the Philippine Foreign Service Post which has jurisdiction over the place of issuance, or by the Department of Foreign Affairs if said document is issued by the local Embassy in the Philippines, with English translation, if written in other foreign language; and
    Photocopy of ACR I-Card (front and back portions)

Apart from payment of fines and deactivation of ACR I-Cards, the failure to comply with the RA 7919/8247 re-stamping may result to investigation and institution of deportation proceedings and the denial of arrival and departure clearances.

Republic Act 7919 is a law passed by Philippine Congress granting permanent resident status to qualified aliens who entered the country before June 30, 1992. It also granted legal residence to children of  RA 7179 parents by providing that children born after June 30, 1992 of parents who received the benefits of said Act shall, upon proper registration with the BI, become legal residents.

Republic Act 8247 extended the period to file petitions for RA 7919 status until June 30, 1997. (30)

[i am bob]

Remember the big discussion last year about the data collection and ACR Cards and how it would never and never be done?  The Philippine government just didn't have the knowledge or ability to get all the expats in for this?  Remember those who don't believe the government has never read what is said on these forums?  Well, I think they read this and other forums quite well...  As for getting all the data on foreigners and expats collected?

 

Me thinks it's being done!

 

:rolleyes:

[Jack Peterson]

 As for getting all the data on foreigners and expats collected?   Me thinks it's being done!

 

AGAIN!

[Markham]

As for getting all the data on foreigners and expats collected? Me thinks it's being done!

Er, no! There is no centralised system nor computer network linking the various offices and airports together.

 

Just for giggles, go and commit a minor crime in Cebu, nothing too drastic but sufficient for BoI to impose a Hold Departure Order against your name. With that in place, take a plane south to Davao and board the Singapore Airlines' flight to Singapore - which you'll be able to do, no sweat. Ironically and depending on the day of the week, that flight might call for passengers at Cebu on its way to Singapore. That is exactly how a certain American was able to skip the country and avoid arrest for a criminal case (of assault on a female) and disappear with the proceeds of investment scam he'd been running.

[i am bob]

As for getting all the data on foreigners and expats collected? Me thinks it's being done!

Er, no! There is no centralised system nor computer network linking the various offices and airports together.

Just for giggles, go and commit a minor crime in Cebu, nothing too drastic but sufficient for BoI to impose a Hold Departure Order against your name. With that in place, take a plane south to Davao and board the Singapore Airlines' flight to Singapore - which you'll be able to do, no sweat. Ironically and depending on the day of the week, that flight might call for passengers at Cebu on its way to Singapore. That is exactly how a certain American was able to skip the country and avoid arrest for a criminal case (of assault on a female) and disappear with the proceeds of investment scam he'd been running.

You mean the computer network that is set up at all the international terminals and functioned to ensure it is a serviceable network and for which they are just starting to collect and verify the data for? In the not too distant future you won't be able to escape with your proceeds of crime nor will you be able to bribe officials to turn a blind eye to let you out.

Edit: of course, by "you", I don't mean you personally... Hehe!

Edited October 26, 2014 by I am bob

[Markham]

 

 

As for getting all the data on foreigners and expats collected? Me thinks it's being done!

Er, no! There is no centralised system nor computer network linking the various offices and airports together.

Just for giggles, go and commit a minor crime in Cebu, nothing too drastic but sufficient for BoI to impose a Hold Departure Order against your name. With that in place, take a plane south to Davao and board the Singapore Airlines' flight to Singapore - which you'll be able to do, no sweat. Ironically and depending on the day of the week, that flight might call for passengers at Cebu on its way to Singapore. That is exactly how a certain American was able to skip the country and avoid arrest for a criminal case (of assault on a female) and disappear with the proceeds of investment scam he'd been running.

You mean the computer network that is set up at all the international terminals and functioned to ensure it is a serviceable network and for which they are just starting to collect and verify the data for? In the not too distant future you won't be able to escape with your proceeds of crime nor will you be able to bribe officials to turn a blind eye to let you out.

Edit: of course, by "you", I don't mean you personally... Hehe!

 

:hystery: Not here it isn't!

[Americano]

You just have to learn do not believe the big changes you hear are coming until after they happen. For example, about 2 years ago almost every motorcycle rider in Carcar City was worried because it was announced by LTO and word spread all over the city and surrounding area that beginning the next month no one would be allowed to ride a motorcycle without an approved helmet.  People were saying there won't be enough helmets available for all riders.  Well, several months later I stood out on my terrace and counted 100 motorcycles go by, only 2 riders were searing a helmet. I counted to 100 again with the same results.  Now its about 2 years later and still very few wear a helmet.

 

On this forum there was a topic about vehicle registration. One poster said he purchased his vehicle in Mindanao but he lived in Cebu so every year he goes to Mindanao to re-register his vehicle because LTO does not have a national data base.  I believe you will find there's no national data base that every international airport uses either. You will be surprised what you will find if you start asking questions to the people who are behind the computers. One day I asked for a BI employee's email address and he said "We don't use email."  Huh, I could barely believe what I heard.

[i am bob]

As for getting all the data on foreigners and expats collected? Me thinks it's being done!

Er, no! There is no centralised system nor computer network linking the various offices and airports together.

Just for giggles, go and commit a minor crime in Cebu, nothing too drastic but sufficient for BoI to impose a Hold Departure Order against your name. With that in place, take a plane south to Davao and board the Singapore Airlines' flight to Singapore - which you'll be able to do, no sweat. Ironically and depending on the day of the week, that flight might call for passengers at Cebu on its way to Singapore. That is exactly how a certain American was able to skip the country and avoid arrest for a criminal case (of assault on a female) and disappear with the proceeds of investment scam he'd been running.

You mean the computer network that is set up at all the international terminals and functioned to ensure it is a serviceable network and for which they are just starting to collect and verify the data for? In the not too distant future you won't be able to escape with your proceeds of crime nor will you be able to bribe officials to turn a blind eye to let you out.

Edit: of course, by "you", I don't mean you personally... Hehe!

:hystery: Not here it isn't!

You can say no all you want but the network was physically established several months ago. It was not implemented as a lot of the data available to them at that time was incorrect or incomplete. Thus this new collection of data that is taking place - to correct things before it is implemented into the system.

[Markham]

 

 

 

 

As for getting all the data on foreigners and expats collected? Me thinks it's being done!

Er, no! There is no centralised system nor computer network linking the various offices and airports together.

Just for giggles, go and commit a minor crime in Cebu, nothing too drastic but sufficient for BoI to impose a Hold Departure Order against your name. With that in place, take a plane south to Davao and board the Singapore Airlines' flight to Singapore - which you'll be able to do, no sweat. Ironically and depending on the day of the week, that flight might call for passengers at Cebu on its way to Singapore. That is exactly how a certain American was able to skip the country and avoid arrest for a criminal case (of assault on a female) and disappear with the proceeds of investment scam he'd been running.

You mean the computer network that is set up at all the international terminals and functioned to ensure it is a serviceable network and for which they are just starting to collect and verify the data for? In the not too distant future you won't be able to escape with your proceeds of crime nor will you be able to bribe officials to turn a blind eye to let you out.

Edit: of course, by "you", I don't mean you personally... Hehe!

:hystery: Not here it isn't!

You can say no all you want but the network was physically established several months ago. It was not implemented as a lot of the data available to them at that time was incorrect or incomplete. Thus this new collection of data that is taking place - to correct things before it is implemented into the system.

 

Yes Bob .... whatever! It's just the same story as when BoI replaced paper ACRs with a card. They told anyone who would listen that the chip on this card would hold biometric information about its holder as well as a full record of all his transactions with the Bureau - and trhat card's data could be accessed at any BoI office and (ISTR) by the NBI. Several years on from that announcement and the ONLY place in the country where there is the equipment to read the chip is ..... one desk at BoI Intramuros where the damm things are made in the first place! So forgive my natural cynicism that's borne out of living here for the last seven years. :hystery:

Edited October 27, 2014 by Markham

[Tukaram (Tim)]

The only thing they know how to do on the computer is Facebook.  They don't even know the rest of the internet is there!  :p

 

It will be a LONG time before they ever get a workable centralized computer system ha ha  :tiphat: