Acr Requirments

[Jollygoodfellow]

I don't what kind of business you can set up on a tourist visa. 

 

None unless its in the wife's name  :)

[Malcolm Graham]

Metro bank rules are Passbook account 10000php with copies of passport and ACR card.  ATM account 2000php with the same copies.  If you are going to transfer a pension then no deposit and just passport but also a letter from British embassy that you are a pension holder

[Call me bubba]

What I need is a ACR for opening a bank account and to get cable/internet etc...

 

here is a list of ID's that PNB requires

( maybe this can help you figure out what you need to get)

 

 

 

• Driver’s License
• Passport
• Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) ID
• National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance
• SSS Card (digitized)
• Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR)/Immigrant Certificate of Registration
• Police Clearance
• Postal ID
• Voter’s ID
• Barangay Certification
• GSIS e-Card
• Philhealth Card
• Senior Citizen Card
• OWWA ID with picture
• OFW ID with picture
• Seaman’s Book
• Gov’t Office ID (e.g. AFP, HDMF)
• Certification from the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP)
• Dept. of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Certification
• Other ID’s issued by the Gov’t and its instrumentalitie

http://www.pnb.com.ph/images%5Cstories%5Cdocs/List-of-Valid-Documents.htm

[dankje]

I was planning on going to another bank when i happened to pass by a metro bank. I thought i'd give it a go and it was very easy to open an account. However, i could only open a savings account.

 

I'll worry about the ACR in about 6 weeks or so.

 

Thanks for all of your input.

[dankje]

Just to continue this topic a little.

 

I'm still on a tourist visa and there is nothing stopping me from setting up a business with it. However, the ACR is a diferent cookie. My problem is that I work in different countries so i travel a lot. I can hardly stay 20 days in the same country, let alone 59 days.

 

I went to immigration last Friday to explain my problem. They didn't really have any solution other than "stay here 59 days". Crazy if you ask me. It's just impossible!

 

I was pretty $%%*#%^ so i forgot the ask them about the innerworkings of the ACR in combination with a work permit. My company is almost set up and because I'm planning on hiring more then 10 natives, I am eligeble for a work permit.

 

I'll keep you posted because I can imagine that other people might have the same problems in the future.