Working hours and business processing scope of Philippine Immigration Bureau during the epidemic

Affected by the epidemic, the handling of overseas immigration-related business is now somewhat restricted, which requires everyone to keep an eye on the dynamics of the Immigration Bureau to better complete the handling of related business, so when is the working time of the Philippine Immigration Bureau? Let's take a look at it together.

Working Hours of Philippine Immigration Bureau

The Philippine Immigration Bureau now works from 9: 00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m., compared with 7:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. a few years ago.

The main reason is that the president ordered that the accelerated channel can no longer be used to collect fees as overtime pay for the staff of the immigration department, while the salary of the ordinary staff of the immigration department is equal to 11 grades, from grade 1-11, the salary is 9981-19620peso, which is relatively low in the whole Philippine government system. Staff cannot afford the cost of their meals and work. However, employees will try their best to increase their income and use it to subsidize their income.

If you want to come to the Philippine Immigration Bureau to handle business, you must remember this time, because this is the normal working time of the Philippine Immigration Bureau. Among them, the Immigration Bureau will handle business only during working hours, and other times may not be able to handle it.

Scope of business of the Immigration Department during the outbreak

The Philippine Immigration Bureau (BI) issued a statement on Friday (20th) saying that in order to comply with the "enhanced community segregation" measures announced by President Duterte for the entire Luzon island (Luzon), including the National Capital Region (NCR), the agency will suspend the following applications and transactions during the community segregation period (March 17 to April 13, 202020):

1. Submit applications for extension or conversion to immigrant or non-immigrant visas (including travel visas and 9G work visas);

2. Application for Philippine citizenship based on Republic Act 9225, which includes hearings, interviews and related activities;

3. Apply for visa downgrade; Such as 9G downgrade

4. Apply for renewal of travel visa;

5. Apply for special work permit (SWP temporary work permit) and temporary work permit (PWP temporary work permit);

6. Apply for updating ACR I card;

7. The Board of Directors of the Executive Immigration Bureau approves the extension or conversion of immigrant or non-immigrant visa applications.

If the relevant visa of foreign citizens will expire during the epidemic, they can resubmit the relevant application within 30 days after the lifting of the "enhanced community isolation" measure.

The Immigration Office will now retain only basic manpower and give priority to the processing of applications and transactions related to foreigners who are about to leave the country. Foreigners must show their exit tickets when they go to the immigration office, otherwise their request will be refused.

Summary of Immigration's Return Business:

1. passport is damaged or lost to reissue travel permit: at present, the Chinese embassy does not officially go to work. it works 2 hours a day on Tuesday and Thursday. it is only allowed to make an appointment in advance and is an applicant required by humanitarian return, such as serious illness of immediate family members, etc. Many intermediaries falsify various emergency certificates and strongly do not recommend them. The rest can wait for the official work notice from the embassy.

2. visa lost: it must be reissued at the immigration office, not at the airport. A small number of immigration emergency services have not been closed.

3. visa expiration: all kinds of visas that expire during the epidemic will not result in fines, but the basic rules remain unchanged, it is recommended that tourist visa holders do not expire for more than 6 months, otherwise the same need for the director's approval during the epidemic, super trouble and waste money. If landing visa is overdue, it cannot be handled at the airport and must be handled at the Immigration Bureau.

4. ECC for renewal and customs clearance at the airport before May 30:

For tourist visa holders whose entry stay is less than one year or whose expiration date is not more than 6 months, they can apply at the airport immigration bureau during the epidemic period. special attention should be paid to: 1. they cannot be all kinds of downgraded tourist visas; 2. the current policy will last until may 30. whether the follow-up will continue or not will wait for the new policy of the immigration bureau. If landing visa is overdue, it cannot be handled at the airport and must be handled at the immigration office. Passengers leaving the country on June 1 need to pay attention. The remaining tourist visa holders must go through the ECC formalities for renewal or departure clearance at the Immigration Bureau. Validity period of customs clearance: depending on the validity period of your visa, the maximum is 30 days. for example, your visa expires on July 30 and will be cleared on May 25. your valid period of customs clearance is June 24. If your visa expires on June 5 and customs clearance is completed on May 25, your customs clearance is valid on June 5.

5. the departure of non-tourist visa: the holder of the work visa under examination and approval is allowed to leave the country freely. if the examination and approval are not completed, they will leave the country in accordance with the rules of the tourist visa. if the examination and approval are completed, they will leave the country in accordance with the rules of the work visa. If the passport is in the Immigration Bureau, please provide the original receipt certificate of the Immigration Bureau and help retrieve it free of charge (non-repatriation seized passport).

6. who leave the country with a work visa and do not go through the demotion will not be blacklisted, even if it expires. At present, the blacklist encountered in reality is due to the fact that the company applies to become a blacklist without going through the resignation procedures.

7. departures are not subject to any restrictions on passport travel itinerary 24 hours before the flight takes off. There must be a mainland health code for more than 14 days, otherwise the airline will not apply for a boarding pass.

8. the Philippines does not have a temporary work visa, that is a temporary work permit, which has nothing to do with the visa. The visa is still a tourist visa and leaves the country according to the rules of tourist visa.

9. holding a 9G work visa, but after the replacement travel permit, you need to go through the re-stamp formalities at the Immigration Bureau before you can leave the country. The departure rules are the same as the work visa.

10. work visa is a blacklist of departure, you need to apply for a departure order at the Immigration Bureau before you can leave.

11. If landing visa enters the country and falsifies the departure seal (the so-called transfer tourist visa), if he has not actually left the country and the falsification has not been completed, he needs to apply for a repatriation order and will be blacklisted.

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