A Brief History of the Bureau of ImmigrationHistorical background of the Bureau of Immigration which contains important facts including List of appointed Commissioners from 1940 up to present. >>Read more..
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 758
Prescribing Guidelines for the Issuance of a Special Visa to Non-Immigrant for Employment Generation. >>Read more.. 
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Checkout Memorandum Circular No. MCL-09-001 and Executive Order No. 758
 ACR I-CARD PROJECT The ACR I-Card Project automates the entire process of alien registration and integrates the issuance of various paper-based alien documentations into a microchip-based identification card.
THE ACR I-CARDThe ACR I-Card is a microchip-based credit card-sized identification card issued to registered alien replacing the paper-based ACR. It has an embedded computer chip with biometric security features capable of data management and can be updated electronically.
 BI CITIZEN'S CHARTER
Provide and deliver services promptly, efficiently, and with utmost courtesy by authorized personnel with proper identification from Mondays to Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. without noon break at our offices and from Mondays to Sundays, on a 24/7 basis at the Immigration counters in all international ports of entry/ exit... >> Read more...
Download our Citizen's Charter documentary requirements, schedule of fees and procedures for the following frontline services: Accreditation, Annual Report, ECC, I-Card, Arrival Border Control, Departure Border Control, Executive Office, Ammendments, Authority, Special Study Permit, Student Visa Conversion, Student Visa Extension, Visa Extension, Not the Same Person, STF, Retension or Reacquisition of Philippine Citizenship, Arrival-Departure Certification, BI Clearance, Certified True Copy and Pending Application Certification.
NEWS:BI hosts DOJ chief’s meet with agency heads
Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said on Wednesday she would order all agencies under the Department of Justice (DOJ) to emulate the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in observing a no-lunch break policy for employees so as not to disrupt the delivery of services to the public. BI, POEA ink pact vs illegal recruitment, human trafficking
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) forged an agreement to join and mobilize their forces in going after members of syndicates engaged in illegal recruitment and human trafficking.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: - Effective February 15,2008 all applicants for extension (tourist visa) under the VIMS (VISA ISSUANCE MADE SIMPLE) are required to pay in addition to immigration fees, Certification fee of P500, Express fee of P500 plus Legal Research Fee of P10 for every transaction.
- All APPLICANTS are required to dress properly. Applicants wearing shorts, sandos, and slippers will not be allowed entry to Immigration Office. Transactions are entertained during Mondays thru Fridays, 7:00am to 5:30pm.
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