Use of Philippine Official Passports in Attending International Meetings

December 8, 1994 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 15-94 SUBJECT : Use of Philippine Official Passports in Attending International Meetings TO : All Revenue Officials and Employees and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all revenue officials and employees, quoted hereunder is Memorandum of the President dated November 8, 1993. "It is the policy of the government that only citizens of the Philippines shall be members of the official Philippine delegation to International meetings and conferences. In conferences held outside the Philippines, official participants who are members of the Philippine delegation are required to use Philippine official or diplomatic passports, subject to pertinent rules and regulations. However, if for some reason, a participant in an international meeting is unable to secure an official or diplomatic passport, the leader of the Philippine delegation concerned shall inform the Department of Foreign Affairs, c/o Diplomatic and Official Passports Division of his/her complete name, address, passport number, date of issue, date of validity, and the name and venue of the international meeting he/she is attending. Please be guided accordingly. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS" All revenue officials and employees are enjoined to give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. cd i LIWAYWAY VINZONS-CHATO Commissioner of Internal Revenue ANNEX A November 8, 1993 MEMORANDUM Subject : Use of Philippine Official Passports in Attending International Meetings To : All Heads of Departments, Bureaus and Offices Including Government Owned or Controlled Corporations It is the policy of the government that only citizens of the Philippines shall be members of the official Philippine delegation to international meetings and conferences. In conferences held outside the Philippines, official participants who are members of the Philippine delegation are required to use Philippine official or diplomatic passports, subject to pertinent rules and regulations. However, if for some reason, a participant in an international meeting is unable to secure an official or diplomatic passport, the leader of the Philippine delegation concerned shall inform the Department of Foreign Affairs, c/o Diplomatic and Official Passports Division of his/her complete name, address, passport number, date of issue, date of validity, and the name and venue of the international meeting he/she is attending. Please be guided accordingly.