Submission of NBI Clearances and Police Clearance for Immigrant Visa Applications
BI Memorandum Order No. RADJR-2012-028 mandates that applicants for immigrant visas in the Philippines must submit specific clearances to ensure they have no derogatory records. Applicants who have been in the Philippines for less than six months must provide a Police Clearance from their country of origin, authenticated by a Philippine Embassy or Consulate. Those who have resided in the Philippines for six months or more must also include a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) clearance along with the Police Clearance. This order is effective 15 days after its receipt by the Department of Justice's National Administrative Register.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- BI Memorandum Order No. RADJR-2012-028
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Other Rules and Procedures
- Subcategory
- Immigration
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
2012
BI MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. RADJR-2012-028
SUBMISSION OF NBI CLEARANCES AND POLICE CLEARANCE FOR IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATIONS
WHEREAS, the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940 (CA 613), as amended, mandates the Bureau as the agency principally responsible for the administration and enforcement of alien admission and registration laws;
WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure that the applicant for immigrant visas has no record of any derogatory information against him in any law enforcement agency;
WHEREAS, Sec. 3, CA 613, authorizes the Commissioner to issue such rules and regulations and from time to time, issue such instructions, not inconsistent with laws, as he shall deem best calculated to carry out the provisions of immigration laws;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of existing laws, applicants for immigrant visas including applicants for temporary resident visa shall submit the following clearances:
1. If the applicant has been in the Philippines for less than six (6) months, he shall attach to his application a Police Clearance from his country of origin or residence duly authenticated by the Philippine Embassy/Consulate at the place of issuance or nearest to it, with English translation, if written in another foreign language. EcAISC
2. If the applicant has been in the Philippines for six (6) months or more, he shall, in addition to the Police Clearance from his country of origin or residence prior to his arrival in the Philippines, attach to his application a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) clearance.
This requirements shall take effect 15 days from receipt of the Secretary, Department of Justice of the National Administrative Register (ONAR), U.P. Law Center, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City.
(SGD.) RICARDO A. DAVID, JR.Commissioner
Cite This Law
Submission of NBI Clearances and Police Clearance for Immigrant Visa Applications, BI Memorandum Order No. RADJR-2012-028 (Philippines)
Submission of NBI Clearances and Police Clearance for Immigrant Visa Applications, BI Memorandum Order No. RADJR-2012-028 (Phil. )
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