AMENDING SECTION 42 OF THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (PROVIDING FOR NEW FEES)

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 524
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, under Section 42 of Commonwealth Act 613, otherwise

known as the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, certain specific fees

are charged and collected by the Commission on Immigration and

Deportation;

WHEREAS, such fees were originally fixed in 1940, then

revised in 1950, thereby amending Section 42 of the Philippine

Immigration Act of 1940;

WHEREAS, these fees fixed in 1950 are, by present Standards,

inadequate taking into account the higher cost of living obtaining in

our country today;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as

Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and

pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General

Order No. 1, dated September 21, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and

decree that new fees shall be charged and collected by the Commission on

Immigration and Deportation under Section 42 of the Philippine

Immigration Act of 1940, as amended, as follows:

Section 29

Section 29(a) (15)

100.00

(32)

Waiver of objection of exclusion under Section 29 (b)

100.00

(33)

Petition for permit to work

30.00

Provided, however, that all aliens admitted as religious

missionaries under this Decree shall be exempted from the payment of

monthly extension fees that are due from temporary visitors.

No fee shall be charged for a passport visa granted to a

foreign government official or his family, attendants, and household

helpers, and employees, nor shall a fee be charged for a passport visa

for a non-immigrant in transit to a destination outside the Philippines.

Any provisions of laws, orders, rules and regulations, or parts

thereof, in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or

modified accordingly.

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of July, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

Section 42

SECTION 42. (a) In addition to the documentary stamp

required by existing law, there shall be collected and paid into the

Philippine Treasury the following fees for services, as indicated, for

aliens seeking to enter or remain in the Philippines under the

provisions of this Act:

Old Fees

New Fees

(1)

Application for non-immigrant visa

(P10.00)

P 30.00

(2)

Passport visa for non- immigrant

( 20.00)

50.00

(3)

Application for prearranged employment visa

( 80.00)

100.00

and for each dependent

( 10.00)

30.00

(4)

Application for special non immigrant visa

50.00

(5)

Application for nonpreference quota or nonquota visa

(10.00)

50.00

(6)

Application for preference quota visa

(P40.00)

80.00

(7)

Application for immigrant visa

(20.00)

50.00

(8)

Certificate of residence

(50.00)

80.00

(9)

Duplicate of certificate of residence

( 40.00)

80.00

(10)

Duplicate certificate of legalization or residence

( 40.00)

80.00

(11)

Identification certificate of Philippine citizen

( 10.00)

100.00

(12)

Reentry Permit or special return certificate

( 20.00)

50.00

(13)

Application for extension or reentry

( 5.00)

20.00

(14)

Extension of reentry permit or special return certificate

( 20.00)

50.00

(15)

Duplicate reentry permit or special return

( 40.00)

50.00

(16)

Certificate of arrival and identity

( 10.00)

50.00

(17)

Duplicate certificate of arrival and identity

30.00

(18)

Emigration Clearance Certificate

( 20.00)

50.00

(19)

Duplicate immigration clearance certificate

50.00

(20)

All other certificates

( 5.00)

10.00

(21)

Alien crew list visa

( 20.00)

50.00

(22)

Filing of motion of appeal or petition for rehearing or

reconsideration

(10.00)

25.00

(23)

Petition for amendment of immigration document

(10.00)

20.00

(24)

For every month or a portion thereof of extension of

temporary stay

( 10.00)

20.00

(25)

For every year or portion thereof of stay beyond two years

as nonimmigrant student

( 50.00)

100.00

(26)

Discharge of military personnel in the Philippines for

temporary residence

50.00

(27)

Petition for bond or request for withdrawal of bond

50.00

(28)

Petition for cancellation of alien registration of documents

( 10.00)

30.00

(29)

Petition for change of status from one non-immigrant

category to another or change of employer

(P10.00)

60.00

(30)

Petition for approval of school or course for non- immigrant

student

30.00

(31)

Waiver of objection of prior exclusion or deportation under