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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 524
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 524
- AMENDING Section 42 OF THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940, AS
AMENDED (PROVIDING FOR NEW FEES)
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WHEREAS,
under Section 42 of Commonwealth Act No. 613, otherwise known as the
Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, certain specific fees are charged
and collected by the Commission on Immigration and
Deportation; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, such fees were originally fixed in 1940, then revised in 1950,
thereby amending Section 42 of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, these fees fixed in 1950 are, by present standards, inadequate
taking into account the higher cost of living obtaining in our country
today;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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 proclamations No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 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 1940, as amended, as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 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:cralaw:red
(Old fees) New fees
(1) Application for non-
immigrant visa
(P10.00) P30.00
(2) Passport visa for non-
immigrant
(20.00) 50.00
(3) Application for pre-
arranged employment visa
(80.00) 100.00
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(10.00) 30.00 chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(4) Application for special
non-immigrant visa
50.00
(5) Application for special
non-preference quota or
non-quota visa
(10.00) 50.00
(6) Application for prefe-
rence quota visa
(40.00) 80.00
(7) Application for immigrant
visa (20.00)
50.00
(8) Certificate of residence
(50.00) 80.00
(9) Duplicate of certificate
of legalization or residence
(40.00) 80.00
(10) Duplicate certificate of
legalization or residence
(40.00) 80.00
(11) Identification certifi-
cate of Philippine citizen
(10.00) 100.00
(12) Reentry Permit or
special return certificate
(20.00) 50.00
(13) Application for extension
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 emigration
clearance certificate 50.00
(20) All other certificates
(5.00) 50.00
(21) Alien crew list visa
(20.00) 50.00
(22) Filing of motion 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 non-
immigrant 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 non-
immigrant category to
another or change of
employer (10.00)
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 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.
(b) No fee shall be charged for a passport visa
granted to a foreign government officials or his family, attendants,
and household helpers, and employees, nor shall be a fee 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.
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