Immigration

ACR I-Card now required

ACR I-Cards are now required for tourist visa’s if extended beyond 59 days! That, according to Bureau of Immigration ”MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. MCL-09-027” dated 29 December 2009. Actually, this memorandum is the ”IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR) OF MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. MCL-09-024, DATED 23 NOVEMBER 2009″. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a link to that [...]

Alien Certificate of Registration

If you are married to a Filipina and she is out of the country with you, you are supposed to be able to get a ”Balikbayan” visa, upon your return, which is good for 1 year. I tried that in 2008, when my wife and I attended the wedding of my daughter in California. Unfortunately, the [...]