Aliens reminded to register for ‘14

Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison: A reminder. facebook photo

MANILA, Philippines—Foreigners living in the country who are over 14 but under 65 years old are required to make a personal appearance and fill out new forms for their annual report before the March 1 deadline or face administrative fines, Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison said on Monday.

Mison said it would only take 10 minutes to register provided the annual report form is completely filled out and all requirements are complete.

Mison said the annual report form may be downloaded from the website immigration.gov.ph. but an application fee of P310 must be paid directly to the immigration bureau’s cashier.

The new procedure strictly enforces immigration rules prescribed by the Alien Registration Act, Mison said, adding that at least 209,000 registered foreigners must report in person to Bureau of Immigration (BI) offices in the country.

He also advised foreigners who register and pay their application fee to ask for an official receipt from the BI cashier to avoid being victimized by fixers and extortionists preying on them.—Niña P. Calleja