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140 firms avail of job visa
A total of 140 companies based in the Philippines have availed of the special visa for employment generation (SVEG) being offered by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to foreign investors and expatriates, it was learned yesterday.
In a report to Immigration Commissioner Nonoy Libanan, Atty. Cris Villalobos, head of the BI-SVEG one-stop shop center said the companies represent the 217 principal applicants and their 120 dependents who were granted indefinite stay for providing jobs to Filipinos.
Villalobos also reported that the government raised some P4.31 million in revenues from the SVEG applicants since the visa was launched in April this year.
The SVEG was introduced pursuant to an executive order that the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed last November to reward foreigners the privilege to stay in the country indefinitely if they provide employment opportunities to Filipinos.
Villabos disclosed that among the companies which availed of the job visa are the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), EEI Corp., Fontana Dev’t Corp. (FDC), SamSung Multi-English Company, Cathay Builders Center Inc., Fort Ilocandia Land Dev’t Co., Ilocos Norte Mining Co., and SME Networks Phils. Training Center.
The 140 companies are situated all over the country where the SVEG one-stop shop centers have been established, including Metro Manila, Laoag, Davao, Subic, Boracay, Cebu, and Angeles City.
A list of the 337 foreigners who were issued the visa showed that Koreans topped the list with 92 recipients, followed by 39 Chinese, 15 Taiwanese, 10 Americans, eight British, six Australians, six Japanese, five Malaysians, five Singaporeans, four Germans, four Indians, two Swedes, two Iranians, and two Canadians.
Also in the list is an Albanian, an El Salvadoran, a Syrian, a Thai, a Dane, a Pakistani, an Austrian, a Bangladeshi, a Lebanese, a Yemeni, a Jordanian, a Frenchman, a Belgian, and a Greek.
Villalobos bared that a combined total of more than 30,300 regular and full-time Filipino workers are in the payroll of the 140 companies wherein the foreign applicants have subsisting investments or are employed in managerial or technical positions.
Under the rules, the SVEG is issued to a foreigner with an interest in a company or entity that employs at least 10 full-time and regular Filipinos workers either for managerial, executive, professional, technical, skilled, or unskilled positions.
A foreigner applying for the visa shall certify that he or she maintains a lawful immigration status in the Philippines; engaged in a viable and sustainable business; exercises managerial acts with authority to employ, promote and dismiss employees; and evinces a genuine intention to indefinitely remain in the country. (BI News)
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Philippine Immigrant Visa – Quota (13)
The conditions provided in this Act allow only 50 applicants whose countries accept Filipinos as immigrants on a reciprocal basis to obtain the Immigrant Quota Visa annually.
Requirements
1. Accomplished and Notarized General Application Form (BI Form No. MCL-07-01)
2. Original and photocopy of passport valid for at least six, showing the admission stamp and authorized period to stay
3. Original copy of proof of actual investment of at least US$40,000.00 (bank deposit is not accepted) in the Philippines or proof of applicant’s special qualification which has advanced or will advance the country’s national interest
4. Original copy of the Medical Certificate issued by the Bureau of Quarantine and International Health Surveillance or any government authorized medical institution which certifies that the applicant is not infected with any serious or contagious disease; and, is mentally healthy
5. Bureau of Immigration (BI) Clearance Certificate; and
6. National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Clearance.
Procedures
1. Submit the requirements above to the Philippine Embassy or Consulate (addressed to the Consular Officer).
2. The Consular Officer will forward the application to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
3. The DFA will determine that the number of applicants has not reach the quota for the year.
4. The Consular Officer will interview the applicant.
5. Approval or Refusal will be issued.
Fees in Pesos
1. Upon Filing
Application 1,010
Express Lane 500
BI Clearance 1,010
2. Upon Approval/Implementation
ACR and Form 1,050
Change of Status 600
Passport Visa 200
ICR Form 1,450
Implementation 2,000
Legal Research 60
Head Tax 250
Service 200
Express Fee 500
Forms:
General Application Form (BI Form No. MCL-07-01)
BI Clearance Certificate
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