The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has announced that all registered aliens in the country should report to the bureau’s main office in Intramuros, Manila, from January 1 to March 1, 2018 as mandated by the law. Under Republic Act 562 or the Alien Registration Act of 1950, all registered aliens must report to the BI in person within the first 60 days of each year. According to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente, the foreigners should present their original ACR (Alien Certificate of Registration) card and confirmation number issued via the AR (Alien Registration) 2018 online system. All aliens who return to the Philippines with a reentry permit should “report within 30 days from the date of your return and no fee shall be imposed,” Morente said. All registered aliens who appeared in at least one of the Annual Reports held in 2014, 2015 or 2016 with an accomplished Annual Report and an official receipt of the latest Annual Report fee paid and paid a P500 express lane fee for non-appearance may be exempted from personally appearing at the BI.

Source: Manila Times December 22, 2017 13:07 UTC