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Quota Visa

Requested from BI by M. Recomono at 06:58 PM on Nov 11, 2021.
Purpose: Permanent Visa in the Philippines due to established business
Date of Coverage: 10/01/2021 - 11/11/2021
Tracking no: #BI-109065630321

Recomono 06:58 PM, Nov 11, 2021 

Hi! I would like to request information regarding Quota Visa. If the Chinese applicant has the following qualifications:

a. He is in possession of a valid passport and visa at the time of filing the application
b. He does not belong to any class of excludible or deportable foreign nationals
c. He has sufficient capital for a viable and sustainable investment in the Philippines
d. A resident in the Philippines for more than 25 years; an SRRV holder

Is there a possibility that the BI will not approve his application? why? How his applications be approved?


November 13, 2021

Dear Mary Ann,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 11, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Quota Visa.

Response to your request

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information from BI website immigration.gov.ph or you may click the link https://immigration.gov.ph/visa-requirements/immigrant-visa/quota-visa for all information relative to Quota Visa (13-Immigrant Visa). you may also click the following links for the:

1. Checklist of Requirements for Conversion of Quota Visa:
https://immigration.gov.ph/images/FORMS/18Dec2015/BI%20FORM%20V-I-001-Rev%20.1.1pdf.pdf

2. Application Form for Quota Visa:
https://immigration.gov.ph/images/FORMS/18Dec2015/BI%20FORM%20CGAF-001-Rev%202.1.pdf

3. Additional Information on Applicant's children  (if needed):

https://immigration.gov.ph/images/ImmigrantVisasForms/QuotaVisaForms/BIForm2014-00-005.pdf 

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the BI Commissioner, JAIME H. MORENTE, Bureau of Immigration, Magallanes Drive, Intramuros, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
BI-National Operations Center (BINOC)
FOI Officer

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