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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 704
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 704 -
PROMULGATING RULES FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS OF THE
MINOR CHILDREN OF FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES UNDER
Sec. 9 (E) OF THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION LAW OF 1940 AS AMENDED AND
Sec. 7, OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 104, SERIES OF 1968
TO
: The Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The
Ministry of Education and Culture
The
Commission on Immigration and
Deportation.
The following rules and regulations are hereby adopted for the
admission to Philippine schools of the minor children of the foreign
permanent residents in the Philippines.
(1) Resident children of foreign permanent residents
in the Philippines who are above seven (7) years of age and registered
as such with the Commission on Immigration and Deportation may enroll
in any elementary or secondary school in the Philippines, PROVIDED that
the following conditions be present:
(a)
The parents of the applicant are foreign permanent residents in the
Philippines and have legally acquired their admission status as such;
(b) The
applicant is the legitimate child of a foreign permanent resident in
the Philippines;
(c) The
applicant is qualified to enroll in any elementary school or high
school in the Philippines under the rules and regulations promulgated
by the Ministry of Education and Culture on the enrollment of foreign
students.
(2) Non-resident children of foreign permanent
resident/s in the Philippines who are above seven (7) years of age and
are coming to the Philippines for the sole purpose of enrolling in any
elementary school or secondary school in the Philippines, may be
admitted and issued a student visa under Sec. 9 (f) of the
Philippine Immigration Act/Act of 1940, as amended, by applying to the
Philippine Consular Office at the port of origin. No student visa shall
be issued by the Philippine Consular Office abroad unless approved by
the home office and subject to the same conditions imposed for the
enrollment of the resident children of the foreign permanent residents
in the Philippines and to the following conditions:
(a)
The applicant is not excludable under Sec. 29 of the Immigration Law;
(b) The
initial period of admission shall be for a period of one (1) calendar
school-year, as determined by the Ministry of Education and Culture and
without extension. After the expiration of the authorized period of
stay, the applicant shall leave the Philippines.
Foreign students who wish to
continue with their school enrollment in the Philippines shall follow
the same procedure outlined in Section 1 hereof, and shall be subject
to the same conditions: that the authorized period of stay shall be for
a period of one (1) calendar school-year without extension, and that
the applicant shall leave the Philippines upon the expiration of
his/her authorized stay in the country.
The same procedure shall be
observed for the succeeding school-years, if the applicant has complied
with the academic requirements imposed by the Ministry of Education and
Culture on the enrollment of foreign students in the Philippines and no
derogatory information is submitted against the applicant by the proper
government offices.
(c) An
affidavit of guarantee of support and return fare to the applicant’s
port of origin be executed by the applicant’s parents;
(d) No change
of admission status from that which is authorized for the original
entry of the applicant to the Philippines shall be allowed.
(3) The Commission on Immigration and Deportation in
coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is hereby directed to
adopt a system of monitoring and recording of the names of foreign
students who are issued and/or admitted with student visas and their
respective dates of arrival and departure from the Philippines, and to
furnish the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education and Culture,
and the National Intelligence Service Agency a monthly report listing
any and all such alien students who overstay and violate the conditions
of their entry and stay in the Philippines.
(4) The Ministry of Justice shall oversee the
compliance by the Commission on Immigration and Deportation with all
rules, regulations, and other matters falling within the jurisdiction
of the Commission, particularly the entry of alien students to the
Philippines, their departure upon the expiration of their authorized
stay in the country, and the violation/s of the conditions of their
stay in the Philippines. All legal questions raised thereon shall be
submitted to the Ministry of Justice for resolution.
(5) The Ministry of Education and Culture shall
furnish the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and
the Commission on Immigration and Deportation with a list of alien
students who fail to comply with the rules and regulations issued by
the Ministry of Education and Culture governing the enrollment of alien
students in the Philippines.
(6) The Commission on Immigration and Deportation
shall take immediate steps to deport alien students who fail to comply
with the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Culture on the
enrollment of foreign students in the Philippines, those who overstay
beyond the authorized period of stay in the country, and those who
violate the conditions of their admission to the Philippines.
(7) All Cabinet Policies, Office Orders, Rules and
Regulations or part thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive
Order are hereby superseded and/or modified accordingly.
For strict compliance and enforcement.
Done this 13th day of July in
the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.
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