MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 197, October 14, 1969 ]
AUTHORIZING THE DOCUMENTATION AND ADMISSION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS EMPLOYED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5186, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES ACT, AS NONIMMIGRANTS UNDER SECTION 47 (a)(2) OF THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 47(a)(2) of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, as amended, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorize the documentation and admission as non-immigrants of foreign nationals, and their spouses and unmarried children under 21 years of age, employed under the provisions of, and under the limitations prescribed in, Sections 7(g) and 8(b) of Republic Act No. 5186, otherwise known as the Investment Incentives Act, subject to the following conditions:
1. That such aliens shall not remain in the Philippines beyond the period of employment authorized by the Board of Investments;
2. That while in the Philippines they shall not seek any change in their admission status to any other non-immigrant status without first departing from the country; and
3. That they shall be subject to the payment of the usual visa and immigration fees.1a⍵⍴h!1
To carry out the provisions of this Order, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Bureau of Immigration are hereby directed to issue implementing circulars.
This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA
Executive Secretary
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