{"id":47283,"date":"2015-04-21T20:31:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T12:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47283"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T20:48:11","slug":"koreans-now-eligible-for-immigrant-visas-bureau-of-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/21\/koreans-now-eligible-for-immigrant-visas-bureau-of-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Koreans now eligible for immigrant visas &#8212; Bureau of Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16494\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/South-Korea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16494\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/South-Korea.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/South-Korea.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/South-Korea-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Korean nationals may apply for immigration visa in the Philippines starting May 1, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The foreigners are allowed to avail of the privileges under Section 13 and Section 13(a) of the Philippine Immigration Act.<\/p>\n<p>Under BI Memorandum Circular SBM-2015-005, the said nationality may apply for a quota visa under Section 13 if they have investments in the Philippines or posses special qualifications.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flagyl online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/flagyl.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/flagyl.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Quota visas under Section 13 admit fifty (50) immigrants of any nationality every calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Koreans who are married to Filipino citizens, with their unmarried children under 21 years old, may also apply for a visa under Section 13(a).<\/p>\n<p>BI Commissioner Siegfred Mison noted that qualified applicants may adjust their visa type within two years.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis super active online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/cialis-super-active.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/cialis-super-active.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolders of visas under Memorandum Order No.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/vilitra.html\">https:\/\/bewellct.com\/js\/js\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> MCL-08-003 may adjust their status to either Section 13, 13(a) or any other appropriate visa type within two years,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed that the Korean Government now grants permanent residence status to Filipino nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Filipinos are also allowed to acquire Korean citizenship through naturalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Korean nationals may apply for immigration visa in the Philippines starting May 1, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":16494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,6,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-immigration","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-g-patinio","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285896,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47283\/revisions\/285896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}