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IMMIGRATION VISAS FOR QUOTA IMMIGRANTS |
Sec 18. An immigration visa shall not be issued by a consular officer to an immigrant whose admission into the Philippines is subject to the numerical limitations imposed by section thirteen of this Act until the consular officer shall have received from the Commissioner of Immigration the allotment of a quota number to be placed upon the visa for the immigrant.
Sec 19. In allotting quota numbers, the Commissioner of Immigration shall accord preference to immigrants who are the fathers and mothers of the Philippine citizens who are twenty-one years of age or over, and the wives, husbands, and unmarried children under twenty-one years of age, of aliens lawfully admitted into the Philippines for permanent residence and residing therein. Such preference shall be accorded on upon petition made therefore, under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner.
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Immigration Law 
