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Full Implementation of the ACR I-Card Project
Full Implementation of the ACR I-Card Project: WHEREAS, the BI is implementing the Alien Certificate of Registration and Identity Card Project (ACR I-Card Project) in order to achieve an automated, accurate, fraud proof and tamper-proof registration, identification and monitoring of resident aliens in the country;

Memorandum Order No. AFF-05-006


Full Implementation of the ACR I-Card Project

        WHEREAS, the BI is implementing the Alien Certificate of Registration and Identity Card Project (ACR I-Card Project) in order to achieve an automated, accurate, fraud proof and tamper-proof registration, identification and monitoring of resident aliens in the country;

        WHEREAS, the Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) in the Philippines composed of the American Chamber of Commerce, Australia and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce, British Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Chamber, European Chamber of Commerce, French Chamber of Commerce, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Korean Chamber of Commerce, made specific requests to the Office of the President, on 02 February 2005, relating to the “Effective and Smooth Implementation” of the Alien Registration Identity Card Project.

        In response to the concerns of the Joint Foreign Chambers, the following measures are hereby ordered for immediate implementation:

  1. The Special Return Certificate and Re-entry Permit shall be incorporated into the ACR I-Card. All necessary steps shall be taken by the Alien Registration Division and the Cash Section to immediately migrate the issuance and payment of the paper based Special Return Certificate and Re-entry Permit into the ACR I-Card.

  2. The Annual Report of the ACR holders shall be integrated into the ACR I-Card. The Alien Registration Division, Cash Section and Computer Section shall take immediate steps in order to revise the present process for Annual Report, to reflect the new policy that Annual report and issuance of the ACR I-Card are integrated into a single procedural flow, in order to effect convenience and upgrade the level of services to ACR holders.

  3. Special Processing Lanes for ACR I-Card Holders, to be located at the Courtesy Lanes, shall be installed at the Departure and Arrival counters at NAIA I and II. This will guarantee that ACR I-Card holders are granted expedited service through dedicated processing booths during their departure and arrival at the said airports. The Head Supervisor if the BI for NAIA I and II shall ensure that there are fully-functioning and fully-manned ACR I-Card Processing Booths during hours of operation at the Departure and Arrival Counters at NAIA I and II. Immigration Officers doing duty hours shall man the ACR I-Card Processing Stations that will be transferred from their present location to respective Courtesy Lanes at the Departure and Arrival Areas. Immigration Officers doing duty hours shall undergo the necessary training to be conducted by the BI Computer Section. The Computer Section shall communicate to the personnel concerned, through the Head Supervisor of the BI for NAIA I and NAIA II, the schedule of trainings. The Alien Registration Division, the Cash Section and the Computer Section shall ensure that all concerns regarding departure and arrivals of ACR I-Card holders can be transacted at the airports/seaports throughout the Philippines.


        Furnish copy of this Memorandum to the Alien Registration Division, Computer Section, Cash Section, Head Supervisor, NAIA I and II and all other concerned.

        For strict compliance

3 February 2005

Alipio F. Fernandez, Jr.
Commissioner