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AN ACT REQUIRING ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO INTEND TO WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES TO PRESENT AN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF NON-IMMIGRANT VISA OR TEMPORARY ADMISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 613, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940
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AMENDING THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED
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August 5, 2019
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Entitled: AN ACT REQUIRING ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO INTEND TO WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES TO PRESENT AN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF NON-IMMIGRANT VISA OR TEMPORARY ADMISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 613, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940 [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2019 ] 8/5/2019 Introduced by Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 8/19/2019 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; and JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)