(NAR) VOL. 14 NOS. 3-4 / JULY-DECEMBER 2003
It is thus requested that the Bureau extend favorable measures to overstaying Koreans whom, through the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, voluntarily report themselves.
In requesting for this, Minister CHO has also taken the opportunity to inform the Bureau and that it be taken into consideration the fact that the Korean Government has recently passed the Work Permit Law, which will benefit around 13,000 illegally-staying Filipinos.
In view of the foregoing, it is hereby declared as a policy that applications for updating and/or extension of stay as a temporary visitor of Korean nationals, which are coursed through the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, shall be approved and facilitated through the Office of the Commissioner, subject to the following conditions:
Nothing in this Memorandum Order restricts, modifies or diminishes the authority of the Bureau to disapprove the application for extension of stay on valid, reasonable or justifiable grounds.
SO ORDERED.
Adopted: 25 Sept. 2003
(SGD.) ANDREA D. DOMINGO
Commissioner