QuestionsQuestions (MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 253)
To further amend Memorandum Order No. 179 by extending the deadline for the filing of applications for the conversion of special non-immigrant visa (indefinite) under Section 47(a)(2) of the Immigration Act of 1940, as amended, up to February 25, 1995.
It extends the deadline for filing the application for conversion of special non-immigrant visa (indefinite) until February 25, 1995.
Memorandum Order No. 179 dated November 6, 1993, as amended.
The conversion of a special non-immigrant visa (indefinite) under Section 47(a)(2) of the Immigration Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 47(a)(2) of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, as amended.
Because of the representative that the number of foreigners who expressed their desire to avail of the conversion of special non-immigrant visa under Memorandum Order No. 179 was sufficiently large, prompting an extension.
It is the committee created under Memorandum Order No. 179; its chairman recommends the extension of the filing deadline.
The Chairman of the Special Committee recommended the extension, and the memorandum order was adopted by President Fidel V. Ramos.
Memorandum Order No. 253 further amends Memorandum Order No. 179, specifically by extending the filing deadline.
The deadline for filing applications for the conversion of special non-immigrant visa (indefinite) under Section 47(a)(2).
Only those parts of Memorandum Order No. 179 (as amended) that do not conflict with Memorandum Order No. 253 continue to apply; conflicting provisions are superseded.
It preserves them unless they are contrary to or inconsistent with Memorandum Order No. 253.
It takes effect immediately.
Based on the text, the authorized filing period was extended only up to February 25, 1995; filings after that date would generally be beyond the deadline unless another amendment/exception existed.
They must file an application for conversion of their special non-immigrant visa (indefinite) within the extended deadline.
It indicates that the extension was not unilateral; it followed the internal recommendation process within the framework established by Memorandum Order No. 179.