QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 758)
It prescribes guidelines for issuing a Special Visa for Employment Generation to qualified foreign non-immigrants who will actually engage in a viable and sustainable enterprise that provides local employment, aligning with government advocacy on job creation for Filipinos.
The SVEG is a special visa issued to a qualified non-immigrant foreigner who shall actually employ at least ten (10) Filipinos in a lawful and sustainable enterprise, trade, or industry.
They are considered special non-immigrants with multiply entry privileges and conditional extended stay, without need of prior departure from the Philippines.
The spouse and dependent unmarried child/children below eighteen (18) years of age of the SVEG holder, whether legitimate, illegitimate, or adopted.
(1) Actually, directly or exclusively engage in a viable and sustainable commercial investment/enterprise; exercises/perform management acts or has authority to hire, promote, and dismiss employees; (2) evinces genuine intention to indefinitely remain in the Philippines; (3) is not a risk to national security; and (4) the enterprise provides actual employment to at least ten (10) Filipinos in accordance with Philippine labor laws and other applicable special laws.
No. The requirements must be continually satisfied for the foreigner to continue as an SVEG holder.
It must resolve within fifteen (15) days from filing. If favorable, the Commissioner issues a Notice of Approval directing the applicant to report for registration and documentation at the Bureau of Immigration.
The Commissioner shall monitor the continued compliance by SVEG holders with the requirements of EO No. 758.
Revocation is warranted if the holder fails to maintain compliance with Section 2; if obtained through fraud or willful misrepresentation of material facts; if convicted by final judgment for a crime or offense in the Philippines; or if there is a final determination by competent authority that the holder poses a risk to national security.
If revoked under Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(ii), or 4(a)(iv), deportation is via summary proceedings. If revoked under Section 4(a)(iii), deportation occurs after the service of sentence.
The foreigner shall be transported to the country whence he came, or to the foreign port where he embarked for the Philippines, or to the country of nationality/citizenship, or to the country where he resided prior to coming to the Philippines.
Within thirty (30) days from signing, the Commissioner of Immigration, with DOJ, DOF, DTI, DFA, DOLE, NICA, and other concerned agencies and stakeholders as determined by the Commissioner, shall promulgate the IRR.
The IRR take effect fifteen (15) days after completion of publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
It is established within the Bureau of Immigration to assist interested foreigners in processing documentary requirements to support SVEG applications (e.g., including Alien Employment Permit from DOLE).