With any country that you may want to live and work in, there is the obvious nightmare of paperwork. The drama and trauma of obtaining a working permit (AEP) and a 9(g) visa which is an experience most foreigners recount with mixed emotions – shock, anger, outrage, frustration, dismay, and at times, even hopelessness. There is no other way to put it, but it is a process, a tedious one and one that is, like any of its nature, time-consuming and difficult.
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) requires foreigners to secure an Emigration Clearance Certificate (ECC) before departing the Philippines. There are two types of clearances available to various visa holders, depending on the nature of the foreign national’s stay in the Philippines. Recent stringent enforcement is intended to increase foreigner accountability before the foreigners leave the country.