Special Permits / Clearance / Registration

Special permits / clearances / registration are required for the following projects / activities:

• Various types of visas - Special Investor's Resident Visa (SIRV), Special Retiree's Resident Visa(SRRV), 47(a)2, Treaty Trader's Visa, Pre-Arranged Employment Visa and its derivatives- Alien Certification of Registration (ACR), Immigration Certificate of Residence (ICR), Emigration Clearance Certificate (ECC) and Special Return Certificate (SRC)
  Bureau of Immigration (BI)
  
  
• Alien Employment Permit (AEP)
  Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
  
  
• Clearance for garment & textile exporters
  Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB)
  
  
• Registration for operation of Customs Bonded Manufacturing Warehouse
  Bureau of Customs (BOC)
  
  
• Environmental Compliance Certification
  Environmental Management Bureau, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR)
  
  
• Projects involving land use/conversion
  Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)
  National Housing Authority (NHA)
  Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
  
  
• Permit to construct/operate pollution-control devices
  Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR)
  
  
• Trademarks/ Patents registration
  Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
  
  
• Registration of power-generation projects
  Department of Energy (DOE) / National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR)
  
  
• Philippine Standard (PS) Quality Mark to ensure that locally-manufactured consumer products conform to Philippine national standards
  Bureau of Product Standards (BPS)
• Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) Quality Mark to ensure that imported consumer products conform with Philippine national standards
  Bureau of Product Standard (BPS)
  
  
• License-to-Operate for projects which involve food, chemicals, and others
  Bureau of Food and Drug (BFAD)
  
  
• Registration of tourism projects
  Department of Tourism (DOT)
  
  
• Franchise for mass transit operation
  Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTRFB)
  
  
• Telecommunication projects
  National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
  
  
• License/clearance for defense-related projects
  Department of National Defense (DND) / Philippine National Police (PNP)
  
  
• Registration of advanced technology
  Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
• Clearance for health-related projects
  Department of Health (DOH)
  
  
• Clearance for oil exploration activities
  Department of Energy (DOE)
  
  
• Acquiring mining rights
  Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB)