{"id":3796,"date":"2016-12-25T10:01:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T02:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=3796"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T02:59:11","slug":"expats-guide-to-philippine-government-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/12\/25\/expats-guide-to-philippine-government-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Expats’ Guide to Philippine Government Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

While living in the Philippines, it is important for expats to get familiarized with the government structure and agencies as there are times when they need to undergo process or get legal documents from a particular agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image grabbed from\u00a0gov.ph<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, with the advancement of technology, websites are now available to make it easier for everyone to access information from the government using the Internet. Here are the following Philippine Government Websites that you can visit to get updates and guidelines for any business you need to take care of:<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Official Gazette<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nonline version of the official journal of the Republic of the Philippines<\/span><\/td>\ngov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for traffic decongestion, waste management, climate change, and disaster prevention in Metro Manila<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0mmda.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for\u00a0weather forecasting, flood control, astronomical observations, and time service<\/span><\/td>\npagasa.dost.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for foreign affairs, including passport and visa issuance, \u00a0and authentication of documents<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0dfa.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bureau of Immigration<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for immigrant, non-immigrant, and special visa issuance, alien registration, citizenship application, special permits, certification, accreditation, etc.<\/span><\/td>\nimmigration.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for upholding the Labor Code of the Philippines and issuance of Alien Employment Permit.<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0dole.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for upholding the Securities Regulation Code and reservation of Company Name<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 sec.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for Business Name Registration, contractor accreditation, exports, imports, investments, etc.<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 dti.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for Revenue regulations and taxation, including Taxation of Non-Residents<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0bir.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Land Transportation Office (LTO)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nresponsible for\u00a0vehicle registration and driver’s license issuance<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 lto.gov.ph<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nresponsible for issuance of NBI Clearance including Foreign National Clearance<\/span><\/td>\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0nbi.gov.ph<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

nbi-clearance.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0gov.ph<\/a>, mmda.gov.ph<\/a>, pagasa.dost.gov.ph<\/a>, dfa.gov.ph<\/a>, immigration.gov.ph<\/a>, dole.gov.ph<\/a>, dti.gov.ph<\/a>, bir.gov.ph<\/a>, lto.gov.ph<\/a>, nbi.gov.ph<\/a>, nbi-clearance.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While living in the Philippines, it is important for expats to get familiarized with Philippine Government Websites that they can visit to get updates and guidelines for any business they need to take care of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1729],"tags":[310,314,309,311,313,308,315,306,316,305,307,312],"class_list":["post-3796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-life-hacks","tag-bureau-of-immigration","tag-bureau-of-internal-revenue-bir","tag-department-of-foreign-affairs-dfa","tag-department-of-labor-and-employment-dole","tag-department-of-trade-and-industry-dti","tag-geophysical-and-astronomical-services-administration-pagasa","tag-land-transportation-office-lto","tag-metropolitan-manila-development-authority-mmda","tag-national-bureau-of-investigation-nbi","tag-official-gazette","tag-philippine-atmospheric","tag-securities-and-exchange-commission-sec"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3796"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9384,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions\/9384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}