Immigration
ACR I-Card, Annual Report and ECC: staying registered and leaving cleanly
File the Annual Report on time or settle a late one, get, replace or update your ACR I-Card, and obtain the right exit clearance (ECC-A, ECC-B with Re-entry Permit) before you fly out.
Last verified: 2026-10
Situations covered (14)
- Tourist: ACR I-Card beyond 59 days, ECC from 6 months, no Annual Report
- Annual Report within the first 60 days of the year
- Late Annual Report: fine plus Motion for Reconsideration
- Abroad during the reporting period: report soon after you return
- Children, seniors and vulnerable family members
- First ACR I-Card
- Lost or stolen ACR I-Card: re-issuance
- Damaged card or changed details: re-issuance with amendment
- Expired ACR I-Card while in the Philippines: renewal
- Expired card while abroad: what decides your return
- Temporary trip: ECC-B with Re-entry Permit or Special Return Certificate
- Leaving for good: downgrading, then ECC-A at a BI office
- Tourist with 6 months or more of stay: ECC before leaving
- ECC refused or departure stopped: find and clear the cause
Sources
- BI — Annual Report (A.R.) service page: ₱300 + ₱10, late fine, MR ₱1,510 under Operations Order No. 2025-007
- BI news (26 February 2026) — 2026 Annual Report deadline set on March 1, Robinsons Place Manila, e-services
- BI Citizen's Charter 2025 (Glan Field Office) — Annual Report, RA 562 Sec. 10, ECC Series A fee table
- BI Citizen's Charter 2025 (Zamboanga Field Office) — ACR I-Card renewal, lost card and amendment requirements, extension of RP/SRC
- BI — ACR I-Card Issuance (US$50 + ₱500)
- BI — Re-issuance of ACR I-Card (lost, damaged, amendments: US$20 + ₱500 or ₱1,000)
- BI — Downgrading of Visa (official fee schedule)
- Vialto Partners (December 2025) — summary of BI Operations Order No. 2025-007 on the 2026 Annual Report (secondary source)
- U.S. Embassy in the Philippines — Annual Report season message (January 2025)
- Philippine Information Agency (August 2021) — BI: immigrants with expired ACR I-Cards can still enter with a valid Re-entry Permit
- WikiProcedure — duplicate ACR I-Card, Manila (secondary source, undated, information around 2019)
- BI Operations Order SBM-2015-009 — ECC issued at the airport
- Respicio & Co. — ECC-B and Re-entry Permit fees (secondary source citing the BI Citizen's Charter 2026)
- BI e-Services (Annual Report, ECC-B)