FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENTS ON NEW SRC AND RP CARDS
Previously, CID issued Special Return Certificate (SRC) and Re-entry
Permit (RP), each of which was valid for only one trip. This procedure
required the alien to submit his fingerprints for each trip and caused
inconvenience.
We have previously instructed that if the alien’s fingerprints are
already on file, he shall no longer be required to submit his
fingerprints for subsequent applications.
However, recently, CID issued a new card for SRC and RP, each of
which is valid for multiple trips. CID requires that the cards should
bear the photograph of the alien. But the photograph can be easily
changed.
Hence, to avoid illegal use of the new cards, even though the alien’s
fingerprints are already on file, he shall be required to affix his
fingerprints to the new SRC and RP cards.
In sum, the alien shall be required to submit his fingerprints, only on the following occasions:
1. When he files an application for ACR for the first time; and
2. When he files an application for the new SRC and RP cards.
Outside of these two occasions, the fingerprint requirements shall be
waived, but only by the OIC, Ms. Pureza de Leon, and by no other
person. Further, no fees shall be charged by any person for the waiver.
These Instructions shall be copied in a poster and displayed prominently in the Fingerprint Section.
Further, notify the Presidents of: PTAA; PIATA; and CIDTRA.
Adopted: 11 April 1988
(SGD.) MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO
Commissioner