General program requirements

To qualify, the applicant must make a $75,000 investment in a pre-approved industry. Approved sectors include:

Business and financial
Communication
Construction and engineering
Distribution
Education
Environmental
Health and social
Tourism and travel
Recreational, cultural, and sports
Transport

A spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of age may be included in the application.

A $300 processing fee for each applicant applies.

Program benefits

• Low investment requirement;
• Path to citizenship;
• Safety and security;
• Short processing time;
• Warm climate;
• Low taxes;
• Low cost of living;
• English as official language

Requirements to qualify for citizenship

To become eligible for citizenship, the applicant must have held continuous residency in the Philippines for no fewer than 10 years. The applicant must show he has integrated into Philippine society and has good knowledge of the country’s history and any of the country’s official language, one of which is English.

The applicant must submit a Notice of Intent to naturalize one year prior to the filing of the petition before the court. This notice must be sent to the Office of the Solicitor General.

As an investor it might be possible to have the time requirement may be reduced to 5 years if the applicant has established a new industry or introduced a useful invention in the Philippines.

An additional requirement is to own physical property in the Philippines with a value no less than 5,000 Philippine Pesos.

Applications for this program may be directed to:

Board of Investments 

Legislation upon which this program is based:

Philippine Immigration Act of 1940 Section 47(A)(2) SIRV

No statistics available yet for this program.