Bureau of Immigration(BI)

March 29, 2023 Dear Akiko Kate Sibug, I refer to my letter of Mar 24, 2022 11:28:59 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of Foreign Arrivals using SSP. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. If you are referring to Special Study Permit (SSP), please note that the SSP is not a visa. In particular, it would be helpful to know if the information you need is those foreigners who arrived in the Philippines with SSP from January 2019 to December 2021 or those foreigners with SSP from January 2019 to 2021. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://zcwdv320190208-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHAsSB0NvbnRlbnQiD0JJLTk1MDMzMjM2MTk3Ngw, for request with ticket number #BI-950332361976, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Jun 21, 2023 06:35:27 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Immigration Regulation Division FOI Officer

May 28, 2023 Dear Akiko Kate, I refer to my letter of Mar 29, 2023 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of Foreign Arrivals using SSP. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Jun 21, 2023. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Immigration Regulation FOI Officer