Anti-Money Laundering Council(AMLCS)

September 29, 2023 Dear Mr. Caguimbal, Thank you for your request dated Sep 14, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. The Provisional Certificate of Registration (PCOR) with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is required because accountants providing the covered services (i.e., managing of client money, securities or other other assets; management of bank, savings, securities or accounts; organization of contributions for the creation, operation or management of companies; and creation, operation or management of juridical persons or arrangements, and buying and selling business entities) are covered persons under Republic Act No. 9160, otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001, as amended (AMLA). The PCOR may be obtained by registering at the AMLC Portal at https://portal.amlc.gov.ph/amlc/ and uploading the required documents pursuant to Part 2 (Online Registration) of the 2021 AMLC Registration and Reporting Guidelines (ARRG) and Section 49 of the 2021 Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Guidelines for Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBP Guidelines). You may refer to the process to secure the PCOR detailed in Page 9 of the AMLC CItizens' Charter available at amlc.gov.ph/images/PDFs/PR2023/CART2023.pdf. After registration, you will be provided a PCOR, which you can use or present to government agencies or other covered persons, when required, relative to your business. However, it should be noted that the PCOR shall only be valid for a period of six (6) months, and a Certificate of Registration will be issued only upon the submission of the requirements under Section 50 of the DNFBP Guidelines. You may refer to the process to secure the COR detailed in Page 7 of the AMLC Citizens' Charter. The step-by-step registration procedure is laid down under Part 2 (Online Registration) of the 2021 ARRG. Should you require assistance at any stage of the registration process, or for any registration-related inquiry, you may contact the Registration Staff, Data Collection and Management Unit, Compliance and Supervision Group of the AMLC, through Telephone Nos. (632)87087067, and (632)53023848, or Mobile Nos. (63)9157780720 and (63)9687727045. We hope we have been of assistance. ----- May we request you to fill-out our feedback form to enable the us to continuously improve our FOI service: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=b5DZDHVFMEWm-8r6KIAvF_bmwAET7W9KpjGjBkMmOf5UMFRaQzFFNlFOQlY1RVhOQVRFWjlCTktFRi4u Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker