Registration for the new card would be until Nov. 15. Failure to comply would mean fines or deportation.
Roy Almoro, associate commissioner in charge of the I-Card Project, said an applicant who is due to leave the country can secure an I-Card within the same day, provided that a photocopy of the plane ticket is attached to the I-Card application.
Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. said the bureau has introduced innovations to the ACR I-Card, which helped drastically reduce the processing time for the issuance of I-Cards.
The bureau is actively addressing the issue of backlogs in the processing of I-Card applications.