Going Abroad

Bureau of Immigration
- handles the administration and enforcement of immigration, citizenship, and alien admission and registration laws.

SOME RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL OF FILIPINOS:
- A Hold Departure Order (HDO) issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC).

Circular No. 39-97

Hold-Departure Orders shall be issued only in criminal cases within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Courts;

Violations of BP 22 are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Municipal Trial Courts or Metropolitan Trial Courts (MTC). This means that the Information or case can only be filed with the MTC, regardless of the amount involved.

Therefore, there is NO Hold Departure Orders for BP 22s.
Nor for debts which fall under civil cases.

Lalo na ang " DO NOT ENTER" ORDER for you.
that is plain S-2-PEED