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Special Work Permit — artists and athletes

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Which athletes, coaches, technicians, officials or other sports professionals does the pathway cover?

The SWP covers athletes participating in sports competitions, meets or tournaments, including coaches, trainers and assistants; it also covers artists performing in concerts, musicals or public performances (including production staff and crew) and visiting religious personalities conducting preaching activities.

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  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/78488
    1. Artists performing in concerts, musicals or public performances, including members of the production staff and crew; 2. Athletes participating in sports competitions, meets or tournaments, including coaches, trainers and assistants; and 3. Visiting religious personalities conducting preaching activities.

What club, federation, governing body or recognised organisation relationship is required?

The promoter or organizer of the event in the Philippines must file as petitioner for the Special Work Permit on behalf of the foreign athlete or other covered participant.

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  • Section 2. Who shall file
    The promoter/organizer of the event in the Philippines shall file, as petitioner, the application for the issuance of SWP in behalf of the foreign artist, athlete or religious preacher.

What sporting level, achievement, professional status, recognition or other sports-specific condition distinguishes the pathway?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the sporting level or professional status that distinguishes the route.

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  • Neither the BI page nor Operations Order SBM-2014-041 states any sporting level, achievement or recognition condition.

What sporting/work activity is permitted, what club or activity restrictions exist, and what is the family position?

Performing, participating or preaching requires the SWP: any artist, athlete, religious personality, production staff, coach, trainer or assistant who does so without the necessary SWP is ordered to leave and placed in the Bureau's Blacklist, and a promoter/organizer who holds an event without the SWP is banned from further transacting with the Bureau of Immigration. The official source does not state the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • The family position is not stated.

How long does the status last, how does renewal or change of club work where stated, and what longer-term residence possibilities exist?

The official source states that the engagement is less than six months; it does not state a separate fixed permit validity, renewal rule or longer-term residence route.

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Limits of the record
  • No separate permit duration, renewal rule or longer-term residence direction is stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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