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The Philippine Immigration Act prescribes fourteen different visas grouped into two broad categories: Section 9 visas (non-immigrant visas), for temporary visits such as those for tourism, business, transit, study or employment; Section 13 visas (immigrant visas), for foreign nationals who wish to become permanent residents in the Philippines
[7] The second wave was when the Philippines was a territory of the United States; as U.S. nationals, Filipinos were unrestricted from immigrating to the U.S. by the Immigration Act of 1917 which restricted other Asians. [1] [8] This wave of immigration has been referred to as the manong generation. [9]
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
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During American colonial rule in the Philippines, there was an increase in American immigration to the Philippines.Retiring soldiers and other military men were among the first Americans to become long-term Philippine residents and settlers; these included Buffalo Soldiers and former Volunteers, primarily from the Western states.
These were followed by Austroasiatics, Papuans, and South Asians. [7] By around 3000 BCE, seafaring Austronesians, who form the majority of the current population, migrated southward from Taiwan. [8] By 2000 BCE the archipelago was the crux of a trans-oceanic Philippine jade culture. [9]
The critical role played by the Filipinos in shaping the Philippine national history in this period is well highlighted and analyzed based on the accounts on the revolution and the Philippine–American War as it describes the social, economic, political, and cultural conditions of the Philippines. [23]
The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Act December 14 An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena City. 1902 January The first labor union of The Country, Union de Litografose Impresores de Filipinas, is organized. January 21 The Philippine Commission calls for the organization of Public Schools in the Philippines. March 30