ONE-STOP ACTION CENTER FOR INVESTMENTS

(source: Board of Investments)

The Board of Investments’ One-Stop Action Center for Investment or OSAC expedites
the setting up of business in the Philippines by providing frontline services and assistance to
walk-in investors. Competent personnel from several government agencies are available to
answer investors’ inquiries and the process of investor’s business registration. OSAC
assists local and foreign investors thru the Investment Promotion and Network (IPN)
consisting of 24 government agencies. The IPN facilitates transactions and resolves issues
and concerns through a strong linkage and effective networking with the 24 agencies
concerned with investments.

These representatives come from the Bureau of Immigration (BI), Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas (BSP) or the Central Bank of the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Philippine Industrial Estate
Association (PHILEA).

OSAC offers the following service:

 Conducts business counseling

 Monitors the status of investors' registration applications
 Informs investors of the action taken on their application within the shortest
possible time

OSAC’s business counseling covers the following:

 Licenses to multinational companies operating regional headquarters in the

Philippines
 Alien Employment Permits
 Endorsement of conversion of tourist visas to special non-immigrant visas,
working visas and Special Investment Resident Visa (SIRV)
 Employment of foreign nationals in BOI-registered firms
 Travel tax exemptions for personnel of BOI-registered regional headquarters of
multinational companies
 Tax and duty-free importation of household goods, personal effects, training and
conference materials
 Seminars, consultations and counseling on investment-related subjects

The OSAC is located at the:

Board of Investments
Ground Floor, Industry and Investments Building
385 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
Telefax No. (632) 895-8322
E-mail: OSAC@boi.gov.ph
Websites: www.boi.gov.ph
www.iro.ph/investorsguide.asp