Section 40Executive Order No. 5427, of August 20, 1930 of the President of the United States, entitled "Waiver or Reduction of Application and Visa Fees for Nonimmigrants.", Sec./Art. 40

(a) The Commissioner of Immigration shall have the power to exact bonds in such amounts and containing such conditions as he may prescribe;

1. To control and regulate the admission into, and departure from, the Philippines of aliens applying for temporary admission;

2. To insure against alien passengers liable to be excluded as likely to become public charges, from becoming public charges;

3. To insure the appearance of aliens released from, custody during the course of deportation proceedings in stituted against them.

(b) In lieu of such bond, a deposit in cash may be made with the Collector of Customs in such amounts as the Commissioner of Immigration may require.

(c) When the conditions of the bond or cash deposit are fulfilled, or, in the case of bond or deposit given to insure against an alien becoming a public charge, when the Commissioner of Immigration shall decide that the likelihood no longer exists, or in the event of the naturalization as a Philippine citizen or the death of the alien in whose behalf the bond or deposit is given, the bond shall be cancelled or the sum deposited shall be returned to the depositor or his legal representative. In case of forfeiture, the proceeds of the bond or the cash deposit, as i'he case may be, shall be deposited in the Philippine Treasury by the Collector of Customs.

LEGALIZATION OF RESIDENCE OF ALIENS