By Jun Ramirez The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is allowing holders of temporary visitors visa who have stayed in the country for less than one year to get their Emmigration Clearance Certificates (ECCs) at any international airports. (MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the BI has suspended biometrics capturing and fingerprinting, and the issuance of Special Security Registration Numbers (SSRNs) as requirements for processing of ECCs to ensure compliance with the government's physical distancing directive under the prevailing enhanced community quarantine in the whole of Luzon. An ECC is issued to temporary visitors who have stayed in the country for more than six months and to holders of residence, work, or students visas who wish to leave the country. “We are complying with all the directives from Malacanang by continuing to operate with a skeletal workforce,” Morente said. “We have put in this temporary measure to prevent the influx of foreign nationals applying for ECCs, thus minimizing physical contact,” Morente added. Morente said they will still match the applications with their derogatory database to ensure that no foreigner will leave the country with a pending case. “We will still conduct derogatory records checking before giving clearance to ensure that any foreign national who wishes to leave the country has no pending obligation with the government,” he said. The same directive also allows aliens to file for an extension of their stay after the quarantine is lifted without penalty.