FMH

Paralegal Services

FMH, through its highly competent and efficient staff, provides a wide range of paralegal services. The paralegals of FMH have gained proficiency in their respective fields through their extensive experience in processing corporate, tax, intellectual property, and immigration matters.

FMH’s paralegals undergo continuous in-house training, enabling them to be responsive to the needs of clients.  Senior paralegals undergo training conducted by the University of the Philippines Law Center.

Corporate Paralegal Services

• Corporate registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Registration of Representative Office or Branch Office with the SEC
• Drafting and amendment of Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
• Renewal of Business Permit
• Compliance monitoring with the SEC
• Post-registration services (complete post-registration services, compliance with BIR requirements, local government requirements, SSS/PhilHealth/HDMF requirements, printing of Official Receipts)
• Printing/issuance of stock certificates
• Filing of Financial Statements
• Preparation and filing of General Information Sheets and other SEC reportorial requirements
• Preparation and filing of Notice of Temporary Cessation of Business
• Preparation and issuance of minutes of special/regular meetings of the board of directors, minutes of special/annual meetings of shareholders, Secretary’s Certificates, Deeds of Assignment of Shares, Declarations of Trust, Assistance for submissions with the DOLE, Annotation and transfer of titles, Import permit application, resignation letters of corporate officers/directors

Tax Paralegal Services

• Processing of Certificate Authorizing Registration of shares of stock/real property
• Estate tax processing
• Processing and securing of Community Tax Certificate,
• Processing and securing of Community Tax Identification Number
• Preparation and filing of BIR Tax Return (no tax due, with tax computation)
• Processing of transfer of registration
• Tax clearance processing for bidding, import permit applications and business closures.
• Assistance and filing of request for replacement of stock certificates.
• Computerized Accounting Systems application
• Assistance in various BIR applications such Authority to Print, CAS applications.

Immigration Paralegal Services

Processing of various types of visas and permits for aliens with the following offices:

• Bureau of Immigration
  • 9g (Pre-Arranged Employee - Commercial)
  • Special Working Permit
  • Alien Certificate of Registration - Identification Card (“ARC I-CARD”)
  • Exit Clearance Certificate - Return Certificate (“ECC-SRC”)
  • BI Clearance
  • Visa Extensions
  • Special Non-Immigrant (EO226 Visa)

• Philippine Economic Zone Authority
  • 47a2 (Special Non-Immigrant Visa)

• Department of Labor and Employment
  • Alien Employment Permit