If you or your firm is interested in joining us and becoming an affiliated member of the Immigration Lawyers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (ILAP), please get in touch with us via our Contact Form.
Qualifications for Membership
An applicant for membership in the Association may either be:
- An individual lawyer, or
- A bona fide law firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a general professional partnership, whose partners and associates are all members of the Philippine Bar, through its representative lawyers.
All such lawyers and representative lawyers must:
- Be a member of the Philippine Bar in good standing;
- Be of good moral character;
- Be admitted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Association.
Rights of Members
A member shall have the following rights:
- To exercise the right to vote on all matters relating to the affairs of the association.
- To be eligible to any elective or appointive office of the association.
- To participate in all deliberations/meetings of the association.