Pursuant to Rule 9, Sec. 1 of the Bureau of Immigration Omnibus Rules of Procedure of 2015 (MC 2015-010), summary deportation proceedings shall apply in the following cases:

1. When the foreigner is overstaying found by virtue of a complaint or mission order. An overstaying foreigner is one with an expired visa.
2. When the foreigner is undocumented. An undocumented foreigner is one who does not have a validly issued passport/travel document or with a cancelled or expired passport.
3. When the foreigner is a fugitive from justice. This refers to a foreigner who has been tagged as such by the authorized personnel of a foreign embassy OR by the International Police OR whose passport was cancelled by his embassy/consulate [As amended by Immigration Memorandum Circular No. JHM-2018-002 dated 26 March 2018].
4. When the foreigner has fully served the sentence in a crime which carries with it the penalty of deportation after service of sentence
5. When the foreigner has fully served the sentence of a crime mentioned in Section 37 (a) (3) or Section 37(a)(10) of the Philippine Immigration Act. Section 37 (a) (3) refers to a crime involving moral turpitude with imprisonment of more than 1 year while Section 37(a)(10) pertains to failure to register with the Bureau of Immigration.