Sison Go, Maria Teresita Geraldine C.

Maria Teresita Geraldine C. Sison-Go is a partner who heads the Immigration practice. Her practice focuses on immigration.

Maritess handles applications with the Bureau of Immigration for the continued stay of foreign nationals and their dependents in the Philippines. She also assists clients in procuring all kinds of work permits, such as Alien Employment Permits from the Department of Labor and Employment for foreigners assigned in the Philippines for more than six months, provisional work permits for foreign nationals with pending Prearranged Employment Visa applications, and Special Work Permits from the Bureau of Immigration for those who need to work for a special project for a duration of less than six months. She also represents foreigners who desire to be naturalized Filipino citizens, as well as those who have pending deportation cases before the Bureau of Immigration.

Maritess also undertakes services related to immigration transactions, alien admission, and alien registration. She handles visa applications such as probationary and permanent visas on behalf of foreign nationals who are married to Filipinos and whose countries have reciprocity agreements with the Philippines.

Maritess is a former President of the Philippine Bar Association from 2010-2011 and is currently the National Treasurer of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. She is also a former President of the Women Lawyer’s Circle of the University of the Philippines from 2002-2004. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Integrated Bar of the Philippines Chapter President Award. She was also awarded as one of the Outstanding Scholastica Alumnae Awardees in 2006.

Maritess graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of the Philippines in 1975 and her bachelor of laws degree from the same university in 1980. She was admitted to the Philippine bar in 1982 and joined the firm in 1983.