Terms and Conditions
myPassportVIP Rules, Regulations and Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards
These Rules and Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards shall be the basis for settling disputes among members and between members and the company. For every one’s protection, and for the proper order and preservation of the integrity of the business, all distributors shall observe the company’s rules, regulations and the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards.
Violation of these rules carries a penalty of: automatic suspension, deactivation or termination of account, depending on the offense. After the deactivation/suspension/termination of an account, the Distributor will be given 30 days within which to clarify the issues pertaining to the penalty applied by reporting to the management in person. Non-compliance thereof will result in the permanent deactivation/termination of his account.
1. No cross lining: No member is allowed to register an account under a group/upline separate and distinct from where his existing account/network structure is originally registered.
2. Unfair Solicitation: No member shall solicit any member to transfer to his group by offering financial support, marketing support, spill over, accommodation slots, and the like.
3. First sharer’s right: A member-sponsor who has first introduced the business to a particular prospect and has made such prospect sign the membership application form enjoys an exclusive and preferential right to register such prospect under his account for a period of six (6) months counted from the date the prospect signed the membership application form. If by any reason the sponsor fails to have the prospect registered within such period, the sponsor loses his preferential right and the prospect is then free to join or register under any group or account.
4. Husband and wife distributorship: The husband and wife shall only have one account name. However, each one is entitled to a maximum of seven (7) accounts. Thus, they must register their accounts under the same group. Either of the two must be the upline or downline of the other. Those found guilty of circumventing this policy shall suffer the penalty of termination of any and all existing accounts under his/her name.
5. Multiple accounts: Each member is allowed to own a maximum of seven (7) accounts only. Any account registered in excess of the allowable maximum number of accounts set under these rules will automatically be deactivated and the registration fee/payment thereof forfeited in favor of the company. The excess account shall refer to the eighth (8) account onwards in accordance with the priority dates of registration.
6. Selling / transferring of account: The sale, transfer or registration of an account under the name of another person, or any other act of disposition involving such account is strictly prohibited. However, in case of death of the account owner, the Management, through its authorized representatives shall, upon submission of death certificate and other relevant documents including the letter of request, cause such account to be transferred to the name of the heir so requesting in accordance with the provisions of the New Civil Code; provided, the letter of request shall be signed by all of the compulsory heirs pursuant to the rules on succession
7. Managing the Distributorship Accounts: every distributor is responsible for entering accurate information on his/her account. The company reserves the right to take disciplinary actions, which may include the termination of the account, in the event the company discovers that false or inaccurate information was knowingly and deliberately entered. Moreover, every account in the company must be kept active. An account is considered inactive if there has been no personal product purchase /or no personal sponsoring / or no income encashment done within a period of six (6) months. Inactive accounts can be reactivated if the member will have an accumulated repurchase of Php2,000.00 within 1 month. Moreover, Unilevel Commission will be computed if the account is well maintained provided the distributor has an accumulated repurchase within a month amounting to Php2,000.00.
8. False accounts: No member shall be allowed to register a person without the latter’s consent. Neither shall any member be allowed to register a fictitious or non-existing person. The Management shall cause the termination of any and all accounts of such member found to be guilty of violating this policy.
9. Loyalty:
A. Any member who is caught recruiting fellow members of this company to join other companies will be automatically terminated.
B. No member shall make any oral or written remarks, comments or statements that may discredit, incriminate, defame or degrade the company or the duly authorized representatives thereof. Any member found to be violating this policy shall be a cause for the termination of his or her account.
C. Once registered, a member shall endeavor to market, promote and sell the products of myPassportVIP Corporation to the exclusion of any other networking company.
10. Honesty:
A. No member shall misrepresent the company, its Compensation Plan, its products and services at all times.
B. No one is allowed to claim the commission of another member without his/her authorization. Neither shall he be allowed to request for online encashment on behalf of another person without his/her knowledge and authorization.
C. No member shall imitate or counterfeit any handwriting or signature of another person, or present a document containing false statement or bearing the appearance of a genuine document.
11. Fairness and Sincerity:
Every member is expected to act with fairness and sincerity towards his fellow members. No member shall assume, take over, or arrogate the sponsorship of a particular account nor induce or influence a prospect to register any member other than the one who actually introduced the business to him.
12. Good morals:
Decency and good behavior must always be observed within the company premises, its service centers and branches. Arrogance or disrespect to any person within the company premises is penalized, as follows:
A. First Offense - One (1) month deactivation of all the accounts with the forfeiture in favor to the company of all benefits, privileges, commissions and other remunerations either monetary or any kind, which accrued at the time of the commission of the violation.
B. Second Offense - Six (6) months deactivation of all the accounts with the forfeiture in favor of the company of all benefits, privileges, commissions and other remunerations either monetary or any kind, which accrued at the time of the commission of the violation.
C. Third Offense - Perpetual deactivation of all the accounts, which carries with it the forfeiture of all benefits, privileges, commissions and other remunerations either monetary or any kind in favor of the company, which accrued at the time of the commission of the violation.
Good morals include not soliciting other members to transfer from one group to another; not to unjustly take the sponsorship of a particular account referred by another person. Moreover, all members are also sternly warned against soliciting sexual favor in exchange for a promise of support (such as, but not limited to financial support, spill-over, etc.); taking/stealing the commissions of other member, and not submitting to the office the pay-in you got from a prospect.
A. First Offense - perpetual deactivation of all the accounts, which carries with it the forfeiture of all benefits, privileges, commissions and other remunerations either monetary or any kind in favor of the company, which accrued at the time of the commission of the violation.
13. Non-Tolerance of Fraudulent Activities:
All members are strictly instructed not to commit fraudulent acts, directly or indirectly, to the prejudice of the company or fellow members, which include but not limited to:
A. For internal control of the company:
i. Using fictitious name, or dummy, purportedly to obtain personal benefit;
ii. Issuing a check to a fellow member or to the company when actually he/she/ has no funds or has insufficient funds to cover the amount of the check;
iii. Incurring obligation to a fellow member or to the company and evading the performance thereof;
iv. Non-issuance of the complete set of the Business Pack and/or not encoding the New Distributor; or non-submission or over delayed submission (ie. beyond 48 hours) of the “pay-in” (payment for purchase of the Business Pack) to the company.
v. Soliciting huge sums of money from persons they called investors;
vi. Cross-Lining or Transferring to other groups, except if authorized by the Company within the parameters covered by the other provisions of the company rules and guidelines;
vii. Bribing the management and staff by giving gifts, etc. to gain personal favors.
B. For Selling of Products:
i. By altering the quality, quantity or weight of any products of the company
ii. One Price Policy: Selling of products below the standard retail price set by the company is strictly prohibited.
First Offense - Perpetual deactivation of all the accounts, which carries with it the forfeiture of all benefits, privileges, commissions and other remunerations either monetary or any kind in favor of the company, which accrued at the time of the commission of the violation.
14. Other matters:
A. PROMOS
All promo awards are non-convertible to cash and are non-transferable.
B. ON RE-INVENTING THE MARKETING SCHEME
The business of myPassportVIP Corporation. is NOT an INVESTMENT SCHEME, thus nobody should present the business to people they called as INVESTORS, promising them to get a huge percentage of return as interest while doing nothing upon placing a huge sum of money as their investment. Any distributor marketing the business as an investment scheme, directly or indirectly, will be dealt with seriously and be penalized, which may include termination and/or legal action for damages. The company will NOT be held liable if a distributor joins the said prohibited investment scheme, regardless if he/she is not aware of this policy.
C. ACTIVE & INACTIVE ACCOUNTS
For an account to remain active, account owners should be able to comply with any of the following within a period of six (6) months: (1) make any personal product purchase; (2) directly sponsor another member, or (3) be able to make encashments on their personal accounts. Failure to comply with any one of the following within six (6) months, shall make the account INACTIVE.
Members who wish to make active their accounts should process the reactivation of their accounts with the myPassportVIP head office, and comply with all requirements related to the reactivation of accounts. (Refer to Rule number 7)
Inactive Members may opt not to make active their old accounts, and instead, re-register a new account/s under a different upline. This shall not be considered CROSS-LINING
D. MONTHLY PRODUCT MAINTENANCE
It is the monthly personal purchase volume required by the company every member, in order for the members to avail of the other residual incomes. The company reserves the right to change the monthly product maintenance from time to time as she deems necessary.
E. ONE PRICE POLICY
Members must not sell the products below the distributors’ price.
F. PRODUCT RETURN and REFUND POLICY
The following conditions must be complied with before any product refund request may be acted upon:
1. The products are still in good condition and no traces of leak, pinholes, discoloration or fading of the packaging materials;
2. The product codes are not yet used;
3. Supported by proof of purchase from the company;
4. Refund is subject to re-computation to determine the loss in cost of money (shipment, logistics) and taxes paid; thus expect a deduction of the actual amount paid to cover the loss and taxes incurred by the company.
5. Request for product return and refund should be in writing, and such must be done within seven (7) days from the date of purchase.
6. Other packages are not included in this policy.
G. PRODUCT EXCHANGE
The company will exchange products only if the returned products are defective and their respective product codes are not yet encoded. The following procedure shall be applied:
1. Consumer or Distributor must request for product exchange in writing within seven (7) days from the date of product purchase, together with the proof of purchase (receipt);
2. Once approved, the returned products will be replaced with the same and undamaged products or a full refund if there is no stock available;
3. The Distributor shall be solely responsible for this process of product return and exchange; he/she can’t delegate it, thus he/she must present his /her company issued ID as proof that he/she is a registered member of the company.
H. USE OF TRADEMARKS AND COPY RIGHTED MATERIALS
myPassportVIP Corporation., name, logos, trademarks and copyrights are exclusively owned by myPassportVIP Corporation. No Distributor shall use any written, printed, recorded or any other material in advertising, promoting or describing the products or Compensation Plan of the company in any manner, for their own presentation/advertising materials, without the approval / permission from the management. The use or production of any promotional materials created by a Distributor, which has no prior written approval from the management is strictly prohibited. Moreover, no distributor is allowed to represent the company in any print ads, radio, or TV shows without the written approval of the management. Moreover, any product claims must all be exactly in-lined with the official company literature.
I. WEBSITES
Any distributor can create a website for the promotion of the business (network campaign). However, the company strictly prohibits the creation of personal websites that claimed to be the official website of myPassportVIP Corporation. Any other website apart from the official commercial website of myPassportVIP Corporation., must contain a disclaimer clearly stating that this is not the official website of myPassportVIP Corporation. Violation of this policy, whether intentional or unintentional, will result in the termination of membership and/or legal action for damages.
J. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
The laws of the Philippines shall govern the resolution of any dispute arising from the enforcement of these provisions. The Court having jurisdiction over myPassportVIP Corporation., Head Office shall be the exclusive venue for all legal actions concerning the implementations of the rules and guidelines of the company.