<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-20-053035.txt : 20201002
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20201002152745
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-20-053035
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20201002
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20201002

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Menendez Cortada Jose
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001289330

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14793
		FILM NUMBER:		201219724

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 9146
		CITY:			SAN JUAN
		STATE:			PR
		ZIP:			00908-0146

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST BANCORP /PR/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057706
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				660561882
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PR
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1519 PONCE DE LEON AVE
		STREET 2:		SANTURCE
		CITY:			SAN JUAN
		STATE:			PR
		ZIP:			00908-0146
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7877298200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1519 PONCE DE LEON AVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 9146
		CITY:			SAN JUAN
		STATE:			PR
		ZIP:			00908-0146
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    <periodOfReport>2020-09-30</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>FIRST BANCORP /PR/</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>PR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>00908-0146</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>PUERTO RICO</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share.</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-09-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>401</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>5.22</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>96984</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share.</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares withheld to cover taxes related to restricted stock that vested on September 30, 2020 pursuant to the terms of the restricted stock award made on September 30, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 7,662 shares of restricted stock issued on September 30, 2020 pursuant to the First BanCorp. Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, which vest solely on the basis of the passage of time over a one-year period on September 30, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jose Menendez Cortada</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-10-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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