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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday, Feb. 6, said it was imposing more stringent requirements on foreigners seeking permits to work in the Philippines. According to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, applicants will have to submit additional requirements before they can be issued permits. He said work permits to foreigners who wish to work as cashiers, janitors, carpenters, and who wish to hold other blue-collar jobs will no longer be issued, and if someone […]
(Eagle News) — Senators have agreed to require the Bureau of Immigration to coordinate with the Department of Labor and Employment before it issues special working permits to foreigners who intend to work in the Philippines for less than six months. The senators came to an agreement upon the advice of Senator Joel Villanueva, who questioned the BI’s authority to issue the permits even with what he said was its lack of technical capability to […]
(Eagle News) — The intelligence division of the Bureau of Immigration is seeking the deportation of actor Tony Labrusca. BI Deputy Commissioner Tobias Javier said the BI’s intel unit recommendation to file a deportation case against Labrusca was for working without a permit. The recommendation also came after Labrusca was seen shouting at an immigration officer at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The officer had allowed Labrusca to stay in the country for only one […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named a new Sandiganbayan justice and a new immigration deputy commissioner. Appointed as anti-graft court judge was Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Ronald Moreno, who replaces now-Supreme Court justice Alexander Gesmundo. Lawyer Aldwin Alegre, for his part, takes the post vacated by Aimee Torrefranca-Neri at the Bureau of Immigration. Torrefranca-Neri had resigned in April last year.
(Eagle News) — A Chinese national wanted for alleged economic crimes and corruption in China has been arrested by authorities. In a statement, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission said it and the Bureau of Immigration’s Fugitive Search Unit, in coordination with Chinese authorities, nabbed Xie Haojie. His arrest came after the PACC’s counterparts from China asked for the Philippines’ help in apprehending Xie, who is accused of “economic crimes and corruption” amounting to P11 billion, in […]
(Eagle News) – Patuloy namang nagpapaalala ang Bureau of Immigration na simula ngayong buwan hanggang sa Marso 1 ay kailangan ng magreport ng lahat ng mga dayuhan sa kanilang tanggapan para sa mandatory annual reporting. Ayon kay BI Commissioner Jaime Morente, ang annual reporting ng mga dayuhan ay kinakailangan gaya ng nakasaad sa 1950 Alien Registration Act. Sa nasabing batas, lahat ng rehistradong dayuhan ay dapat na magreport sa main office ng ahensya sa Intramuros, […]
(Eagle News)—A Korean fugitive who escaped authorities in October has been recaptured. In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Choi Youngseop, 52, was re-arrested on Dec. 19, less than two months after he escaped. Morente said Choi was nabbed–on a tip from informants–outside the emergency room of the Manila Doctor’s Hospital in Ermita, Manila where he had undergone a medical check-up. Morente said Choi will be deported once the BI’s Board of Commissioners issues a deportation […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration has arrested 21 Chinese nationals it said were illegally trading in two shopping malls in Pasay. In a statement, BI acting intelligence unit chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. said of the 21, 12 were arrested at One Shopping Center while the rest were nabbed from Two Shopping Center. BI commissioner Jaime Morente said the foreigners were “working in the country without the necessary permits.” “These illegal aliens are brazenly working out in the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice will act on Australian nun Patricia Fox’s appeal of the deportation order issued by the Bureau of Immigration against her next year. In a statement, DOJ spokesperson Markk Perete said this was because the DOJ only recently received Fox’s memorandum “recently.” “Because of this, and considering that in the meantime, other equally important but more urgent petitions for review have been filed with the Office the Secretary of Justice, […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities nabbed on Wednesday, Dec. 20, Japan’s “most wanted fugitive” accused of running a major fraud ring in that country. The Bureau of Immigration said Misao Koyama, also known as Misao Kaminsukaso, 59, was arrested by immigration and Tokyo Interpol operatives on Gil Puyat Ave. Bobby Raquepo, head of the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit, said Japanese authorities sought their assistance for the arrest of Koyama, who they said leads an eight-member ring […]
(Eagle News) — Nagdagdag ang Bureau of Immigration ng mga tauhan nito sa iba’t-ibang international airports sa bansa bilang paghahanda sa holiday rush ngayong Disyembre. Ayon kay BI oort Operations Division Chief Grifton Medina, nagpalabas na ng travel orders si Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente sa 56 empleyado ng departamento na magreport na ngayong linggo sa kanilang mga assignment. Ang mga immigration officer ay idineploy para umagapay sa pagproseso ng libu-libong mga international passengers na inaasahang […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will deport the nine illegal foreign workers in Pasay and Manila who had no working permits. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the nine foreign nationals are now undergoing deportation proceedings for violating the country’s immigration laws. “We will deport them for blatantly violating our immigration laws. Foreigners are prohibited in engaging in any gainful activity without the proper visas,” Morente said in a statement. Four of the […]
