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(Eagle News) — Over 700 Bureau of Immigration frontliners received their second dose of Sinovac vaccine over the weekend. The bureau said the 700 were among the nearly 1,300 BI employees who received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from April 24 to 25 and May 1 to 2. Bureau Covid-19 Task Force Chair and Deputy Commissioner Aldwin Alegre said the remaining are scheduled to receive their second dose this coming weekend. The bureau […]
(Eagle News) — Starting June 1, the Bureau of Immigration will no longer allow the entry of foreign nationals who present entry exemption documents issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs before February 8 this year. The bureau itself made the announcement in a statement, noting that the DFA itself had said that such documents were deemed expired by that date. Morente said the bureau will implement the travel guidelines pursuant to that communication received […]
(Eagle News) — All passengers will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine upon arrival in the country, the Bureau of Immigration said, as it reiterated it would deny entry to foreign nationals unable to present pre-booked accommodation for that purpose. According to the bureau, of the 14 days, 10 days will have to be spent in an accredited quarantine hotel or facility. The remaining four days can be spent in the passenger’s hometown, subject to […]
(Eagle News) — Over 400 Bureau of Immigration personnel assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport received new assignments in the latest bureau reshuffle aimed at preventing corruption. In a statement, the bureau said the reshuffle covered 430 immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Of the number, 356 were frontline immigration officers. The terminal assignments of 79 immigration supervisors were also changed in the rotation scheme which starts today, May 12. The rotation […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has warned against trafficking schemes used even during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the bureau said there are seven common schemes used by trafficking syndicates and illegal recruiters to enable their victims to work abroad. “Traffickers now use modern methods—technology, falsification, and deceit. They sweet talk their victims and entice them to agree to such schemes, hence the need to send out a warning for people not […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has reminded the kin of deceased foreign nationals in the country to officially report their deaths to the bureau. In an advisory, the bureau said this was to ensure the cancellation of registration and proper documentation recording. The bureau said apart from relatives of the deceased, owners and operators of funeral parlors, cemeteries, embassies, local government units, hospitals, and barangay officials, among others, may do the reporting. According […]
(Eagle News) — All Bureau of Immigration offices in the NCR Plus area will continue to operate with a skeleton workforce until May 14. The bureau made the announcement about its offices in Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, and Rizal following the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine in those areas starting May 1. According to the bureau, all those immigration offices shall operate up to a maximum of 50 percent of the workforce […]
(Eagle News) — Those who wish to enter the Philippines need to present proof of their booked quarantine accommodation before being allowed entry, the Bureau of Immigration said. In a statement, bureau Port Operations Division Chief Carlos Capulong said those who fail to present their quarantine arrangements “shall be denied entry and shall be boarded immediately on the next available flight back to their port of origin.” Arriving passengers are required to present a pre-booked […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities stopped two Filipinos who were victims of illegal recruitment from leaving the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration said on Thursday night. A report by Travel Control and Enforcement Unit Chief Ma. Timotea Barizo said that the passengers, whose names were withheld for their protection, were intercepted on Tuesday at the departure area of NAIA Terminal 3 after immigration officers found their Overseas Employment Certificates were not encoded in the bureau’s linked […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested 36 foreign nationals in a raid of an illegal online gaming company in Pasay City on Monday, April 20. The bureau said the raid in Double Dragon was conducted after the bureau’s intelligence division received reports of foreign nationals working without the appropriate permits in the area. “We coordinated with (the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation) and verified that this company is unlicensed and has no […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities have arrested an American national wanted for crimes in his country in Bohol. Bureau commissioner Jaime Morente said Michael Dennis Hartsock, 71, who had a 10-year old warrant of arrest issued by the San Joaquin County Superior Criminal Court in California against him, was nabbed by operatives of the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit in coordination with the National Bureau of on April 14 in Barangay Ubojan, Loon. Hartsock, the bureau said […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a South Korean national wanted for swindling in his country. The bureau said 49-year-old Kim Dong Woo was nabbed by operatives from the Bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit on Monday in Las Pinas City. The South Korean national had fled to the Philippines in 2018, two years after learning a criminal complaint had been filed against him over his failure to return his compatriot’s money amounting to […]
