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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has said the deadline for the mandatory filing of annual reports by foreign nationals this year will not be extended. In a statement, the bureau said those concerned only have until March 1 to file their 2022 annual report, in compliance with the Alien Registration Act. According to the law, bureau-registered aliens should report in person to the bureau within the first 60 days of every calendar year. […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday, July 6, said that it doesn’t collect fees for “immigration airport assistance.” Bureau chief Jaime Morente made the statement after the bureau said a document from a Philippine-based company showed a breakdown of the fees it supposedly charges its employees who are foreign nationals. Morente did not identify the company. “This company is allegedly charging P5,000 as Airport Assistance Fee, another P5,000 for processing fee, and […]
(Eagle News) — American citizens with expired and expiring passports are now allowed to leave the country using those documents. This was after Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente signed a memorandum ordering bureau personnel to allow the departure of American nationals whose passports expired from January 1, 2020 and are expiring up to December 31 of this year. Morente said, however, that the use of these passports will only be allowed until December 31, 2021. According […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities arrested a man who posed as a Bureau of Customs employee and extorted over P200,000 from a motorcycle buyer, the bureau said. In a statement, the bureau said Macario Samson was arrested in an operation organized following a complaint filed by the victim who could no longer contact Samson upon payment of the P230,000. According to the bureau, the money was supposed to be in exchange for the release of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration’s offices in the NCR Plus area will continue to operate with a skeleton workforce. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the bureau’s main bldg. In Intramuros, Manila and its satellite and extension offices in Metro Manila, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, and Cavite will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Morente said the downsizing of the bureau’s operations in those areas was in compliance with the resolution of the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 30 Customs employees and officials were sacked on Monday for failing to stop corruption and for failing to meet their collection targets. Customs Chief Isidro Lapeña said of the 38, eight are district collectors, and 30, section chiefs. The eight were Elvira Cruz of the Cebu port; Romeo Rosales of the San Fernando port; Jose Naig of thr Iloilo port; Julius Premediles of the Limay port; Divina Garrido of the Legazpi port; […]
(Eagle News) — Pass a law replacing the Bureau of Customs, and file the necessary charges against individuals. These were some of the recommendations of the House committee on dangerous drugs, which wrapped up its inquiry into the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes. According to the committee, the “new revenue collection agency or instrumentality of government” that will replace the BoC should have a “different system of collection to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday revealed the names of supposed players and recipients in the Bureau of Customs “tara system,” citing unimpeachable sources. Below are the supposed players, based on the senator’s “vetted and crosschecked” information. Recipients: Big players: Photos by Meanne Corvera, Eagle News Service
