Tag: deportation

Immigration bureau to overstaying foreigners in PHL: Regularize stay or face deportation

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has warned foreigners overstaying in the country to regularize their stay or face deportation. Immigration chief Jaime Morente issued the reminder after immigration agents in Mindanao arrested an American in Samal Island, Davao del Norte for allegedly overstaying. Bureau intelligence officer Melody Penelope Gonzales, Mindanao Intelligence Task Group head, said the American national was arrested after his estranged Filipina girlfriend complained that the former had been sending threatening […]

Immigration bureau: 9 Japanese nationals wanted in their country for telco fraud deported

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration deported on Thursday, July 15, nine Japanese nationals wanted in their home country for telecommunications fraud. In a statement, the bureau said Mishima Takumi, Tabata Ryota, Kawasaki Ryuto, Irabu Shioki, Onishi Shunsuke, Omata Kenta, Sato Takatoku, Hashizumi Ryushin, and Mitani Ren boarded a Japan Airlines flight to Narita which left the Ninoy Aquino International Airport shortly after 10 a.m. The bureau said the deportees were among 34 Japanese […]

Immigration bureau to deport South Korean national wanted in his country for swindling

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration is set to deport a South Korean national wanted in his country for swindling. In a statement, the bureau said 41-year-old Kim Byunggon, who was arrested inside a mall in Barangay Apas, Cebu City on June 2, will also be placed on the Philippines’ immigration blacklist to prevent him from re-entering the country. The South Korean national’s arrest was by virtue of a mission order  issued by immigration […]

Immigration bureau: Foreigners who violate IATF rules may be deported

(Eagle News) — Foreigners who violate  rules set by the Philippine government may be deported, the Bureau of Immigration said. Bureau chief Jaime Morente issued the warning following reports some foreign executives of companies in the Philippines violate protocols set by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in their workplaces. According to Morente, foreigners are expected to follow Philippine laws in the first place. “We will be conducting an investigation […]

Immigration bureau bars Chinese national facing deportation case from leaving PHL

(Eagle News) — A Chinese national was barred from leaving the Philippines after authorities found she was facing a deportation case in the country. The Bureau of Immigration said 35-year-old Qiu Meiying was intercepted last March 26, when she attempted to board her flight to Xiamen, China at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. The bureau said this was after Immigration Officer Jeremie Abana, during immigration inspection, noticed that Qiu’s name was in the […]

Immigration bureau upholds decision ordering Dutch activist to leave PHL

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has upheld its decision ordering a Dutch national participating in rallies in the country to leave. In denying Otto Rudolf De Vries’ Feb. 8 motion for reconsideration, the 3-man bureau Board of Commissioners said the Dutch national failed to provide evidence that would warrant a reversal of its decision to cancel his permanent residence visa. The bureau ordered the cancellation in November 2020, following information from government intelligence […]

Immigration bureau: American national wanted for assault in California to be deported

(Eagle News)–Authorities will deport an American national wanted for assault and possession of a deadly weapon in California,  the Bureau of Immigration said on Monday, Aug. 10. According to the bureau, 45-year-old Peter Alex Drier, who was arrested last Aug. 5 in Barangay Dayap Itaas, Laurel, Batangas, will also be included in the immigration blacklist. The mission order that was the basis for Drier’s arrest was issued upon the request of the US Embassy, which […]

Immigration bureau: Eight Chinese nationals, two Mongolians on blacklist deported

(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration has recently deported 10 foreign nationals on its blacklist. The bureau said the deportation of the eight Chinese nationals and two Mongolians classified as undesirable aliens upon orders by the board of commissioners was done as part of its program to decongest and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its detention facility in Camp Bagong Diwa. The bureau said five of the Chinese nationals were wanted for economic crimes in […]

Immigration bureau: Spanish national in Dasma Village incident “perpetually banned” from entering PHL

(Eagle News) — The Spanish national who figured in an altercation with Makati policemen, and that was caught in a viral video is now “perpetually” banned from entering the country, the Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday, June 16. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente ordered the inclusion of Javier Salvador Parra in the Immigration blacklist after he did not return to face the deportation case against him. The bureau said Parra left the country for Madrid, […]

PHL gov’t deports 18 Japanese nationals involved in telco fraud

(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has deported 18 Japanese nationals who were arrested last year in Makati City for telecommunications fraud. The Bureau of Immigration said that the Japanese nationals were deported in two batches. Nine were deported on Monday, while another nine was deported this Wednesday, Feb. 26. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that the nine Japanese were flown to Tokyo on Wednesday on board a Japan Airlines flight from the Ninoy Aquino […]

Israel deports Filipina worker, Israeli-born son

JERUSALEM (AFP) — by Clothilde Mraffko and Alexandra Vardi Israel has deported a Filipina migrant worker and her Israeli-born teenage son who has never set foot in the Philippines, after 11th hour legal appeals failed, a rights group and authorities said Tuesday. She is among some 600 workers from the Southeast Asian nation who activists say could face deportation over a loss of residency status. They include those who breached the conditions of their residency […]

Duterte: Allow Chinese nationals to work in PHL

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Feb. 24, said he did not favor the deportation of Chinese workers in the country. “Yung mga Chinese dito, hayaan mo ‘yan na dito magtrabaho. Hayaan mo,” he said in a speech during  a PDP-Laban event in Laguna. According to Duterte, this was because there were “300,000 Filipinos in China.” “Eh kung umalis ‘yung [300,000] of them?” he asked. Some senators want a crackdown on Chinese illegal workers, with […]