Tag: Immigration Act

Syrian national nabbed at NAIA for using Kiribati passport instead– BI

(Eagle News)—-A Syrian national was arrested after he allegedly tried to enter the country using a Kiribati passport, the Bureau of Immigration said on Friday, March 1. BI Port Operations Chief Grifton Medina said Al Naasan Ibrahim was arrested  upon his arrival from Malaysia at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Feb. 22. This was after he allegedly admitted to being Syrian, and to merely paying  US$5,000 to a Jordanian national based in Siem Reap, Cambodia […]

Two Africans with fake Canadian visas nabbed at NAIA

(Eagle News)–Immigration agents arrested two Africans for using fake Canadian visas, the Bureau of Immigration announced on Sunday, Feb. 17. In a statement, the BI said Cameroonian Etienne Makang Nformem, 35, was arrested on Feb. 9, upon his arrival via a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. He had said he was going to Toronto, Canada after three days. Four days later, Sudanese Abdelmotalab Idris Himat Mohamed, 29, was apprehended at NAIA […]