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(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) — Fully-vaccinated passengers still need to present proof of booking accommodation at a government-accredited facility to be allowed entry into the country. According to Immigration chief Jaime Morente, fully vaccinated passengers are not exempted from quarantine protocols. Individuals vaccinated abroad, he said, are required to present booking accommodation for ten days. Meanwhile, those arriving passengers who were vaccinated in the Philippines are required to undergo a seven-day facility-based quarantine upon arrival, with the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration announced the hiring of 100 additional officers as it anticipates a gradual reopening of borders to more international travelers within the year. In a statement, bureau commissioner Jaime Morente said the 100 new employees, with the item of Immigration Officer 1, were appointed by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to fill up vacancies in the bureau’s plantilla. Bureau personnel chief Grifton Medina said of the 100, 94, in particular, […]
(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 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) — 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 […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday, March 31, said foreign seafarers are now allowed to enter the Philippines. Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente said this was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) amended its previous resolution to allow the same with valid 9c visas to enter via airports and seaports. According to Morente, these seafarers would undergo crew change at the country’s green lanes. Bureau Bay […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-eight Immigration officers are being investigated for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of 44 Filipino women to Syria. Immigration chief Jaime Morente added that he has also ordered the immediate creation of a fact-finding committee to find out how the victims were able to depart the Philippines. “I am at a loss for words from what I heard. Ako sa totoo lamang ay nahihiya. I am disappointed and frustrated about the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, March 22, intercepted two Filipinos who were bound for the United Arab Emirates using fake employment contracts. In a statement, the bureau said the two had attempted to board an Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai when they were stopped by immigration officers who noted discrepancies in their documents. The officers referred them to the Travel Control and Enforcement Unit for inspection. The TCEU officers then showed […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, March 4, urged the kin of deceased foreign nationals in the country to report such deaths to the government. In a statement, Bureau commissioner Jaime Morente said under the 1950 alien registration act, the parents or relatives or persons in charge of the burial of a deceased foreign national based in the Philippines are required to surrender the latter’s alien certificate of registration identity card (ACR […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has barred from its premises a law firm employee who was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation over extortion allegations. In a statement, the bureau said Vivan Lara was arrested on Thursday at the bureau’s main office for alleged extortion from three Chinese nationals. The BI said she was nabbed after receiving the P900,000 in marked money. “We do not tolerate fixers within our premises. This person […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it has arrested an American national long wanted in his country for a string of felony cases. Immigration chief Jaime Morente identified the fugitive as 40-year-old John Dalton Daclan. He said Daclan was the subject of three arrest warrants issued by the Orange County Superior Court in California on June 21, 2010. The bureau said according to reports, Daclan had been charged before the court for unauthorized […]
