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(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox has lost her appeal for her missionary visa visa to be renewed. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the Bureau of Immigration also submitted its comment on Fox’s petition for review on the deportation order. “The matter is now submitted for the DOJ’s consideration,” Guevarra said. Earlier, the BI denied Fox’s motion for reconsideration of a previous decision which also denied her request for a missionary visa extension. Fox, however, was asked […]
(Eagle News) — Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept. 3, asked the Department of Justice to review and set aside the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against her. In her petition, Fox reiterated that the BI “prejudged” her case. She also denied she violated the terms of her missionary visa as claimed by the BI, saying that the activities the agency said were “political” in nature were actually “consistent with her congregation’s charism and mission by […]
(Eagle News)—Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept.3, filed an application for a tourist visa before the Bureau of Immigration. The application was made following the BI’s denial of her appeal against the agency’s deportation order against her. The BI had ordered her deportation after ruling she went beyond the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in partisan political activities. Her missionary visa will lapse on Sept. 5. Fox is also slated to […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has upheld its deportation order against Catholic nun Patricia Fox. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the confirmation on Wednesday, Aug. 29, quoting a report from Immigration Deputy Commissioner Tobias Javier. In July, the BI ordered Fox’s deportation for what it said was her violation of the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in “partisan political activities” in the country. For this, the BI referred to several photographs […]
(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox on Monday, July 23, appealed the Bureau of Immigration order to deport her. In a 25-page motion for reconsideration, Fox said the basis of the order was “purely speculative as it is merely based on an unsubstantiated report of a certain intel agent Melody Penelope Gonzales.” Without directly admitting she participated in rallies as claimed by the BI, she said participation in such was “not illegal but a valid exercise […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has ordered the deportation of Australian nun Patricia Fox. In its 10-page order issued on Thursday, July 19, the BI said Fox, an “undersirable alien,” violated the limitations and conditions of her missionary visa, and should be deported to Australia. In making the conclusion, the BI said her “active participation” in rallies, fact-finding missions and conferences was “evidently beyond the ‘nature’ of authorized duties and responsibilities for which she […]
30-day deadline for her to leave lapses on June 18, not May 25, DOJ says (Eagle News)—Australian nun Patricia Fox got a reprieve from the Department of Justice on Friday, May 25, when it said she could stay in the country until June 18. In his two-page order, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the running of the 30-day deadline for her to leave, after all, stopped when she filed a motion for reconsideration before the […]
(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday, May 25, appealed the Bureau of Immigration order that affirmed the forfeiture of her missionary visa. Fox filed the appeal before the Department of Justice even if the BI said she only had one day to leave the Philippines following the issuance of the order. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said, however, that Fox could still file an appeal in the justice department. In its May order, the BI […]
(Eagle News)—Australian nun Patricia Fox has no plans of leaving the Philippines yet. In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 23, her lawyer Jobert Pahilga said that they would file a petition for review of the May 17 BI order that affirmed a previous order she should leave the country because she violated the terms of her missionary visa. “For the said order, if not challenged, will have far-reaching implications to other missionaries similarly situated with […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has junked Australian nun Patricia Fox’s appeal of the agency’s decision to forfeit her missionary visa. In denying Fox’s appeal of the April 23 order, the BI in a three-page order signed on May 17 dismissed her claim the bureau forfeited her visa without due process and her claim the accusations of “partisan political activities” against her were not backed by solid evidence. It noted that Fox worked beyond what […]
(Eagle News)—–Australian nun Patricia Fox has asked the Bureau of Immigration to reverse its order cancelling her missionary visa, saying the order was based on “sloppy investigation and intelligence work.” In her 26-age counter-affidavit, Fox admitted she joined rallies in the Philippines, but said these were not “partisan political activities.” “I have joined rallies, gathering or assemblies of farmers, indigenous peoples who demand that their rights to land and resources be respected; or workers in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have rejected the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ call for Australian nun Patricia Fox to be allowed to stay in the country. “Karaming madre diyan. May mga madre pa sa bukid,” Duterte said on Wednesday, May 2, after he was reported to have met with lawyers from his alma mater San Beda College. The lawyers were allegedly asked by the CBCP to appeal the Bureau of Immigration’s […]
