(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 […]
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Palace says it respects BI decision affirming order for Australian nun Fox to leave PHL
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, May 23, said it respects the decision of the Bureau of Immigration affirming its earlier order for Australian nun Patricia Fox to leave the country. “That’s the law. Dura lex sed lex (the law may be harsh but it is the law),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. In the May 17 order, the BI junked Fox’s appeal of the agency’s decision to forfeit her missionary visa for lack of […]
Senators express different opinions about BI deportation order vs Australian nun Fox
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Several senators expressed different opinions about the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against Australian nun Patricia Fox. “The general rule is, if you are a foreigner, do not interfere in the domestic politics of the country that you are in…So, including Filipinos who are abroad, ‘wag rin tayong makialam sa mga kilos protesta sa kanilang bansa, kasi I am sure, kahit hindi ko pa nabasa ‘yung batas ng bansang […]
BI orders Australian nun to leave PHL
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has forfeited the missionary visa of Australian missionary Patricia Fox and ordered her to leave the country. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said this was after the BI’s board of commissioners (BOC), which he chairs, found her “to have engaged in activities that are not allowed under the terms and conditions of her visa.” Associate Commissioners J. Tobias Javier and Aimee Torrefranca -Neri are members of […]
UPDATED: Bureau of Immigration releases Australian nun from custody
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday, April 17, released Australian nun Patricia Fox from custody. Jobert Pahilga, Fox’s lawyer, said this was after they “satisfactorily explained” it wasn’t a rally she had attended in Tagum, Davao, but a visit that was part of her advocacy. The supposed rally Fox attended was captured in pictures submitted to the BI. “Walang probable cause (for the charge of being an undesirable alien) as of […]





