A Chinese national has been arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for possessing a fraudulently acquired working visa, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Sunday, Jan. 26.
BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado identified the Chinese national as Li Xuanjun, 23, who was intercepted by immigration officers last Jan. 22 at the NAIA Terminal 3 before he could board a flight to Quanzhou, China.
“We will be deporting him for being an undesirable alien which stemmed from his acquisition of a visa through dishonest means,” Viado said.
“His inclusion in our blacklist effectively banned him from re-entering the Philippines,” he added.
The BI said the immigration officer that processed Li found a hit in the bureau's derogatory check system.
“Records showed that Li’s working visa was canceled by the BI in 2023 after investigation revealed that he acquired his visa upon the petition of a fictitious employer-company,” it said.
“A check with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reportedly found that the purported firm is non-existent,” it disclosed.
The findings prompted the BI board of commissioners “to declare null and void the working visa issued to Li on the ground that the said visa was issued based on false facts and representations of the applicant,” it said.