Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested a ranking member of the Japanese Yakuza syndicate long wanted for murder in his home country. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 58-year-old Toyama Yuji was arrested last July 22 along Roxas Boulevard, Manila by...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that starting August 1 this year, it will no longer require the presentation of an entry exemption document (EED) from the foreigner spouses, children, and parents of Filipino citizens who are traveling to the Philippines as tourists to visit their kin here....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that it will be implementing the most recent directive from Malacañang to expand the country’s travel ban to include passengers coming from Malaysia and Thailand from July 25 to July 31. Flag of Malaysia (top) and flag of Thailand (Photos from Unsplash)...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported an additional batch of nine Japanese fugitives wanted in their homeland for large-scale telecommunications fraud. (Photo from BI Facebook page) Japanese police officers escorted the deportees when they boarded their flight at the Ninoy Aquino...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that it has begun the training of 99 newly-recruited immigration officers who will be deployed to the different international airports in anticipation of the complete reopening of the country's borders following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
A young woman who assumed the identity of another person in hopes of landing a job as a domestic helper in the Middle East was intercepted by Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at Clark International Airport in Pampanga. (Photo from BI Facebook page) The human trafficking victim was stopped from...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has given foreign nationals whose visas have expired during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic up to November 30 this year to renew them. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente (Screengrab from INTERPOL TV YouTube video) Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has warned foreign nationals about a dubious company offering services such as the processing and release of travel papers in exchange for a substantial fee. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente issued the warning...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a French national who is wanted in his country for the sexual abuse of minors. Operatives from the BI’s fugitive search unit identified the wanted sex offender as Pascal Didier Gillot, 53. He was nabbed along A. Masangkay Street in San Roque,...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said that fully vaccinated passengers must present documentary proof of such upon arriving at a Philippine airport. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente stated that fully vaccinated passengers coming from the Philippines must carry their vaccination card, which should be...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested an American woman wanted by federal authorities in the United States (US) for defying a court order in a child custody case. (Photo from Bureau of Immigration Facebook page) Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Cyndi Mamuad Mesina, 54, was nabbed...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, May 4, called on the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to sustain its “one-strike” policy against immigration officers (IOs) and personnel found to be involved in human trafficking activities. Villanueva made the appeal to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente during the...
