Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente on Thursday, Nov. 11, ordered the arrest of fake immigration agents who were allegedly harassing foreign nationals. Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Immigration chief issued the instructions...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) disclosed Friday, Oct. 29, that it does not require specific health insurance brands for Filipinos to travel abroad. Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Any brand of travel and health insurance maybe used by departing...
Actress LJ Reyes and her kids are smoothly adjusting to life abroad. Recall that some months ago when the Kapuso star flew to the US with her children Aki and Summer following her split with longtime partner Paolo Contis. LJ shared a photo of her dining al fresco with her kids. "Didn’t want this...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested a 48-year-old American wanted by New York authorities for alleged child molestation. Bureau of Immigration BI fugitive search unit chief Rendel Sy said Francisco Loreno was arrested last Thursday in a hotel in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City based on a...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is asking restless Filipinos with foreign partners to be more calm and patient in waiting for their loved ones, promising that they would eventually be reunited. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente made the appeal as growing number of binational couples are joining the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it will be implementing a directive issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) that updated the list of so-called "red, yellow, and green" countries. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the IATF resolution,...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced Friday, September 30, the arrest of two foreigners who were deemed as alleged fugitives in the United States and South Korea. Bureau of Immigration BI Commissioner Jaime Morente identified them as American Paul Franklin Guzock, 63; and South Korean Park...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has included Julian Ongpin, son of a billionaire businessman and suspect over the death of his artist-girlfriend, in its list of monitored personalities. Julian Ongpin Young Artists FB page/MANILA BULLETIN BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the inclusion was a result...
Officials of the Ayala Alabang Village and barangay in Muntinlupa are protesting the raid conducted by Philippine immigration and police, and the Korean Embassy inside the exclusive subdivision Saturday night. In a statement issued on Sept. 19, the Ayala Alabang Village Association (AAVA) and...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced Friday, Sept. 3, the deployment to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of 99 new immigration officers (IOs) who were recently recruited by the agency to beef up its manpower at the country’s premiere port. (File photo of NAIA) “Our new IOs have...
Foreigners registered with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will soon be able to enter and exit the country easier with the upcoming integration of the agency's automated travel control system at the ports with its database of issued alien certification of registration identity cards (ACR I-Cards)....
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested two Korean fugitives on the world-famous island resort of Boracay in Aklan. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente identified the duo as Kwon Yong Tae, 58, and Im Seung II, 39. Korean police said that a district court in the...
