Four Filipinos with fake immigration stamps on their passports and boarding passes have been stopped from leaving the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the four Filipinos were intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino...
Fifteen undocumented foreigners -- eight Chinese and seven Malaysians --were intercepted last Sept. 2 on board speedboats off the waters of Tawi-Tawi, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday, Sept. 2. They were intercepted by the joint elements of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), the...
Three Malaysians, who claimed to be members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), have been denied entry to the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Sunday, Sept. 1. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco reminded that “foreigners have no business interfering in the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has recommended the filing of charges against resort owners who allow foreigners to use their facilities for illegal activities. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco made the call following the raid of an illegal online gaming hub last Saturday, Aug. 31, in a...
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, August 29 urged the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to address travelers’ complaints pertaining to the country’s eTravel system. Poe said the BI should consider asking the Department of Information and Communications (DICT) for help to ensure an efficient data...
A Japanese fugitive, who is wanted in his country for financial fraud, has been arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Wednesday, Aug. 28. He was identified by the BI as Hiroyuki Kawasaki, 37, who was intercepted last Aug. 14 before he...
Dismissed Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac and her two siblings --Shiela and Wesley -- will be deported after they have been held accountable for their crimes, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Commissioner Norman Tansingco issued the statement after Shiela was...
Dismissed Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac has been spotted in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said on Tuesday, Aug. 27. “May confirmation tayo na nasa Jakarta, Indonesia s’ya ngayon (We have confirmation that she is now in Jakarta,...
President Marcos said he was kept in the dark on the sneaky departure of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, baring that he has a "very good idea" on whose heads will roll behind her escape. (Photo courtesy of PAOCC) "Oh yes, definitely," Marcos responded when asked on Tuesday, Aug. 27, if he...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can expect faster immigration processing now that the Overseas Employment Certificates (OEC) have been integrated into the systems of the Bureau of Immigration (BI). The OEC or OFW pass “serves as exit clearance and verifies employment abroad for Filipino...
Four Filipinos, who posed as tourists going to Singapore for a vacation, were stopped from leaving after they were found to be human trafficking victims, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. In a statement, the BI said that the four men whose names were not disclosed were intercepted at the Clark...
Though she has been using it in her latest travels, the Philippine passport of Shiela L. Guo, sister of dismissed Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban town in Tarlac, bore no Philippine immigration markings, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) disclosed on Monday, Aug. 26. “Mukha pong they used illegal means...
