(PNA) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has expressed high hopes for the proposed Bureau of Immigration (BI) Modernization Act, which has recently moved forward in the House of Representatives. “We are counting on the full automation and digitization of the BI’s...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced Wednesday, May 24, that it has launched a large-scale search operation to capture an alleged Korean fugitive who escaped from BI's detention center in Taguig City over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Immigration) The suspect, identified as...
Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested a foreign woman who is allegedly wanted by authorities in China for her role in a large-scale pyramid investment scam. (File photo) BI Commissioner Norman Tansinco said 44-year-old Liu Jing was arrested on May 19 at her residence in Biñan,...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Screenshot from Facebook) Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has assailed an alleged order coming from Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco wherein the latter ordered his men to "intercept" the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have rescued a woman who is an alleged human trafficking victim as she attempted to leave the country using a fake marriage claim. The incident occurred on May 14 at NAIA Terminal 3 when the Filipina passenger,...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has announced the successful repatriation of nine Filipino women who allegedly became victims of human trafficking and endured horrifying experiences at the hands of their employers abroad. (File photo courtesy of Bureau of Immigration) The repatriation process was...
A woman was prevented from boarding a flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) due to an alleged fake immigration stamp on her passport. (File photo: Bureau of Immigration) Last Sunday, April 30, BI's travel control...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco has denounced misinformation on social media that encourages Filipinos to travel abroad as tourists for work purposes. (Courtesy of Bureau of Immigration) Tansingco particularly cautioned the public against certain contents uploaded on video...
Two alleged illegal aliens, one American and an Indian, have been separately apprehended by Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives in separate operations in Cebu and Manila for violating the Philippine immigration laws, authorities revealed on Tuesday, May 2. (Courtesy of Bureau of Immigration)...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, April 28 welcomed the Manila International Airport Authority’s (MIAA) decision to extend the retention period of close-circuit television (CCTV) footage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to 90 days from the current 30 days. “It’s about...
Two South Koreans who are allegedly wanted for crimes in their country have been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). (Bureau of Immigration) Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the arrest was carried out on April 25 in Imus, Cavite by members of the bureau’s Fugitive Search...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers have stopped two Filipinas from going to Dubai at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for allegedly using fake exit stamps given to them by a human trafficking group. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the victims, whose names were withheld for their...
