The Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has forged a data-sharing agreement for easier access to foreigners given alien employment permits (AEP) and qualified for working visas in the Philippines. The agreement was signed last Wednesday, Feb. 28, between BI...
Foreigners with alien certificates of registration identity cards (ACR I-Cards) have until Friday, March 1, to accomplish their mandatory annual registration with the Bureau of Immigration (BI). In a statement, the BI said that ACR I-Card holders have “to present themselves to the bureau for the...
A foreigner wanted in his country for alleged economic crimes like capital embezzlement, money laundering and counterfeiting of registered trademarks has been arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco...
An Indonesian fugitive ordered arrested in his country on human trafficking charges has been apprehended in Makati City by agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the foreigner as Aris Wahyudi, 43, who was arrested last Tuesday, Feb. 20, by...
Two Filipinas, who posed as tourists but later admitted to have been recruited as a dancer and a therapist in the Middle East, were barred from leaving the Philippines. They were intercepted separately last Feb. 21 at the Davao International Airport before they could board their flight to Thailand....
A Chinese fugitive wanted in his country for alleged criminal offenses has been intercepted at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before he could board his flight to Guangshou, China. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) identified the Chinese as Zhang Xianfa, 36, who has a deportation order...
"Paulit-ulit na lang" (It happens over and over again.) This was the lament of Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco as he expressed his dismay that Filipinos continue to be victims of human trafficking despite repeated warnings by the government. Tansingco reiterated his...
Two foreigners, both of whom were convicted pedophiles based on information from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), have been prevented from entering the Philippines. In a statement, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) identified the two foreigners as Papua New Guinea...
The use of etravel registration -- https://etravel.gov.ph . -- is absolutely free of charge, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Thus, the BI warned the public not to fall prey to scams that seek payment for the etravel registration "since the process is absolutely free of...
A Filipina’s travel abroad on the eve of Valentine's Day was stopped by immigration officers after finding fictitious data on the marriage certificate she presented together with her supposed Chinese husband who was set to travel with her. “This is very concerning, since they are able to...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has joined the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in hunding down a person who reportedly sent bomb threats through e-mail against several government offices last Feb. 12. The online threats reportedly came from a certain Takahiro Karasawa. Immigration...
A Belgian who is in the International Criminal Police Organization's (Interpol) list of suspected foreign terrorists and his lady companion were barred from entering the Philippines last Feb. 7. "For security reasons," the Bureau of Immigration (BI) did not release the name of the Belgian "who was...
