Five foreigners, who were suspected to be working for a criminal group, were arrested in Palawan for violations of the Philippines' immigration laws. In a statement issued on Friday, Oct. 20, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) identified those arrested as Taiwanese Lin Tsung-Te, 58; and Chinese...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) welcomed the decision of the Pasay City regional trial court (RTC) which convicted an immigration officer on falsified travel documents of a fugitive Austrian national who is wanted in Germany in the $2.2 billion fraud involving Wirecard. Convicted of graft and...
A Bureau of Immigration (BI) officer has been convicted in the falsification of travel records which showed that former Wirecard chief operating officer Jan Marsalek was in the Philippines although he did not arrive and leave the country in 2020. In a statement, the National Bureau of Investigation...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should avoid strangers who offer work abroad as call center agents with high salaries, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco warned on Wednesday, Oct. 18. These strangers "will only make your lives miserable at the expense of your families...
A Briton was prevented entry to the Philippines after he was found to have been convicted of voyeurism and taking indecent photographs of two teenagers in Manchester, England. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the covicted foreigner as Anthony Collins, 42, who arrived last Oct....
An American, who had been convicted in his country for sexually molesting children, was barred entry to the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Sunday, Oct. 15. The BI identified the child molester as Todd Nolan Jones, 60, who was intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International...
Seventy-three employees of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have either been dismissed or susended this year on charges of corruption, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said on Friday, Oct. 13. Also, Tansingco said there are a total of 72 pending cases before the Board of Discipline (BOD)...
At least P150,000 is reportedly demanded from a blacklisted foreigner in an "escort service scam" allegedly perpetrated by some immigration personnel in connivance with private individuals to facilitate entry of an undesirable alien to the country. In a press briefing on Thursday, Oct. 12, Justice...
The body-worn cameras which the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will procure for use by immigration officers at the airports will have a live streaming feature for effective monitoring. “Meron po live streaming feature para namomonitor (There is live streaming feature for monitoring) by the Office of...
Twenty-five percent of about 300 foreigners detained at the Bureau of Immigration's (BI) facility in Taguig City have resorted to "demanda-me" (sue me) scheme to stop their deportation. During PTV's Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public forum on Thursday, Oct. 12, BI Spokesperson Dana...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been asked to probe on how undesirable foreign nationals are able to illegally secure authentic Philippine passports and other documents, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Thursday, Oct. 12. “I think it is high time magkaroon ng (that there be...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been ordered to probe another "scam" in the airports allegedly involving immigration personnel who reportedly offer escort services to foreigners for their "smooth" entry to the Philippines. In a press briefing late Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 11,...
