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...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said foreign nationals may apply for a working visa while still out of the country. (Photo from PNA) Presently, the BI issues the document when the expatriate is already in the country. The BI came out with the new policy based on the decision of the inter-Agency Task...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested a total of 28 foreigner-fugitives during the first half of the year. (Photo by Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) reported that despite the coronavirus disease...
Thee Bureau of Immigration (BI) has assured the thousands of returning Filipinos of continued and uninterrupted service at the country's International airports amid the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will implement the extended travel restriction on passengers coming from the 10 listed countries starting tomorrow, Monday, Aug. 16. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that in compliance with a resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has threatened Friday, Aug. 13 to deport the foreigner who stripped down and ran naked along the Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT) northbound track toward Boni Avenue in Mandaluyong City. (Screengrab from video of Facebook user Panda Preecs) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente...
A highly-acclaimed Japanese film that tackles the life and struggle of a Burmese boy and his family while living in Japan will be one of the few selected major foreign flicks to be screened in this year’s Cinemalaya 17: Philippine Independent Film Festival. Passage of Life (Japan Foundation...
