The country’s largest business organization said the Bureau of Immigration (BI) should leverage its existing revenue streams to fund the modernization of border control systems nationwide instead of the proposed ₱240 immigration fee. In a statement, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
Malacañang said the proposed P240 immigration fee for travelers entering and leaving the country remains under study and has not yet been approved. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro called on the public to remain calm as the proposal could be rejected and not...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has proposed imposing a P247 fee for every passenger for the use of a modern airport security system. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado on Tuesday (June 2) said the fee is part of a p ublic-private partnership initiative intended to enhance immigration...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is preparing the amended Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of an Executive Order covering the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS). The APIS, established under Executive Order (EO) 122, series of 2020, is designed to modernize immigration procedures and...
The Philippines ranked last among Southeast Asian economies included in Remitly’s Immigration Index 2026 despite posting one of the world’s lowest unemployment rates, underscoring how challenges in healthcare, income levels, safety, and environmental conditions continue to weigh on the...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa will be arrested if he attempts to leave the country, Department of Justice (DOJ) Acting Secretary Fredderick A. Vida warned on Friday, May 15. “The Department of Justice will treat any attempt of Sen. Bato Dela Rosa to leave the country as a mockery of...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado on Friday, May 8, expressed alarm over cases of Filipinos who, despite previous victimization, still end up falling prey to human trafficking schemes. Viado raised the concern after immigration officers prevented two Filipinos from...
Four foreign nationals were apprehended in Mindanao for allegedly violating Philippine immigration and environmental laws. Lin Wenyu, alias Anson Lais Lim, 52, male, from Fujian, China, was arrested on Thursday, April 16, in a hardware store in Barangay Lower Taway, Ipil municipality, Zamboanga...
Senator Risa Hontiveros, on Monday, March 9, questioned the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) over what she described as a “mysterious delay” in endorsing to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) the cancellation of businessman Joseph Sy’s birth certificate despite earlier findings of...
NEW YORK (AP) — No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump 's immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds of business, sports and entertainment. Bruce Springsteen released a new song on Wednesday...
Malacañang warned Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials that President Marcos expects strict compliance with his clean-government directive, as a probe continues into allegations of irregularities inside a BI detention facility following claims made by a Russian vlogger. Presidential Communications...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Family members identified the man who was killed as...
