Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested 49 Chinese for misrepresenting themselves while working for a steel company in Maasim, Sarangani province.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Immigration authorities rounded up some 48 Chinese nationals employed in a steel company based in Sarangani province for allegedly issuing false statements in their work permit applications.
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In an advisory, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said a departing alien must obtain a travel pass from the bureau if he or she is a special non-immigrant visa holder who is exempted from securing emigration clearance certificate (ECC) and special return certificate (SRC) when leaving the country.
The BI chief said this new policy was in compliance with the resolution of the Inter-Agency Tax Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF).
The task force had decreed that visa-issuing authorities must issue a travel pass to departing aliens who were issued visas pursuant to the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940 and other special laws.
Published February 22, 2021, 2:44 PM
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said all departing foreign nationals who were issued visas by the Department of Justice, Board of Investments, Philippine Retirement Authority, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, and economic zones are now required to present a travel pass upon departure, starting March 1.
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“Foreign nationals issued visas by these agencies will need to present the travel pass to the immigration officer upon departure,” said Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente.
Exempted from this directive are those holding an Emigration Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the BI, since they are leaving for good.
Morente also announced that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has removed the reckoning date of March 20, 2020 for aliens now allowed to enter the country.