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For allegedly hiring a gun-for-hire to eliminate her business rival, a Chinese national was arrested by operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and was ordered deported for illegally working in the country.
In a report to Immigration Commissioner Nonoy Libanan, BI-law enforcement division assistant chief Epifanio Lambino Jr. identified the suspect as Zheng Chen Jian, [...]

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently arrested a Sudanese national tagged as a leader of a Manila-based syndicate that victimizes Saudi patients in need of kidney transplants.
In a report to Immigration Commissioner Nonoy Libanan, BI intelligence chief Faizal Hussin identified the Sudanese as Badreldin Elzaki Ibraim El Habib, 31, who was arrested last Sept. 17 [...]

Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently arrested an American fugitive who is wanted by federal authorities in the US for tax evasion.
Arrested by elements of the BI Interpol Unit at the residence of his wife in Alubijid, Misamis Oriental was Dougles John Fitzgerald, 68, who hails from Vermont, USA.
In a report to Commissioner [...]

The Bureau of Immigration deported a Japanese national wanted in his country for faking passports and for being a ranking member of the dreaded ‘Yakuza’ gang syndicate.
Deported on the strength of the summary deportation order issued by BI Board of Commissioners was Tsuyoshi Yuki, 44 years old.
Yuki was arrested by members of the BI-Law Enforcement [...]

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Nonoy Libanan made it into the list of eight semi-finalists of the Presidential Lingkod-Bayan award from the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Libanan is the only presidential appointee to be nominated to the prestigious award this year.
“I am grateful to the CSC for this recognition. This has truly inspired me to continue [...]

A total of 140 companies based in the Philippines have availed of the special visa for employment generation (SVEG) being offered by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to foreign investors and expatriates, it was learned yesterday. In a report to Immigration Commissioner Nonoy Libanan, Atty. Cris Villalobos, head of the BI-SVEG one-stop shop center said [...]

The teamwork between the Department of Tourist (DoT) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has done wonders for the tourism industry as latest statistics showed that the number of foreigners who arrived in the country increased by four percent in August compared to the same month last year despite the global economic crisis.
BI Commissioner Marcelino [...]

The workers’ union in the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reaffirmed today its full and unwavering support to the reforms programs currently being implemented in the bureau and which that are causing dramatic changes to the country’s immigration service.
“These reforms are ushering in dramatic changes that are unprecedented in our bureau’s history.  They deserve the support [...]

To further improve its frontline services and eradicate red tape, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has established a new center charged with screening and providing accreditation to the hundreds of travel agencies and law offices that transact business in the agency.
Immigration Commissioner Nonoy Libanan recently issued a memorandum order creating the BI Accreditation Center headed [...]

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today inaugurated the newly-renovated main office of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) even as she was briefed on the reforms that transpired in the agency since 2007 which enabled it to rank third in the list of government agencies considered as corruption fighters.
Mrs. Arroyo unveiled the marker at the entrance of [...]