MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Monday it will conduct an inventory of foreign nationals staying in the country in accordance to a resolution from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that following the IATF resolution, agencies that issue visas are mandated to provide the bureau a list of foreign nationals to whom they issued visas.
He explained that it is not just the BI that provides visas for foreign nationals.
“There are a lot of other government agencies that issue visas, without the need for registration with the Bureau. Hence in the past, it w…
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