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The Bureau of Immigration (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pandarayuhan), [2] also known between 1972 and 1987 as the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, is the immigration regulatory and control body of the Philippines.
The visa policy of the Philippines is governed by Commonwealth Act No. 613, also known as the Philippine Immigration Act, and by subsequent legislation amending it. The Act is jointly enforced by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Visitors from 157 countries are permitted visa-free entry for periods ...
The Bureau of Immigration Bicutan Detention Center (BI–Bicutan) [4] is the principal immigration detention center administered by the Bureau of Immigration of the Philippines. Located inside Camp Bagong Diwa , in Lower Bicutan , Taguig , the facility is known internally as the Warden Facility and Protection Unit ( WFPU ). [ 5 ]
After the Philippine Commonwealth was established, the Philippine Legislature enacted Commonwealth Act No. 613 forming the Bureau of Immigration as a separate office from the Bureau of Customs. On May 1, 1947, the Bureau of Customs has as its head the Insular Collector of Customs. He was assisted by the Deputy Insular Collector of Customs.
BI – Bureau of Immigration; BIR – Bureau of Internal Revenue; BJMP – Bureau of Jail Management and Penology; BLE – Bureau of Local Employment [4] BLGF – Bureau of Local Government Finance [5] BLR – Bureau of Labor Relations [6] BMB – Biodiversity Management Bureau [7] BOC – Bureau of Customs; BON – Philippine Board of Nursing
Its head office is at F.B. Harrison Street corner 7th Street in Pasay, near EDSA Extension, Philippines. The agency was founded as the Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers through Letter of Instruction No. 537, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on May 1, 1977.
The Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, also known as Commonwealth Act no. 613, is a law establishing the Bureau of Immigration of the Philippines and establishing the visa policy of the Philippines. [1] The law was passed on August 26, 1940 by the National Assembly of the Philippines.
The Department of Justice (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines. It is the government's principal law agency, serving as its legal counsel and prosecution arm. [2]