100 new immigration officers hired

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the hiring of a hundred new primary inspectors who will be deployed to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Clark International Airport and other ports before the year ends.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said a total of 100 new employees, with the item of Immigration Officer 1, were recently appointed by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to fill up vacancies in the Bureau’s plantilla.

Morente hailed the appointment of the new BI officers, saying it could not have come at a more opportune time as the BI anticipates a gradual reopening of the country’s borders to more international travelers in the next several months.

“We thank Secretary Guevarra for these new appointments, we will be more prepared and are assured that sufficient manpower will be available in our ports to address the influx of passengers,” Morente said.

BI Personnel Chief Grifton Medina said 94 of the newly-hired immigration officers have a plantilla positions under the Immigration Regulation Division, while six are under the Port Operations Division.

Medina said the 100 are set to be deployed soon, upon submission of their required documents and completion of their extensive training on immigration laws, rules and procedures.

Due to the pandemic, the new employees will have to be trained through virtual learning sessions instead of the usual face-to-face, stay-in classes at the BI’s training academy in Clark Freeport.

Morente said majority of the new BI inspectors will be deployed to the NAIA, the country’s premiere port.

“We are hoping that our international flight operations will gradually return to normal before the year ends, following the government’s aggressive vaccine campaign. As the country begins to reopen its economy, perhaps so, too, will our borders reopen slowly,” Morente said.

“Thus I have ordered that these new immigration officers be trained immediately so they can graduate in time for the normalization of our international travel operations,” Morente added.

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