BI nabs Chinese over canceled visa

MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) arrested a Chinese man for using a fraudulently acquired working visa.

In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said 23-year-old Li Xuanjun was intercepted at the immigration departure area of Naia Terminal 1 in Parañaque City on Jan. 22 before he could board a Philippine Airlines flight for Quanzhou, China.

Viado said Li’s name prompted a hit in the bureau’s automated derogatory check system. The hit indicated that the passenger was wanted for possessing a working visa, which he acquired through fraud and misrepresentation.

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Verification made by the BI supervisors confirmed that Li and the person who is the subject of the derogatory hit are the same.

The passenger was turned over to the Order Control and Intelligence Unit, which brought him to the warden facility in Taguig City as he underwent deportation proceedings.

Records showed that Li’s working visa was canceled by the BI in 2023 after an investigation revealed that he acquired his visa upon the petition of a fictitious employer company. —PNA