The House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill on final reading modernizing the Bureau of Immigration (BI) by increasing the salary of immigration officers.
The House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill on final reading modernizing the Bureau of Immigration by increasing the salary of immigration officers.
Likewise, the bill provides for the establishment of an Immigration Trust Fund which will be sourced from the 30% retained income and will be administered by the BI Board in accordance with existing government auditing rules and regulations.
"This bill's importance cannot be overstated, being one of the [agreed bills by the] Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council . It will improve travel experience and at the same time tighten up our border security," Speaker Martin Romualdez of Leyte said. “The law on the BI is of Jurassic vintage. It was enacted during the Commonwealth Period under Commonwealth Act No. 613, otherwise known as the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, or 83 years ago. There is an urgent need to modernize the BI to make it comparable with similar agencies in other countries and place it in step with the advances in communications and technology,” Lagman said in explaining his support for the measure.
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