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Friday, March 29, 2024

Leaves banned by Immigration

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Immigration personnel assigned to the international airports nationwide are banned from going on leave starting next month to ensure that enough immigration officers are on duty to serve the traveling public during the holiday season.

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said no applications for vacation leave by port personnel will be approved starting Dec. 1 up to Jan. 15 next year.

“We have to make sure that our immigration booths at the airports are adequately manned in anticipation of an increase in the number of international travelers who will enter and exit the country during that period,” Morente said.

But he says that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his agency expects only a slight to moderate rise in the number of passengers who will depart or arrive from abroad.

He says many countries, including the Philippines, have not yet lifted the travel restrictions that were imposed after the COVID-19 pandemic started last March.

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“Thus, we are confident that the number of immigration officers currently deployed at the ports are enough to facilitate the efficient conduct of immigration formalities for arriving and departing passengers,” Morente said.

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