Update at mga hakbang sa mandatory departure ng mga dayuhang POGO employees ngayong holiday season mula kay BI Spokesperson Dana Sandoval

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00:00The Bureau of Immigration has already laid out the current holiday season schedule

00:04and updates on the mandatory departure of foreign POGO employees.

00:08We know that Dana Sandoval is the spokesperson of the Bureau of Immigration.

00:13Ms. Dana, good afternoon.

00:16Good afternoon to you and good afternoon to those who are watching your program.

00:21In your assessment, have travelers or tourists arrived in the country

00:26for the upcoming holiday celebration

00:28and how many passengers do you expect to arrive in the country this year?

00:33There are a lot of travelers traveling this year.

00:35Actually, we can see that there are a lot of arriving passengers

00:44as well as departing Filipinos

00:46to celebrate the holiday season in other countries.

00:51We can see 110,000 arrivals and departures per day.

01:03110,000 travelers, maybe around 50,000 departures,

01:0750,000 plus arrivals in the next few days.

01:12So, Ms. Dana, what is the deployment laid out by the BIA personnel this holiday season

01:17so that the congestion on the border can be eased?

01:22Yes, the Bureau of Immigration is ready for the peak season.

01:27We deployed additional personnel as an augmentation team.

01:31We deployed more than 30 immigration personnel on the border

01:36to help ease the queues.

01:39We have also in place our mobile counters that are there on standby

01:44if the queues are getting longer.

01:48We have additional personnel helping them.

01:51And of course, our electronic gates.

01:54We really, really recommend the use of these electronic gates

01:58so that the queues of arriving Filipinos can be eased.

02:03Ms. Dana, this year, the Bureau of Immigration frontliners

02:08who arrived this Christmas, what are the details here?

02:13Well, it's a different thing now for this Christmas season.

02:18We can say that because we saw that it's really part of the Philippine tradition.

02:23It's really part of our culture to be warm and welcoming during Christmas.

02:28There's nothing wrong with greeting, as we can see.

02:31As long as our people will not accept any gift or token or anything from the traveling passengers.

02:41That is what is prohibited.

02:43But greeting, as part of our culture, we can do.

02:48That's just our advice to our frontliners is to ensure that we are inclusive.

02:54Even those religions who do not practice or who do not have Christmas,

03:01we can greet in a different way just to celebrate this holiday season.

03:07Because this is really after the pandemic.

03:09This is what we saw, the travelers have already rebounded.

03:14Many are leaving, many are arriving, the passengers.

03:18And it looks like we're back on track.

03:20We're back to pre-pandemic levels.

03:22That's why we also want our countrymen and our visitors to feel

03:28that the country is a warm and welcoming country.

03:33Let's show our hospitality.

03:35But it is prohibited to receive gifts, only greetings.

03:39You can see on the CCTV monitor that someone is greeting,

03:43and you can also see if someone is going to reach and receive something.

03:48Yes, our CCTVs are high resolution.

03:51When we were watching the CCTV,

03:53the immigration officer's nail was the last thing we saw if it was cut.

03:59So that's how clear our CCTV cameras are.

04:02So you can see if there are activities or if there are any doubts in our counters.

04:09So maybe in the traveling public, instead of gifts, instead of tokens,

04:14it's good that what we're requesting to our frontliners is a sweet greeting.

04:21And a hello, a Merry Christmas greeting.

04:26This holiday season, wherever our frontliners are,

04:29they are really making sacrifices.

04:31And even if it's midnight, Christmas, New Year,

04:36instead of being with their families, they are serving the traveling public.

04:42Ms. Dana, in other talks, because December is almost over,

04:46we also asked for an update on the mandatory departure of foreign POGO workers.

04:51How many of them have already left, and how many are expected to leave the country?

04:57There are still a lot of people we expect to leave.

05:02Maybe around 6,000 are expected to leave the country.

05:07And we are stressing, we are repeatedly saying that the December 31 deadline has no extension.

05:15There is no hope that this will be extended.

05:18And let's not make it longer for foreign POGO workers.

05:24They are expected to leave before the December 31 deadline.

05:28According to our figures, out of around 33,000 foreign nationals,

05:3621,000 have already downgraded their visas, and most of those who downgraded have already left.

05:45So we expect maybe 6,000 or 7,000 are left to leave the country in the next few days.

05:53In a few days, we expect them to leave in around a week.

05:59Because if they do not leave after December 31,

06:03then they will reach the blacklisting, deportation proceedings, and blacklisting.

06:09So given that, what will happen to those who will not leave,

06:13especially if some of them already have a spouse or family here in the Philippines?

06:19That's the advice that we are giving if they have reason to come back to the Philippines.

06:23Like that, they have a spouse, they have a child here in the Philippines.

06:29They should comply with the regulations.

06:31They should go out of the country as part of the downgrading in order to leave.

06:36And they may return if they have a legitimate reason to return to the Philippines.

06:44Because if they do not leave, if they do not comply with the regulations,

06:49they will be blacklisted, meaning they will be prevented from re-entering the Philippines.

06:54And it will be more difficult for them to reunite with their families.

06:59That's why we follow the policies of the national government to downgrade their visas,

07:10stop the operations of online gaming companies, and let their foreign workers leave the country.

07:16Okay, lastly, please send a message to our countrymen this Christmas.

07:22Yes, this holiday season, we expect that many will travel in the coming days

07:28up until the first or second week of January.

07:31So we are reminding you to travel so that you can write

07:36at least 72 hours before you leave or arrive.

07:39e-travel.gov.ph

07:41This is free.

07:42We don't want to be fooled by websites that are phishing information and deceiving us.

07:50E-travel is free and you may do it at the comforts of your own home.

07:55And we also remind the public when they are traveling,

07:59departing the Philippines, to be at the airport at least three hours prior to your flight.

08:06Directly at the boarding gate after immigration.

08:10If we want to relax around the area, we can allot a bit more time

08:16so that your vacation will be smooth and seamless.

08:20And you can count on the people of the Bureau of Immigration,

08:23even if it's Christmas, New Year, or holiday season,

08:27we are here to serve you, especially in our borders.

08:33Okay, maraming salamat po sa inyong oras, Ms. Donna Sandoval,

08:37ang tagapagsalita ng Bureau of Immigration.

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