00:00 Because of the abuse of money, the power of the Bureau of Immigration should be cancelled.
00:06 The power to convert the tourist visa to the student visa.
00:09 That is what a congressman called to the President.
00:12 And Jonathan Andal was there.
00:14 Tourist visa is allowed in the Philippines, but it converts to the student visa.
00:23 In exchange of money.
00:25 That is the mode of the Bureau of Immigration according to a congressman.
00:29 To the enterprising BID officials, this is a money-making scheme.
00:40 This is where we saw what happened to the tourists who went there.
00:45 They were issued an extension because they were issued a student visa.
00:52 That is why he called President Bongbong Marcos to destroy the Executive Order 285 of former President Joseph Estrada
00:59 which gives the power to the Immigration to convert the tourist visa to the student visa.
01:04 For him, only the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA has the power to issue a visa.
01:09 The approval of immigration did not go through, where he has more than 16,000 student visas for the Chinese nationals in 2023.
01:18 The syndicate is big there because it has equal importance.
01:23 They cannot give it for free.
01:28 A resolution was issued in the House of Representatives to investigate the corruption of the government.
01:33 A special official of the Immigration was called.
01:36 The head of the visa section, tourist, should be summoned to appear before this August body
01:45 and be able to answer many of these allegations.
01:49 DFA said that they will now restrict the requirement to give visas to Chinese nationals
01:55 because of the many documents they receive from Chinese applicants.
02:00 This has nothing to do with the tensions in the West Philippine Sea.
02:03 We asked the BI, but they haven't given any statement.
02:07 For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, Khatutok, 24 Hours.
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