Pagbibigay ng visa sa mga pekeng korporasyon, pinaiimbestigahan ng DOJ; 459 visa, kanselado | 24 Oras - video Dailymotion

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00:00 The Justice Department investigated the issue of visa to more than 500 Peking corporations.

00:09 According to Secretary Remulia, these were accepted by the Bureau of Immigration,

00:13 even if it was not validated.

00:15 Maris Umalu was found guilty.

00:17 Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulia helped Commissioner Norman Tancinco of the Bureau of Immigration

00:27 in the dangerous thing that they discovered,

00:30 the number of visas issued by the agency to Peking corporations and sole proprietorship.

00:36 We have a finding that many corporations that were petitioning for 9G visas

00:43 are fake corporations or non-entities which the legal department of the Bureau of Immigration allowed.

00:53 That's why I'm investigating this five years back to stop this nonsense.

00:59 With the help of the legal department of the Bureau of Immigration,

01:03 all kinds of visas were issued to Peking corporations,

01:08 but most of them were for Pogos,

01:10 particularly the 9G visas that foreign nationals need to work here in the Philippines.

01:17 According to Remulia, these corporations were accepted by the Bureau of Immigration even if it was not validated.

01:22 This is a tip of the iceberg. This is deep.

01:25 This is a syndicate.

01:27 It's an affront to our sovereignty.

01:31 Secretary Remulia cannot say the exact number of visas issued,

01:35 but it will reach 1,000 to more than 500 corporations.

01:40 According to the Bureau of Immigration,

01:42 the DOJ was recommended in November to issue visas to Peking corporations

01:48 about what they discovered in the Audit Verification and Compliance Division.

01:51 They cancelled the visa that reached 459 foreign nationals.

01:55 They were ordered to leave the country.

01:57 And with that, they were blacklisted,

02:01 meaning they will not be allowed to re-enter the Philippines in the future.

02:05 As well as issuance of show-cause orders against those who are involved in the application.

02:11 Among them are four lawyers of the BI who were removed from their positions while the investigation was ongoing.

02:17 As well as other agencies whose possible associates.

02:21 The next visa task force was also called.

02:24 We're expecting maybe more than 1,000 foreign nationals who have been issued visas

02:32 despite having fake companies that we can uncover in our audits for the past five years.

02:40 The Senate also investigated the issue.

02:43 This is a national security risk.

02:45 We don't know. Maybe syndicates and criminals are already entering the country.

02:50 We also have information that these work visas are what foreign nationals use to work for Philippine offshore gaming operators.

02:58 We will discuss this in the next hearing.

03:01 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Maris Umali for 24 Hours.

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Pagbibigay ng visa sa mga pekeng korporasyon, pinaiimbestigahan ng DOJ; 459 visa, kanselado | 24 Oras

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