BI ROLLS OUT UPDATED SYSTEM, PRIORITIZES OFWS
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman
Tansingco vowed to prioritize overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) traveling in and
out of the country this holiday season.
According to Tansingco, they have recently rolled out
the latest update of their Border Control Information System (BCIS), which is
the centralized database of all travel records of incoming and outgoing
passengers.
The system is a database sharing information that would
allow the BI access to DMW’s OEC records, lessening paperwork for departing
OFWs.
Apart from faster processing, the system also allowed
BI officers to immediately verify and intercept fake OECs upon presentation by
illegal recruitment and human trafficking victims.
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