MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) arrested a Chinese man for using a fraudulently acquired working visa.

In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said 23-year-old Li Xuanjun was intercepted at the immigration departure area of Naia Terminal 1 in Parañaque City on Jan. 22 before he could board a Philippine Airlines flight for Quanzhou, China.

Viado said Li’s name prompted a hit in the bureau’s automated derogatory check system. The hit indicated that the passenger was wanted for possessing a working visa, which he acquired through fraud and misrepresentation.

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Verification made by the BI supervisors confirmed that Li and the person who is the subject of the derogatory hit are the same.

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The passenger was turned over to the Order Control and Intelligence Unit, which brought him to the warden facility in Taguig City as he underwent deportation proceedings.

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Records showed that Li’s working visa was canceled by the BI in 2023 after an investigation revealed that he acquired his visa upon the petition of a fictitious employer company. —PNA

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