The Bureau of Immigration (BI) over the weekend dedicated to boosting its digital gates to reduce processing instances on the immigration counters, following a variety of social media posts claiming that the lengthy course of brought on them to be offloaded from their flights.
According to the BI, it’s set to enhance the immigration course of, because it has checked out methods to enhance and fast-track the method within the coming months.
“The BI commits to explore the use of additional electronic gates to lessen processing times,” it mentioned in JP Soriano’s report on GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.
“The e-travel portal for departing passengers will likewise be launched in March, which will decrease paper-based forms for passengers,” it added.
This comes after a variety of posts circulated on-line, with passengers on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) saying they had been offloaded from their flights as a result of time wanted to undergo immigration.
One of the posts was a passenger going to Palau, who mentioned that the prolonged immigration course of brought on him to overlook his flight.
The BI mentioned that it deployed 21 immigration officers on responsibility in the course of the mentioned interval, processing 15 flights with a load of roughly 3,900 passengers.
“While the BI has maximized its manpower complement, the issue of long lines remains a worldwide concern as countries open up its borders,” it mentioned.
“We are thankful to the Manila International Airport Authority for committing to increase the space allocation for the immigration area in the next few months. We are likewise grateful for the support of the airlines in studying flight schedules to minimize overlapping of flights,” it added. — Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas/BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
