Over 153K foreigners join BI’s 2024 annual report

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OVER 153,000 foreign nationals participated in this year’s annual report of aliens who are holders of immigrant and non-immigrant visas in the country, the Bureau of Immigration said yesterday.

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said 153,651 foreigners participated in the 2024 Annual Report which started on January 1 and ended on March 1.

“This year’s reportees was higher by 13 percent than the 136,065 aliens who reported for their annual report in 2023,” Tansingco said, describing the increase as significant and a positive sign that more and more foreigners are applying for residency in the country after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tansingco said only foreigners registered with the BI as immigrants and non-immigrants are required to make the annual report, and not foreign tourists or temporary visitors.

Immigrants are permanent residents in the Philippines, while non-immigrants refer to temporary residents such as foreign workers or expatriates and students.

Lawyer Jose Carlitos Licas, BI alien registration chief, said that 49,556 Chinese nationals topped the list of this year’s reportees, followed by 26,123 Indians; 11,671 Vietnamese; 10,912 Americans; and 7,800 Taiwanese.

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