DOLE, BI sign data-sharing agreement

 

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Tuesday that it has signed a data-sharing agreement on foreign nationals working in the Philippines with the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

According to Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, the agreement, which was signed on Monday, will aid in the information flow of both agencies for foreign nationals issued with an Alien Employment Permit.

“Eventually, the manual verification will be a thing of the past, and the Alien Employment Permit Management System of the DOLE and the BI System through the application programming interface will expand our exchanges of information and will result in streamlining the process of both agencies,” Laguesma said.

On the other hand, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said that the system can also track foreign nationals whom they have issued working documents to.

“At the same, we can also share to DOLE kung sino inisyuhan namin ng 9G working visas, provisional work permits, special work permits,” he said.

(At the same, we can also share to DOLE those whom we issued 9G working visas, provisional work permits, special work permits to.)

Tansingco also announced that the processing of 9G working visas will be online starting June 1, 2024.