New Equipment, Facilities Install for Better Immigration Services in Mactan

(PIA) – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) installed new equipment and facilities for better services at the immigration counters for International-bound passengers at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIAA).

“These upgrades have been lobbied for quite some time and we are very happy with the new development,” said BI commissioner Siegfred Mison.

Recently, there were 29 new passport readers and 20 computers were installed at the counters while the immigration arrival counters were moved to the newly-renovated International Arrival Area 2.

“The new counters and equipment will ease passenger congestion at the arrival area and cut waiting time by more than half”, said Mison.

In 2014, the Anti-Fraud Laboratory was set up at MCIA, complete with the necessary equipment to detect fraudulent documents.

Last year, BI-MCIA was able to process 13,940 flights and 1,763,470 passengers.

“These numbers are expected to receive on a yearly basis and we are confident that the BI is fully-equipped and ready to receive the demands of the international passengers”, Mison concluded. (rmn/HFG/PIA-7/BI)