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BUREAU of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said that they are expecting more than 110,000 travelers during the holiday season.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Viado said that last year, Christmas weekend arrivals was at an average of more than 53,000 while departures were at an average of 43,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe are expecting the numbers to further increase this year, and we believe that it will now exceed pre-pandemic numbers,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prior to the pandemic, the BI saw an average of 55,000 daily arrivals during the month of December. They likewise recorded an average of 47,000 departures in December 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Viado assured the traveling public that preparations have been made to ensure smooth operations during the holiday season.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a regular practice, applications for leave of frontline officers are denied during the peak season to ensure full deployment capacity.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe have ramped up our operations at major international airports, with additional personnel to maintain a smooth flow of passengers,\u201d said Viado.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOur team is closely monitoring our operations,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In addition to the new officers, the BI is deploying personnel from its main office to support airport operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BI has also said that they are activating its rapid response teams and deploying mobile counters to ensure efficient processing during the peak season.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BUREAU of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said that they are expecting more than 110,000 travelers during the holiday season. Viado said that last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10698,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions\/10698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}