{"id":777017606,"date":"2024-07-26T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017606"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:47:53","slug":"the-philippines-wont-refund-visa-fee-for-deported-offshore-gaming-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-wont-refund-visa-fee-for-deported-offshore-gaming-workers","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines won’t refund visa fee for deported offshore gaming workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) says foreign workers have two months to leave the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Dana Sandoval, a spokesperson of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), has said that foreign workers employed by banned<\/a> offshore gaming operators will not receive a refund for their working visas. He said the fee is part of the process whether the application is approved, denied or revoked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The working visa costs PHP32,460, including the alien certificate of registration (ACR) I-Card fees. Foreign workers are required to personally visit the BI office for biometric capturing during application. According to the BI, there are 20,000 foreign nationals working in gaming in the country, 70 per cent of them Chinese nationals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Philippines legislators urged to fast-track bill to ban offshore gaming operators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) says foreign workers have two months to leave the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777008064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine Bureau of Immigration has mandated that foreign workers associated with banned offshore gaming operators must depart the country within two months, without visa fee refunds. This directive impacts approximately 20,000 foreign nationals, predominantly Chinese, previously employed in the nation's gaming sector. The move aligns with ongoing legislative efforts to prohibit offshore gaming operations in the Philippines.","focusai_entities":"Bureau of Immigration (BI), Dana Sandoval","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic Impact?","query":"What are the broader economic implications for the Philippines following the mandated departure of 20,000 foreign gaming workers and the potential ban on offshore gaming?"},{"label":"Regional Operator Impact?","query":"How will this regulatory enforcement impact the operational strategies and market presence of other iGaming entities in Southeast Asia, particularly those with similar B2B\/B2C licensing models?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777017606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017613,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017606\/revisions\/777017613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777008064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}