Bureau of Immigration(BI)

Resubmitting request : FOI Request #BI-950005809248 Actioned by RO

Please see below details and email sent May 1, 2021

1. Nationality of the Elder - US Citizen
    Child/ren whom abandoned her - US and Canadian Citizen

2. Kind of Passport does the elder Foreign National Possesed - US Passport

May 3, 2021

Dear Joan,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 03, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Abandoned Elderly- US Citizen.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have  the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact US Embassy in the Philippines at 1201 Roxas Blvd, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila. The Embassy's main telephone number is (63 2) 5301-2000. If you are an American citizen with an emergency, dial 0 to speak with the operator. We are respectfully extending our apologies because the issue of the subject elderly foreign nationals can only be addressed by the US Embassy.

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the BI Commissioner, JAIME H. MORENTE, Bureau of Immigration, Magallanes Drive, Intramuros, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
BI-National Operations Center (BINOC)
FOI Officer