Good day!
This is to acknowledge receipt of your query through the eFOI portal dated 11 April 2017 requesting for the amounts of Express Lane Fund (ELF) collected by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) from 2001 to 2016.
As per the report of Finance and Management Division (FMD) of the BI, the amount collected for the ELF are as follows:
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATIONS
EXPRESS LANE COLLECTION
Year Amount collected
2001 No record
2002 258,672,623.21
2003 264,654,510.54
2004 268,982,541.31
2005 329,495,797.56
2006 378,361,411.60
2007 296,456,541.96
2008 521,177,834.00
2009 883,461,056.79
2010 811,801,980.00
2011 877,611,440.02
2012 1,036,588,434.00
2013 1,156,025,607.14
2014 1,124,206,278.97
2015 1,247,947,211.25
2016 1,246,629,996.64
Total amount 9,455,443,268.35
There is no amount presented for the collection on 2001 due to the fact that the documents relative thereto were razed by fire.
Attached hereto are the pertinent documents from the FMD of BI relative to the abovementioned amounts.
We hope this sufficiently answers your question. Thank you and best regards.
By the authority of the Undersecretary:
ATTY. MARDANE GIZELLE A. DE CASTRO
Chief of Staff