American Boracay resort owner arrested

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

Courtesy of Bureau of Immigration

Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested an American tourist for illegally operating a beach resort on Boracay island.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente on Monday identified the foreigner as 52-year old Randall Lee Parker, who was apprehended on April 25, barely a day before Boracay was closed by the government.

Parker was arrested by BI intelligence operatives inside The Artienda, the resort he was illegally operating at Boracay’s Station Two, Morente said.

 

The BI chief disclosed that he ordered Parker’s arrest after a complaint was filed against him for running the resort “without the appropriate work permit or visa.”

 

“He will undergo deportation proceedings for illegally working in the country,” Morente said in a statement.

He stressed that both the Labor Code and the Immigration Act “strictly forbid aliens from engaging in gainful activity unless they obtain a work permit from the labor department and employment visa from the BI.”

Morente said that Parker, who arrived in the country as a tourist, “blatantly violated the conditions of his stay as a temporary visitor” by engaging in such business activities.

 

 

Parker has been in the Philippines as a tourist for almost two years after arriving on April 16, 2016, BI spokeswoman Atty. Antonette Mangrobang said.

The spokeswoman bared that Parker’s stay as a tourist was supposed to be extended up to June 14 before his illegal operation was discovered. Previously, the American had gone in and out of the country since 2005, she added.

“Existing laws that regulate the employment of aliens in the country are intended to ensure that their activities in the country are consistent with their immigration documentation,” Mangrobang said.

“The rule is that aliens holding tourist visas are not allowed to engage in any form of gainful employment or business activity,” she stressed. /cbb

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[deafguy72 99]

51 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

Courtesy of Bureau of Immigration

Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested an American tourist for illegally operating a beach resort on Boracay island.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente on Monday identified the foreigner as 52-year old Randall Lee Parker, who was apprehended on April 25, barely a day before Boracay was closed by the government.

Parker was arrested by BI intelligence operatives inside The Artienda, the resort he was illegally operating at Boracay’s Station Two, Morente said.

 

The BI chief disclosed that he ordered Parker’s arrest after a complaint was filed against him for running the resort “without the appropriate work permit or visa.”

 

“He will undergo deportation proceedings for illegally working in the country,” Morente said in a statement.

He stressed that both the Labor Code and the Immigration Act “strictly forbid aliens from engaging in gainful activity unless they obtain a work permit from the labor department and employment visa from the BI.”

Morente said that Parker, who arrived in the country as a tourist, “blatantly violated the conditions of his stay as a temporary visitor” by engaging in such business activities.

 

 

Parker has been in the Philippines as a tourist for almost two years after arriving on April 16, 2016, BI spokeswoman Atty. Antonette Mangrobang said.

The spokeswoman bared that Parker’s stay as a tourist was supposed to be extended up to June 14 before his illegal operation was discovered. Previously, the American had gone in and out of the country since 2005, she added.

“Existing laws that regulate the employment of aliens in the country are intended to ensure that their activities in the country are consistent with their immigration documentation,” Mangrobang said.

“The rule is that aliens holding tourist visas are not allowed to engage in any form of gainful employment or business activity,” she stressed. /cbb

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Wondering if he's married? His wife should be doing this with the permit, etc to avoid the trouble. Tsk tsk

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

10 minutes ago, deafguy72 said:

Wondering if he's married? His wife should be doing this with the permit, etc to avoid the trouble. Tsk tsk

Or maybe him and the wife had the business, and she got mad and rolled on him.

 

I had a buddy get deported and blacklisted for that reason.

[deafguy72 99]

2 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

Or maybe him and the wife had the business, and she got mad and rolled on him.

 

I had a buddy get deported and blacklisted for that reason.

Me too. I had a American friend who married to a Filipina wife in the U.S. then moved back living here in the Philippines. He did not pay overstay visa for few years until he got an affair to his wife's sister. His wife reported on him. That was it!  

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2 minutes ago, deafguy72 said:

Me too. I had a American friend who married to a Filipina wife in the U.S. then moved back living here in the Philippines. He did not pay overstay visa for few years until he got an affair to his wife's sister. His wife reported on him. That was it!  

So she then got to keep everything and he isn't allowed back in the country.

[deafguy72 99]

Just now, cyberfx1024 said:

So she then got to keep everything and he isn't allowed back in the country.

Yep! He lost everything and is only in 40's his age  

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

22 hours ago, deafguy72 said:

Wondering if he's married? His wife should be doing this with the permit, etc to avoid the trouble. Tsk tsk

Looks like they could of just gave him a warning or a small fine, I don't see any reason to go overboard and deport the guy

 

We have about 20 million illegal aliens living and working and operating business in the USA