BI bars Czech from entering PH
THE Bureau of Immigration barred a Czech tourist from entering the country for rude behavior after protesting to be registered at the BI’s eTravel system.
In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Jaroslav Konsel, 55, was denied entry last Jan. 23 after arriving aboard a Cebu Pacific flight from Hongkong via the Clark International Airport.
Tansingco said Konsel was turned away after the latter uttered expletives against the BI officers who asked him to first register in the eTravel online system before he could be admitted into the country.
Registration in the eTravel system is mandatory for all international passengers as it is an electronic travel declaration system which receives and stores information and data about all passengers who enter and exit the country.
According to Tansingco, Konsel’s act of defiance amounts to disrespecting the country’s laws and its persons of authority.
“Reports that he taunted and mocked the immigration officers who were politely explaining to him the eTravel requirement is enough ground for him to be excluded and banned from entering the country,” the BI chief stressed.
Airline and immigration employees were said to have attempted to assist him in filling out the form, which he all angrily rejected. An order placing the Kornel in the BI blacklist of undesirable aliens was already issued by Tansingco.
BI-CIA officials reported that Konsel immediately became rude and started mouthing foul language when he was told by the BI officer to first fill out the e-travel form online.
When he returned to the BI counter, Kornel continued to complain and furiously slammed the front desk of the BI officer, thus causing further commotion in the airport.
