PH hurt by dwindling of foreign students due to COVID fears
Bureau of Immigration Commisisoner Jaime Morente (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) According to the Bureau of Immigration (BI), the number of foreign students in the country went down to an all-time low in 2020 as they did not apply or renew their student visas and permits. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said only 1,254 foreigners applied for student visas last year, compared to the 4,785 in 2019. That represents a slippage of 75 percent. Morente also said that foreign students who renewed their visas also dropped to 7,170, which is 31 percent less than the 10,433 who extended their visas in 2...
Source: mb.com.ph