Bureau of Immigration
E826030
The Bureau of Immigration is the Philippine government agency responsible for administering and enforcing the country’s immigration, citizenship, and alien registration laws.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Immigration canonical | 4 |
| Bureau of Immigration (Philippines) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9863960 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Immigration Context triple: [Department of Justice of the Philippines, oversees, Bureau of Immigration]
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A.
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
The Immigration and Nationality Directorate was a former UK Home Office division responsible for managing immigration control, asylum applications, and nationality matters before its functions were absorbed into the UK Border Agency.
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B.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
The Immigration and Naturalization Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing immigration and naturalization laws before its functions were reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security.
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C.
department of immigration
The department of immigration is a government agency responsible for regulating the entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and managing a country’s immigration policies and procedures.
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D.
Immigration Services Agency
The Immigration Services Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for administering immigration control, residency management, and related services for foreign nationals.
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E.
Directorate General of Immigration
The Directorate General of Immigration is Indonesia’s national immigration authority responsible for regulating entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and citizens, as well as managing visas, residence permits, and border control.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Immigration Target entity description: The Bureau of Immigration is the Philippine government agency responsible for administering and enforcing the country’s immigration, citizenship, and alien registration laws.
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A.
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
The Immigration and Nationality Directorate was a former UK Home Office division responsible for managing immigration control, asylum applications, and nationality matters before its functions were absorbed into the UK Border Agency.
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B.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
The Immigration and Naturalization Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing immigration and naturalization laws before its functions were reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security.
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C.
department of immigration
The department of immigration is a government agency responsible for regulating the entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and managing a country’s immigration policies and procedures.
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D.
Immigration Services Agency
The Immigration Services Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for administering immigration control, residency management, and related services for foreign nationals.
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E.
Directorate General of Immigration
The Directorate General of Immigration is Indonesia’s national immigration authority responsible for regulating entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and citizens, as well as managing visas, residence permits, and border control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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immigration authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BI ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)
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National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines) ⓘ
linked to:
National Bureau of Investigation
Philippine National Police ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| goal |
protection of national security through immigration control
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regulation of the entry and stay of foreign nationals in the Philippines ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the Philippine government ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Alien Registration Division
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Board of Commissioners ⓘ Intelligence Division ⓘ Legal Division ⓘ Port Operations Division ⓘ Visa and Extension Section ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
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linked to:
Intramuros, Manila
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| jurisdiction |
Republic of the Philippines
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linked to:
Philippines
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| language |
English
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Filipino ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Commonwealth Act No. 613
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Philippine Immigration Act of 1940 ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Department of Justice (Philippines)
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linked to:
Department of Justice of the Philippines
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| performsFunction |
coordination with law enforcement agencies on immigration matters
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implementation of watchlist and hold departure orders ⓘ maintenance of immigration records ⓘ screening of arriving passengers ⓘ screening of departing passengers ⓘ |
| regionServed | Philippines ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of Philippine citizenship laws
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administration of Philippine immigration laws ⓘ alien registration in the Philippines ⓘ blacklisting of foreign nationals ⓘ border control at Philippine ports of entry ⓘ deportation of undesirable or undocumented aliens ⓘ extension of temporary visitor visas ⓘ immigration enforcement in the Philippines ⓘ implementation of immigration policies and regulations ⓘ implementation of immigration-related court and administrative orders ⓘ issuance of Alien Certificate of Registration ⓘ issuance of Philippine visas to foreign nationals ⓘ monitoring of foreign nationals in the Philippines ⓘ processing of student visas for foreign nationals ⓘ processing of work visas for foreign nationals ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Secretary of Justice (Philippines)
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linked to:
Secretary of Justice of the Philippines
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| website | https://immigration.gov.ph ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bureau of Immigration Description of subject: The Bureau of Immigration is the Philippine government agency responsible for administering and enforcing the country’s immigration, citizenship, and alien registration laws.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
INS
National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)
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collaboratesWith
→
Bureau of Immigration (Philippines)
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subject linked to:
National Bureau of Investigation
linked to: Bureau of Immigration