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| The Filipina pleaded guilty at Shatin court to overstaying |
A Filipina who did not leave when her two-week tourist visa expired and then overstayed for three years and nine months, has been jailed for 12 weeks.
Acting Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong handed Joelyn
Tenorio, 51 years old, the sentence after she pleaded guilty during a hearing
on Thursday (Jan. 9) .
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Tenorio had been charged by the Immigration Department with
breaching her condition of stay, contrary to section 41 of the Immigration
Ordinance.
She was given until Oct. 29, 2020 to leave, under a
condition of stay set by the Immigration Department when she was permitted to land
in Hong Kong.
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However, she did not leave until she was arrested on July
15, 2024.
During the period, she applied for non-refoulement with the Immigration
Department to seek protection from being deported.
She had been issued a recognizance form to serve as her
identification document,
