Visa application interview (Immigration Department file photo) Lying to an Immigration officer three times to extend her employment visa as domestic helper, has landed a Filipina in jail after she was sentenced at Shatin Court to four months’ imprisonment for each offense. However, Magistrate Raymond Wong ordered that the three sentences he imposed on Josephine Away, 47 years old, run at the same time. Away was charged with three counts of making a false representation to an Immigration Officer lawfully acting under or in the execution of the Immigration Ordinance, contrary to section 42(1)(a) of the Immigration Ordinance. PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE She pleaded guilty in a hearing today. In the first offense, Away was accused of telling an Immigration officer interviewing her on Feb. 2, 2018 that she would work for Leung Chui Pik as a domestic helper, so she needed only an extension to an expiring visa. She repeated the lie on Jan. 28, 2023 when she renewed her visa, to an Immigration Officer lawfully acting under or in the execution of Part III (Extension of stay) of the Immigration Ordinance. Basahin ang detalye! The third lie was made on July 2, 2024, when she made the same claim during Immigration arrival examination at the airport. Her claims were lies because she actually worked for Leung’s sister. Her lawyer, in mitigation, said she thought she did not need to make a change in her Immigration record since her new employer was from the same family. Magistrate Wong gave her the usual one-third discount from the intial sentence of six months, which she would serve concurrently.