Manila, March 4 -- Seven more immigration counters for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be installed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.

The additional counters will be available starting April 1, bringing the total counters for OFWs at Terminal 3 to 14, Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval told the Philippine News Agency.

Sandoval said an additional 25 immigration officers will be deployed to operate the new counters.

With the augmentation, Terminal 3 would have a total of 57 workstations in the departure area, while the arrival area has 46 workstations and eight e-gates.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon episode last Feb. 27, Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said there would be additio...