PH Immigration Office issues clarifications on who can enter the Philippines

“…foreign tourists, non-immigrant visa holders…will be turned back if they land in any of our ports of entry,”

Immigraton Commissioner, Jamie Morente

BACKGROUNDER

The country’s Immigration Chief, Jaime Morente, issued a warning upon learning that immigration offices being swamped with calls and queries from netizens who got news that the Philippines has opened its doors to all foreigners.

Morente appealed to the public to stop spreading fake news as it will only sow confusion, and create unwanted chaos in our all ports of the country. Foreigners are still covered by the travel ban.

SIGN OF GOOD NEWS

Morente, on the other hand, announced that foreigners married to Filipino citizens and their dependents, as well as foreign diplomats, can come to the country as earlier announced by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). “We are therefore advising the different airlines to take note of these latest travel guidelines so that they can accordingly inform their foreign customers who may wish to book their flights to the Philippines,” the BI official said.

In another development, the immigration bureau issued new guidelines in their Facebook page detailing updated restrictions on top of the one mentioned in this article. These are:

Allowed to Enter The Philippines are the following:

• Pursuant to IATF-EID Resolution No. 56 Series of 2020 dated 16 July 2020 beginning 01 August 2020:
  1. Section 13 Series visa [sec. 13; sec 13 (a);sec 13 (b);sec 13 (c);sec 13 (d);sec 13 (e); sec 13 (g)]
  2. RA 7919 Visa
  3. EO 324 Visa
  4. Native-born Visa

TEMPORARY DEPARTURE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

— only the following shall be allowed to exit the Philippines:

• Foreign nationals
• Overseas Filipino workers*
• Permanent visa holders*
• Students enrolled abroad and participants accepted in exchange visitor programs*
  • Note: Beginning 22July2020, non-essential outbound travelers shall be allowed upon compliance with the 5 IATF-EID conditions
    1. Submission of confirmed round-trip tickers for those traveling on a tourist visa;
    2. Adequate travel and health insurance to cover rebooking and accommodation expenses if stranded, and hospitalization in case of infection, in such as may be determined by the Department of Tourism (DOT);
    3. Allowed entry by the destination country in accordance with their travel, health and quarantine restrictions;
    4. Execution of a Declaration acknowledging the risks involved in traveling, including risk of delay in their return trip, to b provided for in the check-in counters by the airlines; and
    5. Upon return, shall follow the Guidelines of Returning Overseas Filipinos of the National Task Force for COVID-19;

More updates will be available once it has been verified.

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