THE waiving of tourist visas for visiting cruise passengers is expected to be questioned by Malacañang, in the light of its order to suspend the issuance of electronic visas to Chinese citizens for security reasons.
THE waiving of tourist visas for visiting cruise passengers is expected to be questioned by Malacañang, in the light of its order to suspend the issuance of electronic visas to Chinese citizens for security reasons.
The source pointed out that the new BI policy “may ultimately contravene the President’s instructions to pause e-visas for China,” even as DFA continues to process visitor visas with added security measures. BI is a unit of the Department of Justice and is tasked to protect the Philippines’ borders and ensure visiting foreign citizens comply with the country’s laws.
He said in Filipino, “with all illegal Pogos that have been raided, most of the Chinese nationals arrested there are already illegal aliens. They arrived as tourists, had no work permits, or if they had, these were already expired, and yet why does not seem to know about it?” Escudero wondered if the DOT’s inbound tourist arrivals data was still “correct or accurate” if its basis were the tourist visas issued, but there is an intention to work in the country.
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