First e-visa holders
Immigration

First e-visa holders

Sep 4, 2023, 8:58 AM
OpinYon News Team

OpinYon News Team

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Philippine electronic visa or e-visa is now very much in place.

The first e-visa holder was a mother-daughter tandem who arrived on board a China Eastern flight from Shanghai, China last Saturday, September 2, according to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) as they welcomed the tandem.

Only last month, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched last month an e-visa system that allows foreign tourists to apply for their temporary visitors’ visa online.

The e-visa system is an initiative of the national government to attract more foreign visitors to the country post-pandemic.

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco and DFA Office of the Consular Affairs (OCA) Assistant Secretary Henry Bensurto Jr. personally welcomed the arrival of the first e-visa holder.

Also present were DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian de Jesus, Director Leilani Feliciano and Assistant Director Antonio Emmanuel Miranda, together with immigration officials.

The BI said that they are expecting an increase in the number of passengers during the ‘ber’ months, following the re-opening of the country’s borders and the massive promotional campaigns of the Department of Tourism.

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