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Travel ban in place for those coming from India until May 14

(Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) however imposed some conditions, including having valid and existing visas at the time of entry and strict testing and quarantine protocols, for inbound foreigners. The government earlier imposed entry restrictions on some foreign nationals from March 22 to April 21, 2021 as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease. The temporary travel ban on for...

PH allows entry of foreign nationals beginning May 1

(Photo from BI Facebook page) “This was in compliance with the ruling of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Infectious Diseases allowing the return to the country of foreign students, investors and workers,” said BI Commissioner Jaime Morente. Likewise, the BI chief said foreign nationals qualified under the Balikbayan Program may also avail of the entry privilege. Morente said, however, that passengers coming from India, or those who have travel history with that country duri...

Share In a bid to encourage Filipinos itching to travel after almost a year in lockdown to rediscover their own backyard, the Philippines’ Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has announced new travel protocols. In an online media briefing on 27 February, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that under the IATF Resolution No. 101, the IATF approved uniform travel protocols for land, sea, and air travel crafted by the Department of Interior and ...

Philippines back to old travel status quo – Nograles Christina Mendez © Michael Varcas, file Philippines back to old travel status quo – Nograles MANILA, Philippines — The travel restriction covering 36 countries with recorded cases of new variants of COVID-19 will be lifted effective tomorrow, Malacañang said yesterday. “On Feb. 1, we will go back to our old status quo before we even implemented the travel restrictions,” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles sai...

Foreign tourists are still barred from entering the Philippines amid the coronavirus pandemic, Malacañang clarified Friday.

(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The conditions imposed on inbound foreign passengers and approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will commence on February 1, 2021 amid the government’s intensified efforts to curb the spread of new coronavirus variants in the country. “Arriving foreign nationals should have valid and existing visas at the time of entry, except for those qualified under the Balikbayan program under Republi...

January 29, 2021 | 7:19 pm Font Size PHILSTAR Malacanang on Friday said that the government’s task force against the coronavirus will relax travel curbs on foreigners coming from more than 30 countries that have detected cases of the more contagious British variant of the coronavirus starting Feb. 1. Last year foreigners coming or transiting from countries with confirmed cases of the British coronavirus variant were barred from entering the country. The list, which includes the Un...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 29) — The restriction on foreign nationals coming from 36 areas with confirmed cases of more transmissible COVID-19 variants will end on Sunday, Jan. 31, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Friday. He did not say if new travel orders will be issued after the ban lapses. "The restriction remains until January 31, 2021 and would lapse after the aforesaid date," he added. The COVID-19 task force started to impose the travel ban on passenge...