Published May 15, 2021, 4:37 PM
Despite closed borders and the lack of commercial flights available, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday night brought home 155 distressed overseas Filipinos from China, bringing the total number of Filipinos the agency has brought home from around the world since the pandemic started to 400,958.
The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriates 155 overseas Filipinos from China (DFA photo)
The agency’s repatriation program is funded by its assistance-to-nationals (ATN) budget.
“Most of the recent arrivals were assisted with their overstaying fees in the country by the Philippine Embassy in Beijing and the various Philippine Consulates General in Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xiamen,” DFA said in a statement Saturday, May 15.
Gov t imposes new conditions for foreigners entering Philippines By Llanesca T. Panti, GMA News
Published April 30, 2021 2:43pm The Philippine government has imposed more conditions for select foreigners that are allowed entry to the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, the Inter-Agency Task Force has adopted Resolution 113, which provides that foreign nationals allowed under previous IATF resolutions can enter the country provided they should have/be: valid and existing visa at the time of entry, except for those qualified under the Balikbayan program; pre-booked accommodation for at least seven nights in an accredited quarantine hotel/facility;
April 30, 2021
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced Friday that the government imposed new conditions for foreign national entering the Philippines.
According to Resolution 113 adopted by the Inter-Agency Task Force, the following foreign nationals are allowed to enter the country provided they should have/be:
valid and existing visa at the time of entry, except for those qualified under the Balikbayan program;
pre-booked accommodation for at least seven nights in an accredited quarantine hotel/facility;
subject to COVID-19 testing at the quarantine hotel/facility on the sixth (6th) day from date of arrival; and
subject to the maximum capacity of inbound passengers at the port and date of entry.
Published April 16, 2021 11:12am More foreign nationals will be allowed entry in the Philippines until April 30 amid the COVID-19 pandemic after the government allowed the entry of foreigners with valid entry exemption documents duly issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) before March 22. On Friday, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said this is provided under the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) April 15 Resolution 110. This means foreigners with valid entry exemption documents duly issued by the DFA before March 22 will join the following who are already exempted from the suspension of entry for people of foreign citizenship: diplomats and members of international organizations, and their dependents provided they hold a valid 9(e) visa or 47(a)(2) visa, as the case may be, at the time of entry
Entry ban on most foreigners extended until April 30
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 15) The entry ban on most foreigners is extended until the end of the month, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced Friday.
He said in a statement that the Inter-Agency Task Force approved the extension of the travel ban, which took effect on March 22 and was supposed to end on April 21.
Roque noted that “foreign nationals with valid entry exemption documents duly issued by the DFA prior to March 22, 2021, will be allowed entry to the Philippines.”
The National Task Force Against COVID-19, in an earlier memorandum, listed foreign nationals allowed to enter the Philippines amid the travel restrictions, provided they present valid visas at the time of entry.