Philippines to Lift Ban on Entry of Foreign Nationals, Harry Roque Says
Malacañang Palace said that the Philippine government will lift the ban on entry of foreign nationals from other countries.
On Friday (April 30, 2021), Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine task force against COVID-19 would allow the entry of foreign nationals. The new measure would take effect starting May 1, 2021 (Saturday).
However, the Philippine government would not accept the traveler who came from India or to those with a travel history from India due to the surging of coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation.
“Travel restrictions, however, shall continue to be in effect for those coming from India or those with travel history to India,” Roque said.
The Philippines prohibits the entry of travelers from India starting April 29 up to May 14 to prevent the entry of a double-mutant variant causing the drastic increase of COVID-19 cases.
The travel restrictions for foreign nationals started last March 22 due to the increasing cases of COVID-19.
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“All these are without prejudice to immigrations, rules, and regulations. The Commissioner of Immigration shall have the exclusive prerogative to decide on the waiver or recall of exclusion orders of foreign nationals, subject to regular reporting to the IATF Secretariat,” Roque added.
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