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Government working to allow extension of e-visas: Marcos Jr

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Departing passengers queue before the immigration counters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on July 4, 2023. The NAIA Terminal 3 doubles the number of immigration counters as part of The Bureau of Immigration and Manila International Airport Authority" s="" plans="" to="" address="" long="" immigration="" queues.="" Mark="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tvpatrol/08/25/20230704-naia-3-immigration-counters-md-7.jpg"/><figcaption>Departing passengers queue before the immigration counters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on July 4, 2023. The NAIA Terminal 3 doubles the number of immigration counters as part of The Bureau of Immigration and Manila International Airport Authority&#x27;s plans to address long immigration queues. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has promised that they are &quot;fine-tuning&quot; procedures to extend the electronic visas of foreigners who wish to stay in the country, Malacañang said Sunday. </p><p>Marcos issued the statement during the courtesy visit to Malacañang of Indian Ambassador Shambhu Kumaran. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/02/23/immigration-welcomes-first-e-visa-holders">Immigration welcomes first e-visa holders</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/25/23/dfa-soft-launches-e-visa-for-chinese-visitors">DFA soft launches e-visa for Chinese visitors</a></li></ul><p>Kumaran supposedly asked the President to allow the extension of Indians&#x27; e-visas, most especially those who are staying in the country. </p><p>“We will find a way to do it. But we are doing it (extending the e-visa),” Marcos told Kumaran. </p><p>He added that this would be implemented to &quot;other foreigners who are staying in the Philippines as well,&quot; according to the Palace release. </p><p>“It won’t be just India, we are doing it with…several other countries as well to keep it. Again, we will just apply the same principles that we did with others – to India. But that is something that&#x27;s easy for us,” said the President. </p><p>“That’s going to be a good beginning of a good exchange between our two countries,” he added. </p><p>E-visas allow travelers to a certain country to apply for a visa by booking a schedule online, which will only require passport numbers, mobile phone digits and email address.</p><p>Earlier this year, Marcos Jr. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/26/23/marcos-jr-orders-extension-of-e-visa-for-select-foreigners">ordered the extension of e-visas</a> for Chinese, Indian, South Korean and Japanese travelers to boost the tourism sector.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0qwqHENXjoA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has promised that they are 'fine-tuning' procedures to extend the electronic visas of foreigners who wish to stay in the country, Malacañang said Sunday. 

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Government working to allow extension of e-visas: Marcos Jr

Job Manahan,

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Published Nov 05, 2023 04:27 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 05, 2023 10:43 PM PHT

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