Inbound travel remains restricted, BI says

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While the government will allow the nonessential outbound travel of Filipinos beginning Oct. 21, the BI stressed that restrictions on inbound travelers would remain in place.

But, according to the ruling, if the country of destination requires an RT-PCR test, then the same must be presented instead.Departing Filipinos will also be required to sign a declaration acknowledging the risks of their travel, to be provided by airline check-in counters.

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Saturday that the IATF was studying policies with regard to inbound travel, as the government recognizes that there are foreign citizens abroad who want to spend the holidays with their loved ones and fiancées here in the Philippines. Currently, only Filipinos, their spouse and minor children are allowed to enter the country holding tourist visas. Restrictions allow the Filipinos’ foreign children with special needs, foreign parent of minor Filipinos, and foreign parent of Filipino children with special needs to enter the country.

Nograles, cochair of the IATF, said it it might take time for the task force body to resolve matters brought to its attention as “every decision of the IATF has repercussions … and we have to prepare the ground.”

 

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