Jollygoodfellow Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 PRESS RELEASE 29 May 2020 International travel restrictions remain under GCQ - BI MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it will continue to implement international flight travel restrictions at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) despite the lifting of the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and its being placed under general community quarantine (GCQ). In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said travel restrictions that existed under ECQ and MECQ are still in place unless said restrictions are eased or lifted by the government. "As a consequence, our operations at the NAIA are still downscaled and our personnel there are still on skeletal and rotational deployment," Morente said. He added that most international flights remain suspended as a result of the travel restrictions which affected Filipinos and foreigners alike who wished to enter or leave the country. "Nonetheless, we assure the public that we are always ready to resume full, normal operations in our international airports once the government decides to ease or lift these travel restrictions," the BI chief stated. According to BI acting port operations chief Grifton Medina, international flights remain limited and few since the start of the lockdown in mid-March. He further disclosed that BI officers at the NAIA currently serve an average of only 20 to 30 flights a day, a third of which are special flights that ferry medical supplies and other kinds of cargo into the country. As for the passenger flights, Medina said these are mostly repatriation flights that transport returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and chartered sweeper flights that bring foreigners stranded here back to their homelands. Under existing guidelines approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force Against Infectious Diseases (IATF), only OFWs; Filipino citizens and their spouses and dependents; permanent residents; and foreign diplomats are allowed to enter the country. All foreigners can leave anytime but Filipinos are not allowed to leave unless they are OFWs, permanent residents or holders of student visa in their country of destination. https://www.facebook.com/officialbureauofimmigration/? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJReyes Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 Two EU countries, Italy and Greece, have announced that international visitors are again welcome. Interesting that Italy was heavily hit by Covid-19 whereas Greece was very low. Vietnam is trying to do the same, starting with domestic only tourism. I suspect the Philippines will make a similar announcement within the next 60 to 90 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balisidar Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 6 hours ago, JJReyes said: Two EU countries, Italy and Greece, have announced that international visitors are again welcome. Interesting that Italy was heavily hit by Covid-19 whereas Greece was very low. Vietnam is trying to do the same, starting with domestic only tourism. I suspect the Philippines will make a similar announcement within the next 60 to 90 days. Interesting. Me and my wife are supposed to move to the Philippines hopefully in September so we are watching announcements like what JGF posted like a hawk. And as an aside, nice to see you posting again JJReyes.😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JJReyes Posted May 29, 2020 Popular Post Posted May 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Balisidar said: Interesting. Me and my wife are supposed to move to the Philippines hopefully in September so we are watching announcements like what JGF posted like a hawk. And as an aside, nice to see you posting again JJReyes.😁 My wife and I are hoping to revisit the Philippines before the end of the year, possibly staying several months on a balikbayan visa. Might as well spend our money there to support the local economy. As part of the on-going lockdown in San Diego, I have visited around 150 Vlogs about Philippine tourism destinations and postings by foreigners who are stuck due to the quarantine. Some of the newer visitor destinations look very interesting We went on a 21 days cruise around Asia last December. It was a disappointment because, by comparison, the treatment of visitors in the Philippines is much better. There was no warmth, hospitality, friendliness or even curiosity as to where you are from. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 23 hours ago, Balisidar said: Interesting. Me and my wife are supposed to move to the Philippines hopefully in September so we are watching announcements like what JGF posted like a hawk. Me and my wife are in the same situation. Our plan was also to go in September, but I don´t Think that will happen considering the situation. Luckily I have not resigned from my work yet or sold our apartment. I hope we can do it early next year instead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted May 30, 2020 Forum Support Posted May 30, 2020 Like Viking we will wait until sometime next year to visit once things settle down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted May 30, 2020 Forum Support Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Old55 said: Like Viking we will wait until sometime next year to visit once things settle down. We will keep the lights on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balisidar Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Viking said: Me and my wife are in the same situation. Our plan was also to go in September, but I don´t Think that will happen considering the situation. Luckily I have not resigned from my work yet or sold our apartment. I hope we can do it early next year instead I still plan on retiring at the end of July but yeah, the move to the Philippines might have to wait a little while. Guess we'll see. Best wishes to you and your wife.👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 20 hours ago, Balisidar said: I still plan on retiring at the end of July but yeah, the move to the Philippines might have to wait a little while. Guess we'll see. Best wishes to you and your wife.👍 Best wishes to you and your wife too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/31/2020 at 8:30 AM, Mike J said: We will keep the lights on. If you can stop the brownouts I'll really be impressed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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