{"id":244533,"date":"2020-02-11T00:09:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T05:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244533"},"modified":"2020-02-11T00:09:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T05:09:32","slug":"no-cancellation-of-us-tourist-visas-change-in-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/11\/no-cancellation-of-us-tourist-visas-change-in-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"No cancellation of US tourist visas, change in policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUSEmbassyPH%2Fposts%2F10158187730464623&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"679\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The United States Embassy in Manila on Monday dismissed as &#8220;fraudulent&#8221; the reported cancellation of tourist visas for Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The US Embassy in the Philippines is aware of a fraudulent advisory alleging the cancellation\/revocation of tourist visas and the suspension of visa applications. These claims are not true,&#8221; US Embassy Spokesperson Heather Fabrikant said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy said US visa policy in the Philippines &#8220;has not changed&#8221;. The misinformation supposedly originated from &#8220;impostors&#8221; claiming to be an official US source.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The official US Embassy website at https:\/\/ph.usembassy.gov and our official social media platforms are the best sources for accurate and current information. To report visa and passport fraud, please email FPMManila@state.gov,&#8221; Fabrikant said.<\/p>\n<p>A screenshot of the fake advisory circulating online, says the US Department of State ordered the &#8220;cancellation of all current and existing B1 and B2 tourist visas&#8221; and that &#8220;the Embassy shall no longer accept B1 and B2 applications and renewals on Fen. [sic] 15, 2020&#8221; due to the 2019-novel coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>As of posting, the Philippines reported three 2019-nCoV cases in the country, with several persons under investigation (PUIs) for possible infection at 261.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The United States Embassy in Manila on Monday dismissed as &#8220;fraudulent&#8221; the reported cancellation of tourist visas for Filipinos. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":87974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244535,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244533\/revisions\/244535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}