{"id":249104,"date":"2020-03-19T07:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249104"},"modified":"2025-01-18T00:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T05:08:16","slug":"ph-suspends-visa-issuance-in-all-foreign-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/19\/ph-suspends-visa-issuance-in-all-foreign-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"PH suspends visa issuance in all foreign posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244990\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SFA_ASEM20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244990\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SFA_ASEM20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SFA_ASEM20.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SFA_ASEM20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SFA_ASEM20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SFA_ASEM20-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. engages in a discussion with the Filipino community during a meeting at the Philippine Embassy in Brussels, Belgium on October 19, 2018. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine government has suspended the issuance of visas amid the continued spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) worldwide, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Starting today, all our Embassies and Consulates will temporarily suspend visa issuance to all foreign nationals as well as the visa-free entry privileges of all foreign nationals,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The order also covers foreigners who have previously secured a Philippine visa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All previously issued Philippine visas to foreign nationals are deemed cancelled. Visas already issued to foreign spouses and children of Filipino nationals remain valid,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous tweet, Locsin said the move is &#8220;one imperative step forward&#8221; a total ban on incoming foreign visitors of all nationalities with no exceptions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super kamagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/super-kamagra.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/super-kamagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve not adopted that imperative but I can&#8217;t see how we can avoid it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he clarified that outgoing travel, except for Filipino tourists, remains allowed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prednisolone online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/prednisolone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases had earlier lifted the 72-hour window for individuals departing overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine government has suspended the issuance of visas amid the continued spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) worldwide, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":244990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249104","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\/249104","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285134,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249104\/revisions\/285134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}