{"id":262006,"date":"2020-07-17T05:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T09:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=262006"},"modified":"2020-07-17T05:28:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T09:28:29","slug":"bi-ready-to-impose-iatf-rule-on-entry-of-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/17\/bi-ready-to-impose-iatf-rule-on-entry-of-foreigners\/","title":{"rendered":"BI ready to impose IATF rule on entry of foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_262009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262009\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aircraft-1853578_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-262009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aircraft-1853578_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aircraft-1853578_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aircraft-1853578_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aircraft-1853578_1280-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aircraft-1853578_1280-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foreigners will be subject to the maximum capacity of inbound passengers at the port and date of entry, as returning overseas Filipinos will be given priority. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Friday said it is ready to implement the new resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) allowing the entry of foreigners with existing visas into the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have yet to see the new IATF resolution but BI is ready to implement including conditions stated in the resolution,\u201d BI acting spokesperson Melvin Mabulac said in a Viber message.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the IATF-EID has allowed the entry of foreigners particularly those with long-term visas in the country, starting August 1.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said foreign travelers who wish to fly to the Philippines must first have valid and existing visas at the time of the entry.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are holding new entry visas will not be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Foreigners will be subject to the maximum capacity of inbound passengers at the port and date of entry, as returning overseas Filipinos will be given priority.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign nationals must also secure a pre-booked accredited quarantine facility and a pre-booked coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing provider.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution has allowed the entry of foreigners even as Metro Manila is still under general community quarantine which has been extended until July 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Friday said it is ready to implement the new resolution of the Inter-Agency &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":262009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262006","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=262006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262010,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262006\/revisions\/262010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}