{"id":271605,"date":"2020-10-12T08:42:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T12:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271605"},"modified":"2025-01-10T06:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:58:44","slug":"palace-denies-iatf-agreed-to-ease-outbound-travel-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/12\/palace-denies-iatf-agreed-to-ease-outbound-travel-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace denies IATF agreed to ease outbound travel restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this clarification after IATF Vice Chair and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced over the weekend that the IATF heeded the call of couples kept apart by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. (PCOO file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has not approved the supposed easing of outbound travel restrictions for Filipinos who want to reunite with their foreign partners, Malaca\u00f1ang said Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this clarification after IATF Vice Chair and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced over the weekend that the IATF heeded the call of couples kept apart by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cOutbound,\u00a0iyong mga paalis, wala pa pong<\/em>\u00a0agreement in principle.\u00a0Hindi ko po alam kung saan nanggaling iyong impormasyon<\/em>\u00a0that there was an agreement in principle (Outbound travel, there is no agreement in principle yet. I don\u2019t know where the information came from that there was an agreement in principle),\u201d he said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Roque pointed out that outbound travel is still limited to \u201cessential travel\u201d only.<\/p>\n

He said he consulted Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido \u201cDodo\u201d Dulay who confirmed to him that there is no agreement to ease outbound travel restrictions in principle.<\/p>\n

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Roque said IATF discussions on the relaxation of outbound travel restrictions for Filipinos are still ongoing, adding that all information regarding IATF decisions should come from his office.<\/p>\n

\u201cItong<\/em>\u00a0(This) outbound po continuous to be discussed in the TWG.\u00a0Wala pong<\/em>\u00a0(There is no) agreement in principle and that is why I would like to stress, any information about IATF must originate from my office,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As for inbound travel, Roque said the IATF is still restricting the entry of tourists in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still restricting the entry of tourists into the country.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Iyan naman po ay ipinatutupad din ng halos lahat ng mga bansa sa buong daigdig<\/em>\u00a0(That is being implemented in almost all countries around the world),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said the Department of Foreign Affairs does not issue separate \u201cfianc\u00e9 visas\u201d like the United States.<\/p>\n

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Fianc\u00e9s will still have to resort to using regular tourist visas.<\/p>\n

He explained that foreigners will only be allowed to enter the country for a \u201cspecific urgent purpose\u201d. Their entry will first have to be endorsed by a line agency of government that has jurisdiction over the purpose of the alien in coming to the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlam ko po masamang balita ito sa mga nagmamahalan, pero mas mabuti na pong alam ninyo kung ano ang katotohanan nang hindi muna kayo po umasa<\/em>\u00a0(I know it\u2019s bad news for lovers, but you should know the truth so you don\u2019t keep your hopes up). It\u2019s not a personal decision that I made, it\u2019s a decision of the IATF and I am only the spokesperson of the IATF,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Roque said he will personally bring up before the IATF calls of unmarried, long-distance couples to allow governments to relax travel restrictions and allow them to reunite.<\/p>\n

Currently, Filipinos are not allowed to leave the country unless they are overseas Filipino workers or permanent residents or holders of a student visa in their country of destination.<\/p>\n

Likewise, only foreign nationals married to Filipinos are allowed to enter the country upon presentation of their marriage certificates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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