EED no longer required for qualifying 9a Visa holders from August 1st.

[Huggybearman]

From 1st August 2021 foreign spouses, parent/s and/or children of Filipino citizens with valid 9a visas may be allowed entry into the Philippines without the need for an Entry Exemption Document. (EED)

The sting in the tail is the comment that ‘For this purpose, the visas of the foregoing shall contain the following notation “EED not required per IATF resolution #128 (s.2021)” ‘

My reading of that means that 9a visa holders without that annotation are not valid for entry. So I would think they would have to either obtain another 9a visa or send the existing one back to have the annotation added. They don’t make it easy, do they!

At least it’s a step in the right direction!

[Jollygoodfellow]

On 7/25/2021 at 6:23 PM, Huggybearman said:

My reading of that means that 9a visa holders without that annotation are not valid for entry. So I would think they would have to either obtain another 9a visa or send the existing one back to have the annotation added. They don’t make it easy, do they!

At least it’s a step in the right direction!

Well the visa has to be obtained before coming here but if they dont tell their embassies' of that requirement some are in for a hard time. 

[Mike J]

4 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

Well the visa has to be obtained before coming here but if they dont tell their embassies' of that requirement some are in for a hard time. 

With the delta strain spreading here and elsewhere, I would not be surprised to see the whole border get screwed back down again. 

[Snowy79]

My friend who isn't married but has two children in the Phillipines caught an Emirites flight from Iraq via Dubai to Cebu last night.  I'd been kicking his butt for the last three weeks about his requirements for entry into the Philippines. Up until last night he told me he never got a reply from the Embassy about his Entry Exemption Certificate. I asked him how he got his 9a visa without the certificate and he replied " I don't have a visa." 

Somehow he got boarded in Iraq and I'm awaiting an update from Dubai as I fully expect him to be turned around as just over two months ago another friend without an Exemption Certificate was refused boarding. If he bluffs his way to Cebu what's the chances immigration there will turn him around?  I've read reports from Manila a few months back saying they had turned 18 individuals around for incorrect paperwork. 

[Dave Hounddriver]

1 hour ago, Mike J said:

With the delta strain spreading here and elsewhere, I would not be surprised to see the whole border get screwed back down again.

You have certainly voiced my fears.  Lyn wants to visit the Philippines this Christmas and she wants me to go with.  Stubborn as she is, if we cannot go it will be all my fault.  They gotta get this licked before Phils ends up like Indonesia and the way forward is vaccinate everyone.  To the conspiracy theorists who say they might die of the vaccine I say . .  at least they ain't spreading the disease.

[scott h]

43 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

at least they ain't spreading the disease.

 

[graham59]

1 hour ago, Snowy79 said:

If he bluffs his way to Cebu what's the chances immigration there will turn him around?  I've read reports from Manila a few months back saying they had turned 18 individuals around for incorrect paperwork. 

Well... as it's likely that the Immigration staff get a tidy bonus, plus a day out with the pamily at McD's, for every poriner repused entry... 

[Snowy79]

44 minutes ago, graham59 said:

Well... as it's likely that the Immigration staff get a tidy bonus, plus a day out with the pamily at McD's, for every poriner repused entry... 

I've still not heard from him and his plane should have landed by now.  He's a bit hot headed so I'm thinking the worse.  I know Manila immigration have definitely turned people around on arrival and the cost is passed to the airline who no doubt will get their money back somehow. 

[graham59]

Well, you and I know that they will simply say "where is your visa?"  . 

[Jollygoodfellow]

14 hours ago, Snowy79 said:

I've still not heard from him and his plane should have landed by now.  He's a bit hot headed so I'm thinking the worse.  I know Manila immigration have definitely turned people around on arrival and the cost is passed to the airline who no doubt will get their money back somehow. 

I think he is crazy not to follow all the info posted on the BI Facebook and try to come here without the required things. Long trip for nothing I would think.