And Maybe This Is Why Return Tickets Are A Must

[Mr Lee]

So it seems Cebu Pacific let them on without a visa, which might be understandable, but I have to wonder why Cebu Pacific would have allowed them to board without an onward ticket? and then why were they not willing to return them to their home countries, or at least where they originally departed from? IT’S a story straight out of Hollywood.Like the fictional character Viktor Navorski in the movie The Terminal, two foreign nationals have been “living” at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 as they await to be repatriated to their countries of origin.Rene Sake, a Liberian national who arrived in the Philippines on Sept. 27, 2010 from Macao, and Timothy Berrian, a Cameroonian national who arrived in Manila on Aug. 20, 2010 from Guanghzou, China are now housed at the Bureau of Immigration holding area in Terminal 3.The two foreign nationals flew to Manila via Cebu Pacific.Immigration rules state that any foreign national from restricted country only enter the Philippines with a valid entry visa.The Republic of Liberia in western Africa and the Republic of Cameroon in central Africa fall under the restricted category that requires a visa for their nationals to enter the Philippines.The two were denied entry by immigration officers when they were found to have had no entry visas. They were immediately issued exclusion orders and remanded back to Cebu Pacific to be returned to their ports of origin.Immigration’s Airport Operations Division head, lawyer Maria Antonnete Bucasas-Mangrobang, told Manila Standard that Terminal 3 Immigration Supervisor Rodolfo Magbuhos had already made two letters of representation to Cebu Pacific to repatriate the two to their countries of origin.It was learned that Cebu Pacific is liable for a penalty of P50,000 per passenger for boarding undocumented passengers.The complete story HERE

[MikeB]

Great story, no place I would rather be then NAIA Terminal 3 - and they've been there 4 and 5 months?!? There must be more to this, why wouldn't Cebu Pacific take them back where they came from since they would seem to be responsible? Good lesson here, have money and a return ticket or don't go. Maybe they'll make a "Terminal 2 - Philippines".

[Dave Hounddriver]

. . . , why wouldn't Cebu Pacific take them back where they came from since they would seem to be responsible? Good lesson here, have money and a return ticket or don't go. Maybe they'll make a "Terminal 2 - Philippines".

Cebu Pacific can only take them back to China, where they boarded the plane the first time. Why would we think that China would take them back when the Philippines does not want them? And an onward ticket is a great propaganda tool but perhaps they had an onward ticket when they arrived in China. An onward ticket to the Philippines that is. As you see, the onward ticket idea is flawed unless you also require a visa to accompany that ticket.