President Marcos stated that the Philippines will extend the electronic visas issued to foreigners who will be staying in the country.
Marcos said this following his meeting with Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran at the Malacañan Palace last week.
“We will find a way to do it. But we are doing it (extending the e-visa),” Marcos told Kumaran.
During the courtesy visit, Kumaran asked the President to allow the extension of e-visas for Indian nationals who are staying in the Philippines.
Marcos said that provisions for e-visa extensions will be implemented, not only for the Indian nationals, but also for other foreigners staying in the country.
“It won’t be just India, we are doing it with…several other countries as well to keep it. Again, we will just apply the same principles that we did with others – to India. But that is something that's easy for us,” the President said.
“That’s going to be a good beginning of a good exchange between our two countries,” the Chief Executive added.
Kumaran paid a courtesy visit to Marcos last week to reiterate India’s aim to strengthen bilateral relations with the Philippines.
Next year will mark the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Philippine-India diplomatic relations.