Eight of 10 Filipinos are “aware and interested” in shifting to digital banking services despite that the numbers do not yet show this digital migration, according to VISA’s Consumer Payments Attitudes Study. While 83 percent of those who participated in the survey said they are willing to...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has clarified that foreign parents of Filipinos need to secure a visa and an entry exemption document first before travelling to the Philippines. (Photo from BI Facebook page) In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said foreign parents of Filipino citizens are...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) says foreign nationals who were issued immigrant or non-immigrant visas may enter the Philippines starting Saturday, May 1. (Photo from BI Facebook page) "This was in compliance with the ruling of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Infectious Diseases...
Aside from restricting the number of Manila-bound passenger arrivals from international flights to 1,500 a day for all airlines tomorrow (March 18), the government temporarily suspended the entry of Foreign Nationals and Returning Overseas Filipinos who are non-OFWs beginning 12:01AM this Saturday,...
Delays to a long-planned mission by WHO experts to China to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic are "not just a visa issue", Beijing said Wednesday. A woman uses her mobile phone along the banks of the Yangtze River on New Year's Eve day in Wuhan in ChinaÂ’s central Hubei province...
Moscow Kremlin | ⓒ Unsplash Countries lifting travel restrictions have been circulating around the internet lately, and travelers are all kinds of excited for it. The national governments, however, have yet to make official decisions to reopen borders to avoid another wave of Covid-19 cases and...
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has ordered a review of the Philippine Retirement Authority policies, and the suspension of the issuance of Special Retirement Residence Visa (SRRV) program of the agency. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a special...
Families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) can now receive funds from the US via their PayMaya Visa card real time. MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today (Oct 15) announced a partnership with PayMaya Philippines to launch their...
Banned Korean-American singer Steve Yoo’s F-4 visa application was rejected again by the Korean consulate general in Los Angeles despite a Supreme Court ruling in his favor last March. Yoo, whose real name is Yoo Seung-jun, has been banned from entering Korea for 18 years when he acquired...
The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) has urged the Korean government for the granting of 100 percent visa-free entry of Filipino tourists as the tourism sector prepares for the eventual resumption of travel amid the still evolving pandemic. President Ritchie Tuaño issued this appeal...
After pressure from top American universities and tech companies, the controversial ICE restriction that would have required many international students to leave the US will now be rescinded The Trump administration has agreed to rescind the new restrictions on international students...
