Filipino travelers can now add China to their preferred travel destination list after the Chinese Embassy in Manila announced that it will resume issuance of visas to tourists. The announcement was made by Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian on his Facebook page. “China resumes issuance of...
President Ferdinand Marcos R. Marcos Jr. has accepted recommendations from the private sector to extend e-Visa upon arrival to Chinese and Indian nationals and the implementation of VAT Refund Scheme for Tourists (VRST) to further boost tourism in the country. In a statement, the Private Sector...
Taiwan will reevaluate if it will extend the visa-free policy for Filipinos as it looks forward to boosting its tourism following the tourism challenges brought by Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines, the Taiwanese government is...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- EU interior ministers reached "consensus" Thursday to warn outside countries refusing to take back irregular migrants they risked tighter visa restrictions to Europe, Sweden's migration minister said. Ministers agreed that the tool, in place since 2020, "should be fully used"...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the extension of e-visa for Chinese, Indian, South Korean and Japanese nationals in an attempt to capture the tourism markets of these countries. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Malacañang said on...
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has announced an open call for startups in the region including in the Philippines to apply for the Visa Accelerator Program 2023. Now in its third year in Asia Pacific, the Visa Accelerator Program selects a small group of startups to collaborate on some...
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has announced an open call for startups in the region including in the Philippines to apply for the Visa Accelerator Program 2023 to shape the future of payments. “It is exciting to see great products co-developed by the successful startups from the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will introduce digital transactions as part of its plans and projects for 2023. But before the 2022 ends, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the online waiver visa project will be launched. The online waiver visa project is good news for foreign nationals as it...
Cancellation of appointments for Korean visa applicants are not allowed, South Korea’s embassy in Manila said Friday. The cancel button has been removed by Korean government on their website on Nov. 18 to prevent “fraudulent appointments.” This came as the embassy discovered that some brokers...
Brankas, a leading Open Finance technology provider, has been appointed by Visa as its first regional partner to provide live access to its Open Data products. For months, the two companies have been collaborating on data and money movement initiatives, where they had been leveraging each other's...
Japan's envoy to the Philippines has encouraged Filipinos to visit the Land of the Rising Sun as it relaxed its borders amid pandemic. In a video message on Tuesday, Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko said individual and group travels to Japan can now be enjoyed as the Covid-19 situation in the country...
NZ alumni as country ambassadors, Korea opens up, and where to get Tokyo-inspired cocktails in Makati MATARIKI Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Tim Given, NZ Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell Just last week, Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Program alumni and current students got together at...
