Foreigners with retiree visas now allowed in PH

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Bureau of Immigration. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ ALEXIS CORPUZ

Foreigners with Special Resident Retiree’s Visas (SRRV) are now allowed to enter the country, according to the Bureau of Immigration. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases allowed those holding SRRVs issued by the Philippine Retirement Authority to enter the country without an entry exemption document. But all arriving passengers are still required to undergo a 10-day quarantine at a hotel or facility, except those fully vaccinated in the Philippines, who would only be quarantined for seven days. Those coming from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates, are still not allowed to enter until June 15.

—Tina G. Santos

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