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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 808 - AMENDING
LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 1106 GOVERNING THE ADMISSION TO OR STAY IN
THE PHILIPPINES AS TEMPORARY VISITORS OF CHINESE NATIONALS WHO ARE
HOLDERS OF TAIPEI PASSPORTS
WHEREAS,
it is declared policy of the Government to make the tourist industry a
positive instrument towards accelerated national development through
which more people from other lands may visit and appreciate the
Philippines:
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provided full support to the government
policies and programs designed to attract and induce people from abroad
to visit the Philippines by removing unnecessary barriers to their
travel through the integration and simplification of travel
regulations; and
WHEREAS, this goal may be achieved by the revision of the applicable
provisions of law/rules/regulations for the issuance of visas and the
admission of aliens, in order to enable Chinese nationals to obtain
visas with ease and speed and to stay for a longer period in the
country as well as to assure them of courteous and hospitable
reception.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the
amendment of LOI 1106 so that its penultimate paragraph shall read as
follows:
“Now,
therefore, LOI 911, as amended by LOI 1106 should be, as it is hereby,
further amended so as to allow the issuance of tourist visas on
individual basis to Chinese nationals, who are holders of Taipei
passports, for entry into the Philippines for a stay of not more than
twenty-one (21) days, without the necessity of posting any case bond,
as an exception to the Cabinet Policy of March 10, 1954. The maximum
period of stay herein fixed may only be extended on very compelling
reasons and under exceptional circumstances by the Minister of
Justice.”
For the effective implementation of this Order, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Commission on Immigration and Deportation and the National Intelligence Security Authority (NISA) are hereby directed to issue the necessary joint circular enjoining strict observance of the provisions hereof by all functionaries concerned.
This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.
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