Department of Labor & Employment
NCR-032-Series 2022
Validity June 16, 2024
Consultancy
NCR-MPFO-2208-0211
Department of Labor & Employment
NCR-032-Series 2022
Validity June 16, 2024
Consultancy
NCR-MPFO-2208-0211
6. With travel insurance for COVID-19 treatment costs from reputed insurance company, with a minimum coverage of USD 35,000.00 for the duration of their stay in the Philippines.
7. Seven (7) days self-monitoring for symptoms (date of arrival being the first day)
EXEMPTED from the Travel Insurance and Return ticket requirements are:
1. HUMILITY: I don’t know if I have COVID as it is clear that people can spread the disease before they have symptoms.
2. KINDNESS: I don’t know if the person I am near has a child battling
cancer, or cares for their elderly mom.
While I might be fine, they might not.
3. COMMUNITY:
I want my community to thrive, businesses to stay open, employees to stay healthy. Keeping a lid on COVID helps us all.
MANILA, Philippines -The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reminded Filipinos intending to travel
abroad as tourist that they are still restricted from leaving the country amid the continuing
global COVID-19 pandemic.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente issued the statement after receiving a report that six Filipinos
were recently barred from going to Cambodia via a special chartered flight from the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
The said passengers were reportedly offloaded because they are mere tourists whose purpose
in going abroad is not essential and neither do they fall under the category of travelers who are
exempted from the travel ban while the country is under community quarantine.
“We want to emphasize and reiterate that Filipinos are still prohibited from leaving the country
unless they are Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), holders of study visas or permanent
residents in the country of their destination,” Morente said.
The BI chief appealed to the public for understanding, saying the bureau will continue to
implement existing international travel restrictions until these are lifted or relaxed by the InterAgency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
According to BI port operations acting chief Grifton Medina, the six passengers were offloaded
from their flight last June 29 after they informed the immigration officer that they were going
to Phnom Penh merely to attend a business meeting on shrimp farming.
It was learned that there have been already several instances of departing Filipinos
tourists who were barred from boarding their flights at the NAIA since the government imposed restrictions
on international travel three months ago due to the pandemic.
Medina urged Filipinos who wish to embark on leisure trips or visit their relatives to be patient
and wait for the IATF-EID to lift the said travel restrictions.
"These travel restrictions are only temporary and we should always bear in mind that the
government implemented these measures to protect our countrymen against this deadly
coronavirus," he added