The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that it would be implementing the updated policy on the country’s green, yellow, and red lists.
In an advisory, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente shared that 41 countries have been included in the Philippine’s green list, as set by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID).
Included in the country’s green list are: Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Chad, People’s Republic of China, Comoros Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong (Chinese Special Administrative Region), Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Montserrat, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saba (Special Municipality of The Kingdom of the Netherlands), Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sint Eustatius, Sudan, Taiwan, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Uganda, and the United Arab Emirates.
On the other hand, those in the red list are Andorra, France, Monaco, Northern Mariana Islands, Réunion, San Marino, South Africa, and Switzerland.
Countries not mentioned are automatically included in the yellow list.
Morente shared that following the set travel restrictions, those coming from the red list countries, or with a travel history there 14 days prior to arrival to the Philippines, may not be allowed entry.
41 countries in PH green list, 8 remain in red list
In red list countries, only Filipinos coming from government or non-government initiated repatriation flights or bayanihan flights may enter.
Morente clarified that the general travel policy applies to those coming from green and yellow list countries. Only Filipinos, balikbayan, and those with long term visas may enter the country, subject to quarantine policies for each list, as implemented by the Bureau of Quarantine.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reminded departing Filipinos who are going abroad for the first time as fiancées, spouses or family members of foreign nationals to secure the required certificate from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) before leaving.
In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente urged the airlines to make sure that said Filipinos who are emigrating abroad comply with the said requirement.
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