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🛂 Manila – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Tuesday that utilizing its electronic services (eServices) platform may result in a 20 percent increase tourist visa extensions.

BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco expressed full support for the Department of Tourism’s initiative to attract more tourists to visit and stay longer in the Philippines. The recent launch of the end-to-end eServices platform aims to provide foreigners with convenient access to extension applications and payment services.

“We fully support the Department of Tourism’s drive to invite tourists to visit and stay longer in the Philippines. The recent launch of our online visa extension is a significant step to make it easy for foreign nationals to comply with BI policies and prevent them from overstaying,” Tansingco said in a statement.

The BI foresees the 20 percent increase to be realized within the next six months, aligning with the administration’s goal to boost tourism through government service digitalization.

According to the BI’s tourist visa section, the first half of the year had already seen over 91,000 tourists extending their visas, marking a notable rise compared to last year when around 77,000 extensions were recorded.

Raymond Remigio, chief of the tourist visa section, emphasized that the eServices option allows foreign nationals to apply for on-site or online extensions while waiting.

“With our streamlined operations, and with the management introducing online options, foreign nationals will feel the change and improvements of our Bureau,” Remigio added.

Apart from tourist visa extension features, the BI’s eServices platform provides online access to the BI’s annual report, Republic Act 9225 dual citizenship principal application, emigration clearance certificate, visa waiver, and waiver of exclusion grounds.

Interested foreign nationals can access these features via e-services immigration.gov.ph.

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