President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said his government is fine-tuning some measures aimed at extending the electronic visas (E-visa) issued to foreigners coming to the country.
“We will find a way to do it. But we are doing it (extending the e-visa),” President Marcos said during the courtesy visit of Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran at Malacañang last week.
During the courtesy visit, the Indian envoy asked President Marcos to allow the extension of e-visas for Indian nationals who are staying in the Philippines.
The President replied by saying that provisions for e-visa extensions will be implemented, not only for the Indian nationals, but also for other foreigners who are staying in the Philippines as well.
“It won’t be just India, we are doing it with…several other countries as well to keep it. Again, we will just apply the same principles that we did with others – to India. But that is something that’s easy for us,” Mr. Marcos said.
“That’s going to be a good beginning of a good exchange between our two countries,” the Chief Executive added.
Kumaran called on President Marcos last week to reiterate India’s intentions to strengthen bilateral relations with the Philippines. Next year will mark the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Philippines-India diplomatic relations.