Foreigners may need a visa before entering the philippines

MANILA—Foreigners traveling to the Philippines could be required to get a visa should a bill filed by Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri gain traction.

Senate Bill No. 107, or the Philippine Immigration Act, proposes the creation of a Commission on Immigration that would assess if a foreigner should be allowed to enter the country.

"The Commission will introduce a visa requirement from foreigners wishing to enter Philippine territory as non-immigrants," Zubiri said in the bill's exploratory note
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First the Senate and relevant committees need to hear, make amendments and vote on the bill. Then the House gets to do the same. Then it goes back to the Senate to vote on the bill with the changes made by the House and on to the president to sign. Many idiotic ideas get put into bills, very few make it through the process. Laws are hard to put in place for a reason. I wouldn't get excited about it until it has been passed down to the house for their amendments and vote.

 

Have you read the bill?

 

Yeah. Visas before arrival are already required for people from certain countries in the Philippines. It would be nice to see the bill and not rely on the, many times unreliable, media to tell us what it says. The media regularly stretches the truth to make a more alarming title and article for higher view counts and ad revenue. Nothing new, the media has always done this.