Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 25) —The national government will soft launch the Philippine e-Visa system in Philippine foreign service posts in China on August 24, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.
\”The Philippine e-Visa will allow foreign nationals entering the country for tourism or business to apply for temporary visitors’ visas remotely through their personal computers, laptops, and mobile devices,\” the DFA said in a statement.
The features of the e-Visa system are still being refined and enhanced based on the results of the pilot testing held last July 11, the DFA added.
The DFA earlier said that it plans to fully implement the e-Visa system by the third quarter of the year, or by end-September at the latest.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been pushing for the digitalization of government services.
The e-Visa system is one of the deliverables in the memorandum of agreement between the DFA and the Department of Information and Communications Technology to synchronize the ICT system for consular services.
