Japan eyes visa waiver for Pinoy tourists

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Naku...kung totoo lang yun, daming magiging TNT dun.

U.S. ANNOUNCES ‘NO VISA’ POLICY FOR FILIPINOS
By adobochron on April 22, 2014

Washington, D.C. - The State Department today announced a life-changing new policy for Filipinos. Visas will no longer be required to travel to the United States. The policy to take the Philippines off the list of countries whose citizens are required to obtain visas for travel to the U.S. is effective immediately.

The new policy comes on the heels of a recent survey showing that an overwhelming majority of Filipinos have a favorable view of the United States. The Philippines ranked first in a global survey on the image of the United States worldwide, beating even the U.S. itself when it comes to a favorable view on the American people.

According to the 2013 Global Attitudes Project of the Pew Research Center in Washington DC, the Philippines got an 85 percent score, the highest, when people were asked “Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of the US?”

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the State Department made this monumental decision as a way to reward the Filipinos for making the U.S. really look good in the survey.

With this new policy, the U.S. is now added to the list of 25 countries which do not require travel visas for Filipinos. These countries include most of the Philippines’ Southeast Asian neighbors as well as some countries in Latin America including Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru and Bolivia.

The “no visa” policy comes just in time for the visit to the Philippines later this month by U.S. President Barack Obama.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Manila asked that Filipinos refrain from calling the consular office to avoid its phone system from crashing. Instead, people are being asked to download and complete the biographical form and submit it to the embassy, along with four 2×2 colored ‘selfie’ photos at least one week before they depart for the U.S. The biographical form will be filed by the embassy for reference just in case Filipinos overstay in the U.S. The no-visa policy for Filipinos is good for 60 days stay in all states except Alaska.

U.S. ANNOUNCES ?NO VISA? POLICY FOR FILIPINOS | The Adobo Chronicles

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Too bad, apparently this news about visa-less entry to Japan by June was a hoax too.

Embassy of Japan in the Philippines

Pero crossed-fingers pa din.

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Too bad, apparently this news about visa-less entry to Japan by June was a hoax too.

Embassy of Japan in the Philippines

Pero crossed-fingers pa din.

theyre denying it na wala pa ngayon which is true but by June or July of this year maapprove na daw... japan will be the new hong kong for filipinos