PASAY 01 August 2023 – Pursuant to the policy directives of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to facilitate the ease in doing business and reinvigorate the country's tourism industry, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will soft-launch the Philippine e-Visa system in Philippine Foreign Service Posts in China on 24 August 2023. The project is being developed in partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The issuance of e-Visas aims to support the thrust of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in augmenting tourism arrivals.

2023 年 8 月 1 日 – 根据小费迪南德·马科斯 (Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.) 总统的政策指示，菲律宾驻华外交机构 (DFA) 将在2023 年 8 月 24 日试行菲律宾电子签证系统，以促进营商便利并重振国家旅游业。该项目是与信息和通信技术部 (DICT) 合作开发的。电子签证的发放旨在支持旅游部 (DOT) 增加旅游人数的作出努力。

The DFA announced the date of the e-Visa soft launching in a press briefing on 26 July 2023 in Pasay City, which was led by Undersecretary Jesus S. Domingo and Assistant Secretary Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. of the DFA, DOT OIC-Assistant Secretary Warner Andrada, and DICT Bureau Director June Vincent Manuel Gaudan. The event featured a demonstration of an e-Visa application to provide a glimpse of the system's progress and its convenient features.

外交部于 2023 年 7 月 26 日在帕赛市举行的新闻发布会上宣布了电子签证试运行的日期，该发布会由外交部副部长 Jesus S. Domingo 和助理部长 Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. 主持，DOT OIC-助理国务卿华纳·安德拉达 (Warner Andrada) 和信息通信技术局局长琼·文森特·曼努埃尔·高丹 (June Vincent Manuel Gaudan)。该活动以电子签证应用程序演示为特色，让大家了解该系统的进展及其便捷功能

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.

菲律宾电子签证将允许进入该国旅游或商务的外国人通过个人电脑、笔记本电脑和移动设备远程申请临时访客签证。

This project is part of the DFA's strategic goal of optimizing ICT for its consular services, and is aligned with the President's emphasis to embrace digitalization in government transactions in his State of the Nation Address on 24 July 2023.

该项目是外交部优化领事服务信息通信技术战略目标的一部分，并且与总统在 2023 年 7 月 24 日国情咨文中强调的在政府交易中采用数字化的强调相一致。

The DFA and DICT have been closely coordinating on the development of the e-Visa system since December 2022. It is one of the deliverables of the DFA and DICT in their Memorandum of Understanding on collaboration on a well-coordinated and synchronized ICT system for consular services.

自2022年12月以来，外交部和信息通信技术部一直在电子签证系统的开发方面密切协调。这是外交部和信息通信技术部关于合作建立协调一致、同步的领事信息通信技术系统的谅解备忘录中的交付成果之一。

The e-Visa marks the transition of the DFA's primordial mandate of issuing Philippine visas for foreign nationals entering the country in a secure digital environment. The efficient and user-friendly e-Visa service is expected to contribute to the Philippine government's thrust to promote tourism and business mobility. END

电子签证标志着外交部最初职责的转变，即在安全的数字环境中为进入菲律宾的外国人发放菲律宾签证。高效利民的电子签证服务预计将为菲律宾政府促进旅游业和商业流动性做出贡献。

News source: Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs

新闻来源：菲律宾外交部