A statement from the Philippine’s Office of the Press Secretary, which was shared by the Philippine Consulate General of Macau on its official Facebook page yesterday, announced the launch of an online registration system for returnees and travellers to the Philippines called the eTravel platform.
The platform can be accessed at https://etravel.gov.ph/
According to Wikipedia, the Philippines’ Office of the Press Secretary is responsible for disseminating the government’s messages to private media entities. The launch of the platform is in line with the Philippine government’s “efforts to streamline its entry procedures and data collection processes” and is a joint initiative between different Philippine entities, the statement noted.
The statement said that the newly launched platform includes the paper Arrival Card’s electronic version, which travellers to the Philippines need to submit upon arriving for immigration clearance.
The country’s Bureau of Immigration (BI) discontinued the use of the paper Arrival Card on Monday, with travellers instead required to provide their arrival information and health declaration through the eTravel portal, the statement added.
Moreover, the statement said that the Health Declaration Checklist of the Department of Health (DOH)-Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) can be accessed through the portal. The “One Health Pass” and its domain is no longer accessible to the public, with those visiting its website now redirected to the new eTravel domain.
Registration on the platform is free, with the statement urging members of the public to be mindful of entities or websites soliciting payments and fees as they are not related to the official platform.
More details can be found at https://www.facebook.com/PHinMacau/
At the end of October, according to Macau Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) statistics, there were 24,473 non-resident workers (NRWs) from the Philippines in Macau, accounting for 15.9 percent of the total NRWs at that time.
This screen capture taken last night shows the registration page of the Philippines’ eTravel website.
