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Memo on the Lifting of travel restrictions for CHED and DOST Scholars

Requested from BI by M. Morada at 11:32 PM on Oct 31, 2022.
Purpose: For Travel Purposes
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2016 - 10/31/2022
Tracking no: #BI-132782896187

Morada 11:32 PM, Oct 31, 2022 

Hi! I would like to request for the memo lifting travel restrictions for CHED and DOST scholars. 

If there are no memo on this, may I know the steps needed for scholars to be allowed to travel for leisure.


November 6, 2022

Dear Michael Howard,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 31, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Memo on the Lifting of travel restrictions for CHED and DOST Scholars.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact DOST at dost.gov.ph, or resubmit your request addressed to the correct agency on the eFOI portal at their website.

MOREOVER, lifting of derogatory record for Filipinos needed to secure Clearance from the government agency/ies who issued the derogatory record (Hold Departure Order/Watchlist Order/Alert list Order). Thereafter, to file the lifting of the same to the Bureau of Immigration.

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

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If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
BI-National Operations Center (BINOC)
FOI Officer

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