MANILA, Philippines — American citizens in the country with passports that expired on or after January 1, 2020, are now allowed to leave the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Thursday.
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente issued a memorandum that directs all BI authorities from different ports to allow the departure of passengers whose US passports expired from Jan. 1 last year and are expiring up to December 31 of this year.
The use of the expired passports will only be allowed until the end of this year, said Morente.
The BI commissioner said that the order was issued in response to a letter from the U.S. E…
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