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In an advisory, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said a departing alien must obtain a travel pass from the bureau if he or she is a special non-immigrant visa holder who is exempted from securing emigration clearance certificate (ECC) and special return certificate (SRC) when leaving the country.
The BI chief said this new policy was in compliance with the resolution of the Inter-Agency Tax Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF).
The task force had decreed that visa-issuing authorities must issue a travel pass to departing aliens who were issued visas pursuant to the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940 and other special laws.