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Philippine Embassy in Qatar warns public about fraud e-Visa website

Published: 08 Aug 2023 - 06:00 pm | Last Updated: 09 Aug 2023 - 09:07 am
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The Peninsula Online

Doha, Qatar: The Philippine Embassy in Qatar published on Monday an advisory on its social media channels, echoing warnings from The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about a fraudulent website purporting to offer Philippine e-Visas.

The DFA pointed out an active website distributing erroneous information about the e-Visa and related policies. 

The Department clarified that "information on the e-Visa will only be published through its official channels. As announced in its press briefing on 26 July 2023, the Philippine e-Visa system will be soft-launched in Philippine Foreign Service Posts in China on 24 August 2023." 

Moreover, the DFA commented: "The Philippine e-Visa system is currently being developed and refined in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)."