PBBM institutionalizes eTravel information system
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed Administrative Order 24, institutionalizing the government’s one-stop electronic travel declaration system.
The AO aims to efficiently conduct border control and health surveillance.
“The eTravel (Electronic Travel Information) system is hereby institutionalized as the government’s one-stop electronic travel declaration system for all international inbound and outbound passengers and crew members,” the three-page AO stated.
The AO 24 stated the eTravel “shall be used by the government to efficiently conduct border control, health surveillance, tourism statistics analysis, and other travel related procedures.”
The AO was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and will take effect immediately upon publication in the Official Gazette, or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Under the AO, a Technical Working Group (TWG) on eTravel System will be created to study and adopt measures, as maybe necessary, that will further improve the system, including its usage, management, and operation, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations.
President Marcos ordered all relevant departments, agencies, bureaus, offices and instrumentalities to provide full support to, and cooperation with the TWG to ensure effective implementation of the order.