Exemption from Payment of Travel Tax of Foreign Students Admitted for Educational Purposes
Letter of Instructions No. 655, issued on January 6, 1978, by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, amends the travel tax exemptions outlined in P.D. 1183 and P.D. 1205. It grants travel tax exemptions to foreign students admitted to the Philippines for educational purposes on Visa 9(f), along with their spouses and children, regardless of their length of stay, provided they are not permanent residents. This change aims to enhance international relations and promote educational exchanges.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 655
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 6, 1978
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 655
| TO | : | The Chairman |
| Philippine Tourism Authority |
WHEREAS, it is necessary to include additional categories of passengers from travel tax exemption under Sec. 2 of P.D. 1183 as amended by P.D. 1205 for reasons of international comity; cd i
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby exempt from the payment of travel tax foreign students who are admitted into this country for educational purposes under Visa 9(f), duly certified as such by the Department of Education and Culture, as well as their wives and children regardless of their length of stay in the Philippines: Provided, That the latter are not permanent residents of the Philippines.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 6th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight. aisa dc
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Exemption from Payment of Travel Tax of Foreign Students Admitted for Educational Purposes, Letter of Instructions No. 655, Jan 6, 1978 (Philippines)
Exemption from Payment of Travel Tax of Foreign Students Admitted for Educational Purposes, Letter of Instructions No. 655 (Phil. 1978)
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