Visa waiver programs extended

SOUTHBOUND POLICY: Agencies said Thailand, Brunei and the Philippines would benefit from continuation of the program, but Cambodia was rebuffed over rhetoric By Jake Chung / Staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Conditional visa waiver programs for holders of Thai, Bruneian and Philippine passports are to be extended to July 31 next year to help implement Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy, the Bureau of Consular Affairs said on Friday.The decision was a result of cross-ministry meetings chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since April 21 for a comprehensive review of the ministry’s visa waiver program for Thai, Brunei and Philippine nationals, the Ministry of the Interior’s Travel Authorization Certificate (TAC), and the Ministry of Transportation and Communication’s Guanhong Project