The Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) recently circulated
an advisory titled: "Beware of fake Philippines visa, issued
by the Philippines tourism marketing office – India"
alerting individuals who have tried to obtain fake Philippine visas
from illegal or illegitimate sources.
The Philippines airport authorities have off late detected a
spurt in fake visas at the airport. It is being informed that
visitors who did not visit the Philippines Embassy for their visa
or those visas that are obtained by recognized travel agents must
be emailed to the Embassy for verification before their
travel.
Generally, every country has its own high-security features on
the visa sticker which makes it impossible to make a fake visa.
However, the security design template on the Philippine visa
sticker may not be secure enough which may have led to this sudden
issue of fake visas.
