3 Forms to enter the Philippines – Immigration, Customs and Quarantine

This comment is related to your photo of that form from Camiguin. I traveled to Camiguin during the first week of February 2020 and there was no warning in Jagna, Bohol that Camiguin was banning some tourists. I arrived with 60 other tourists in Balbagon, Camiguin at 5 pm (there is only 1 trip per day) and went through a little interview at the port. They wanted to find out where you had traveled in the past 90 days. I showed the official my passport and said I’ve been in the Philippines for the past 90 days. She said they have a new executive order and anyone who has been to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau (even for a layover) cannot be admitted to the island. I said I had been in Taiwan over 100 days ago, but showed her my entry stamp to the Philippines. I had been in the Philippines since October 2019. Apparently she could not count. In her mind, 100 days was less than 90 days and I was at risk to infect others. The coronavirus could stay in your body up to 14 days before you start getting symptoms. I’m not sure how they came up with 90 days, but I was far out of the danger zone according to medical science. I was about to find out that Camiguin does not trust medical science and only trusts the “science” that they make up. I was escorted to a holding area with 7 other foreigners. After 5 minutes, a “doctor” walked in wearing jeans and a t-shirt and was holding a stethoscope. I don’t even think he was a real doctor. He explained that we could all be carrying the virus and we had to get on the 8 am ferry back to Jagna. We were allowed to stay 1 night. The tourists in the holding area were not happy about this. People said these things to the “doctor” but he would not budge: “Why weren’t we told this in Jagna before we got on the ferry?” “I’ve been in Manila for 25 days with no symptoms, so I don’t have the virus and should be allowed to stay.” “I’m a doctor in my home country and what you’ve just told us is not backed up by medical science.” “Camiguin will reimburse me for my travel expenses.” He was going to release 8 tourists that potentially had the virus to his island, thus possibly infecting taxi drivers, restaurant workers, hotel staff, the ferry crew, and even the “doctor” himself. This was very illogical and incompetent on his part. I asked him why I was detained, and when he found out I had been in the Philippines for over 3 months, he said I was free to go. A rare moment of reason flashed before his eyes. I got up and left. The same Camiguin official who told me to go to the holding area now had to give me an entry card to the island. Take THAT you incompetent lady employee. Anyways, on leaving the island, nobody checked the entry card to see if I had overstayed or not. The whole process was a waste of time. If the “doctor” and governor were really concerned about protecting the island, turn tourists away at Jagna, Bohol. That form you posted was the same one they gave me. You can see that the governor misspelled his own country (Philippine vs Philippines in the WHEREAS section) and he should have written “has traveled” in Section 2. Does the incompetence start from the top and then filter down to the officials at the port? In my experience, yes it does.