EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERMANENT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF THE AIR TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES OF CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CREW M…

(85) Ling San Zi No. 90

The Consular Department of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
presents its
compliments to the Embassy of the Philippines in China and, with
reference to visa
requirements for the permanent staff members of the representative
offices of
the air transport enterprises of China and the Philippines and the
crew members
involved in operating the scheduled flights, has the honour
to make the following suggestions:

1. The two
parties agree that the embassy of each party in the
territory of the other
shall do its utmost to ensure an early issue of multiple
entry-exit visas
valid for one year to the permanent staff members of the
representative
office of the designated air transport enterprise of the
other party and
to their accompanying spouses and minor children. The
visa agency of either party may do
its utmost to grant, within the shortest time possible,
extension to such
visas upon their expiration, with each extension not
exceeding one year.

2. The two
parties agree that the designated air transport
enterprise of each party
shall submit to the embassy of the other party three
weeks in advance a
copy of the name-list of all the crew members of the
nationality of that
party to be assigned for operating the scheduled flights
of the next year
(such list is to include their names, dates and places
of birth, positions
and numbers of one or more passports each one holds).
Three weeks after the submission of such
lists, the crew members on the list, except those
whose eligibility is questionable, shall be granted
multiple entry-exit
visas valid for one year.

If necessary, additions or revisions may be made
to the list already submitted to the other party within the year
covered by the
list.

Prior to the departure of each scheduled flight, a
name-list of the crew members operating the flight shall be
forwarded to the
designated air transport enterprise of the other party.