HON. Yogendra Kumar, Newly designated Indian Ambassador to the PHILIPPINES arrived on Dec 19. Welcome Sir.
Shri Yogendra Kumar (IFS: 1977), currently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Philippines in succession to Shri Rajeet Mitter. He is expected to take up his assignment this month.
PHILIPPINES APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADOR TO INDIA. HON BENEDICTO TO MOVE TO CHINA
 Present Philippines Ambassador to India Hon. Francisco Benedicto has been CONFIRMED AS THE NEXT PHIL AMBASSADOR TO CHINA. In his Place DFA under Secretary Hon. Ronald ALLERAY has been CONFIRMED AS PHIL AMBASSADOR TO INDIA.
Their posting will be within the first quarter of 2010, as there is no official communication on this date.
Hon. Amb. Rajeet Mitter has ended his tenure and left on Dec 7 for India already. Incoming Indian Ambassador to the Philippines is Hon. Yogendra Kumar, who is expected here by December 18th..
 GOODBYE HON RAJEET MITTER: YOU WERE AN EXCELLENT AMBASSADOR
Shri RAJEET MITTER completed his tenure in the Philippines as an Indian Ambassador. He was an Ambassador par Excellence. He flew out on December 7th together with his wife Kavita. His next assignment is BANGLADESH. On December 4 2009 his last assignment was the launching of the Postal stamp by the Philippines in relation to the 60 years of PH INDIA DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
BON VOYAGE SIR, WE SHALL MISS YOU.
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Meet Mr. Vaching Roaring,
Philippines Trade Attache based at the Embasssy in New Delhi
INDIAN EMBASSY IN MANILA INCREASED BUSINESS VISA FEES, but mantains Tourist Visa fees, effective July 1 2008.
 Effective July 1 2008, the following are the fees of Visa Applications at the Indian Embassy in Manila.
As of this write-up it is still difficult to enter Dasmarinas Village if your car/vehicle does not have a Multi-village or Dasma sticker. More so for those who are commuting. Dasma Village Association have banned applicants from wanting to go to the Embassy if the applicant's name is not listed with the security guards at the gate by the Indian Embassy. It is a general practice of Embassies, where applicants do not need appointments to go to the Embassy, not to issue appointment schedules. Indian and Chinese applicants do not need a appointment to enter their embassies, since applicantions are on first come first serve basis. Embassies like the USA, Spain and many European embassies require prior appointments to enter their premises, for visa applications.
There are more than 10 embassies located inside the Dasamarinas Village, and many have filed protest against this policy
INDIAN EMBASSY SHORTEN
VISA APPROVAL TIME
The Indian Embassy deserves our kudos
for shortening the time period for Filipinos
and Resident foreign nationals {non-Indians}
applying for Indian visa.
Previously, it would between three to
six days but now it has been reduced to 24 hours or the next
working day.
It was possible to get a visa in 24 hours
before, but a request letter and express
payment of Pesos 4200 was required.
Now this 24 hours period does not require
any express payment but only the basic
visa fees.
Congratulations, Ambassador Rajeet Mitter
and Visa Consul Chander Singh.
SCHENGEN VISA NOW TO COVER
24 COUNTRIES
 SCHENGEN
visa which was valid for entry to 15 European
countries will now be valid for 24 countries.
Effective Dec 21, you could do so only
if you will enter these nine countries
by Land or via any seaport. But if you
will be traveling by air, then you will
have to wait until March end, 2008 before
you could do so.
Take note that this visa does not cover
United Kingdom or Switzerland. A separate
visa is required. To clarify which Embassy
one should apply with, it is a standard
policy that you must apply with the country
where you would make your first entry
into Europe or in the Embassy of that
country, where you would be staying the
longest.
The nine new countries are Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,
Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
The original
15 countries comprises of Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland,
Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden and Norway.
In Asia, if you are holding a passport
of any of these countries, you could travel
freely among these countries. The countries
are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Hong
Kong does not require visa for Indians
or Filipinos.
India requires entry visa from all nationals
of all countries except two: Bhutan and
Nepal.
Travel, the world is waiting.
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