By Daisy CL Mandap
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| Non-FDH residents, students, dependants who were vaccinated in the Phl still can't enter HK |
Filipino residents and other non-migrant workers who
received their vaccinations in the
Consul General Raly Tejada immediately sought to allay their
concerns, saying they were brought directly to the
“Kinausap po natin kanina lang si Chief Executive Carrie Lam para naman sa mga residente at workers na may visa. Nakinig naman po. So tingnan natin,” he said in reply to an online query.
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(We spoke earlier today with Chief Executive Carrie Lam on behalf of our residents and workers with visa. She listened to us, so let’s see).
Many residents became anxious after realizing that only FDHs
were included in the plan to allow those who got vaccinated in the
No mention was made in yesterday’s announcement of the deal
by either the Hong Kong government or the Philippine Consulate about how the
recognition of the yellow card could benefit other visa-holders traveling from
the
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Earlier, Consul Paul Saret said in an interview with The SUN
that only FDHs were covered in their talks with the
ConGen Tejada confirmed this when he said in an online message:
“Our understanding is that the current system only applies to FDHs arriving
from the
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| CG Tejada has relayed the residents' concerns directly to CE Lam |
The revelation caused an uproar among non-migrant workers
who have been stuck in the
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Among them is Pearl Castro, who told The SUN she and a colleague have been stranded for nine months in the Philippines, after they decided to take a break when they lost their jobs in Hong Kong in February.
Castro said she was desperate to fly back to
She wrote an emotional appeal to the Consulate, asking for
help in being allowed to come back to
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“Gusto ko lang po malaman
bakit hindi nakasama ang mga residente ng
(I just want to know why
Another query came from Leleen Tan, who said she holds a
dependant visa, and was wondering if her yellow card fell into the category of “vaccination
records of a county with a bilateral recognition with
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While this category was used to recognize the vaccination records of FDHs, it does not appear to have been extended to yellow cards held by residents, dependants, students and other employment visa holders.
This poses a dilemma, too, for Peggy Lua, whose son is
supposed to be traveling soon to
On top of worrying about the long queue for the yellow card
and the difficulty of booking a quarantine hotel for her son, Lua now has to
contend with the lack of a clear direction on how vaccinated non-FDHs can enter
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| The yellow card continues to elude many HK-bound Filipinos |
Vaccine recognition is also a problem with other categories
of Filipinos who are anxious to fly to
They include FDHs who got vaccinated in countries they used
to work in, like
Another group is made up of those who received their first
dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in an overseas country, and the second in the
One of them said she was told at the BOQ that she could not
be given a yellow card, but just a certification paper because she did not get
both jabs in the
The problems appear endless, and could only be resolved with
a comprehensive and more compassionate agreement on finally allowing all with
the right to live and work in
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