Beware of fake visa, Philippines embassy sounds alert

NEW DELHI: Indian tourists headed to the Philippines will do well to check the authenticity of their visas from the island nation’s embassy.

In an advisory, Philippines has told the Indian travel industry that there has been a spurt in fake visas being detected at airports there and visitors who did not either go to the country’s embassy or recognised travel agents should e-mail details of their visa to the embassy here to check whether it is real or not.

Travel agents say the western countries have very high security features on their visa stickers and it is almost impossible to make their fake copies. “Maybe the Philippines visa does not have a high-security design template, and that is why it is facing the problem of fake visas,” said a travel agent.