Ms. Marie Bardounová, Head of Sales Department, receives Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal at the stand of Delfin Travel at Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha on 15 February 2020.

Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal led the Philippine Embassy team in marketing a more fun holiday and retirement for young and senior citizens of the Czech Republic in the Philippines at Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha on 13-16 February 2020.

At the tourism trade fair, Ambassador Jainal met with Ms. Marie Bardounová, Head of the Sales Department of Delfin Travel, a Czech company specializing in tours for citizens over 55 years old.  Ms. Bardounová was pleased to know of the Philippine Government’s Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRR Visa) program and assured the Ambassador that the program will be conveyed to the company’s product management division.

Visitors to the PH stand, especially those who have traveled to different destinations in the Philippines and experienced the hospitality of Filipinos, were interested to know more on the benefits of retiring in the Philippines.

An Austrian citizen expressed his excitement to finally be able to retire in the Philippines with the SRRV. He stated that it was perhaps serendipitous that he passed through the door where the SRR Visa standee was located as he had been looking for ways to stay longer in the Philippines for some time now. He previously visited Cebu and Bohol.

Some visitors were surprised to know that they can retire in the Philippines as early as 35 years old and with only a minimum amount of investment.

 The Philippine Retirement Authority administers the SRR Visa program. Interested applicants may visit www.pra.gov.ph. END.

Visitors to PH stand at Holiday World 2020 take interest in the brochures on the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa program of the Philippines.

Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares and the Philippine Embassy Team at the signage of the Philippine Retirement Authority for the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa offered to Czech and foreign nationals at the Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha on 13-16 February 2020.

Two Czech senior citizens discuss the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRRV) and retirement options in the Philippines with Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares and Translator Ms. Libuse Polivkova.  The Philippine Retirement Authority administers the SRRV program.