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December 14, 1966

Signed at Manila 14 December 1966;

Entered into force 1 January 1967.

EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY FOR THE RECIPROCAL ABOLITION OF TEMPORARY VISITOR VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONALS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES

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No. 28405

Manila, December 14, 1966

Sir:

I have the honor to refer to discussions between representatives of our two Governments concerning your proposal for the abolition of non-immigrant visa requirements for nationals of our two countries and to confirm the following understandings reached between our Governments on this subject as follows:

1. Norwegian subjects holding valid Norwegian passports shall be free to enter the Philippines as tourists or for business purposes at any authorized bordercrossing place and stay there up to a maximum period of fifty-nine (59) days without the necessity of obtaining a visa.

2. Citizens of the Philippines holding valid Philippine passports shall be free to enter Norway as tourists or for business purposes at any authorized border-crossing place and stay there up to a maximum period of three (3) months without the necessity of obtaining a visa. This period of three (3) months shall be calculated from the date of entry into any Nordic State being a Party to the Convention of July 12, 1957 on the waiver of passport control at the Inter-Nordic frontiers. Any sojourn in any of these States during the six months preceding the entry into any of these States from a non-Nordic State shall be included in the above period of three (3) months.

3. It is understood that the foregoing waiver of visa requirements does not exempt the Norwegian subjects and citizens of the Philippines coming to the Philippines and to Norway, respectively, from the necessity of complying with the laws and regulations in force in the respective countries concerning the taking of employment or exercise of any profession, paid or unpaid, without having obtained a labour permit.

4. Either country reserves the right to refuse entry or stay in each other's territory to nationals of the other who may be deemed undesirable.

5. Either Government may temporarily suspend the foregoing Arrangement, in whole or in part, for reasons of public order. Such suspension shall be immediately notified to the other Government through diplomatic channels.

6. This Agreement may be denounced by either Government by notification in writing to the Other, the denunciation to take effect three (3) months after the receipt of such notification.

7. This Agreement shall enter into force on January 1, 1967.

If these understandings are acceptable to your Government, I have the honor to propose that this Note and your reply concurring therein shall constitute an Agreement between our two Governments.

Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

The Honorable Hans Henrichsen
Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Norway
Manila

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ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Manila, December 14, 1966

Excellency:

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency's Note of December 14, 1966 reading as follows:

[See note I]

I have the honour to confirm to Your Excellency that the Norwegian Government accepts the proposal contained in Your Excellency's Note and agrees that the said Note and this reply shall be regarded as constituting an Agreement between our two Governments in this matter.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

His Excellency Monsieur Narciso Ramos
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Manila