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    This circular from the Supreme Court of the Philippines provides updated guidelines for conducting videoconferencing with individuals appearing remotely from abroad. It notes that previous suspensions of the guidelines until April and June 2021 have now lapsed. Courts may now consider motions for videoconferencing through Philippine embassies or consulates, provided the embassy or consulate allows the use of its facilities and considers any applicable laws or agreements with its host country. Any videoconferencing hearings must be scheduled during Philippine court hours and coordinated with the embassy or consulate in question.

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    This circular from the Supreme Court of the Philippines provides updated guidelines for conducting videoconferencing with individuals appearing remotely from abroad. It notes that previous suspensions of the guidelines until April and June 2021 have now lapsed. Courts may now consider motions for videoconferencing through Philippine embassies or consulates, provided the embassy or consulate allows the use of its facilities and considers any applicable laws or agreements with its host country. Any videoconferencing hearings must be scheduled during Philippine court hours and coordinated with the embassy or consulate in question.

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    This circular from the Supreme Court of the Philippines provides updated guidelines for conducting videoconferencing with individuals appearing remotely from abroad. It notes that previous suspensions of the guidelines until April and June 2021 have now lapsed. Courts may now consider motions for videoconferencing through Philippine embassies or consulates, provided the embassy or consulate allows the use of its facilities and considers any applicable laws or agreements with its host country. Any videoconferencing hearings must be scheduled during Philippine court hours and coordinated with the embassy or consulate in question.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    Supreme Court
    Office of the Court Administrator
    Manila

    OCA CIRCULAR NO. 133-2021

    TO : ALL JUDGES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS

    RE : GUIDELINES ON THE CONDUCT OF


    VIDEOCONFERENCING WITH RESPECT TO REMOTE
    APPEARANCE FROM ABROAD

    In OCA Circular Nos. 18-2021, dated 1 February 2021, and 56-2021, dated 5
    May 2021, the implementation of the Guidelines on the Conduct of Videoconferencing1
    with respect to remote appearance from abroad was suspended until 1 April 2021
    and 30 June 2021, respectively, upon the request of Secretary of Foreign Affairs
    Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., due to the “need to consider concerns raised by [the] various
    Foreign Service Posts,” such as the “extraterritorial application of Philippine laws”
    and “operational concerns by reasons of COVID-19 and other circumstances.”

    Considering that the two (2) moratoriums have lapsed, motions for
    videoconferencing from Philippine embassies or consulates may now be acted
    upon, provided “that the concerned embassy or consulate of the Philippines has
    allowed the use of its facilities for videoconferencing,” pursuant to Item IV (3),
    A.M. No. 20-12-01-SC,2 taking into account their views on the applicable laws and
    regulations of, and agreement with, their respective host countries, and
    operational concerns by reason of COVID-19 and other circumstances. In any case,
    the videoconferencing hearings must be scheduled during the working hours of
    the Philippine courts, with proper coordination with the concerned embassy or
    consulate, at the expense of the moving party, if any.

    For your information and guidance.

    3 November 2021

    JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ


    Court Administrator

    1 A.M. No. 20-12-01-SC, dated 9 December 2020.


    2 Id.

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