I will work to expand the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program to include the Philippines while maintaining security safeguards.

James C. Moylan · Guam · Republican

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Work to expand the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program to include the Philippines.. Promised outcome: The Philippines is added to the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. 2026 official House press release listing Guam priorities Moylan raised at the IGIA Midyear Senior Plenary Session.

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Including the Philippines in the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program remains a top priority of mine... This is an opportunity to strengthen our tourism economy and deepen our ties with the Philippines while ensuring the proper safeguards remain in place.

Moylan committed to prioritizing inclusion of the Philippines in the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program with screening and security safeguards.

Moylan Presses Philippine Visa Waiver, Coast Guard Priorities With Dhs Secretary Mullin | Representative Moylan
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Moylan also raised several other Guam priorities, including restoring the de minimis exemption for Guam and other U.S. territories outside the U.S. Customs Zone, Supplemental Security Income parity, reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Jones Act and air cabotage relief, expanding the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program to include the Philippines, childcare affordability, economic and workforce development, and stronger federal services for Guam’s veterans and rural communities.

The release says Moylan raised expansion of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program to include the Philippines as a Guam priority.

Congressman Moylan Highlights Guam Priorities at 2026 IGIA Midyear Senior Plenary Session | Representative Moylan
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Moylan's office said he pressed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Guam to expand the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program to include the Philippines, while emphasizing screening, information-sharing, and security safeguards.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the Aug. 29-31 lookback window, Moylan took concrete advocacy action with DHS and framed the proposal around both tourism and security safeguards. The release also says federal legislation was still being developed, so this shows effort rather than completed expansion.

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Moylan Presses Philippine Visa Waiver, Coast Guard Priorities With DHS Secretary Mullin
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The eCFR version current through Aug. 27, 2026 lists Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program eligible countries and areas as Australia, Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; the Philippines is not listed. DHS may consider security threats, refusal rates, overstays, information exchange, and electronic travel authorizations.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The operative federal regulation had not been amended to add the Philippines as of the latest eCFR update immediately before the lookback window. Security-related eligibility criteria remain part of the program framework.

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8 CFR 212.1 -- Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

The promised expansion has not been delivered: the operative federal regulation still does not list the Philippines among Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program eligible countries as of August 27, 2026. Moylan did take concrete advocacy steps with DHS and emphasized security safeguards, which qualifies as a serious effort, but the program had not actually been expanded and legislation was still only being developed.

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