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1.  What are travel requirements for Philippine citizens with tourist-
purpose visas?

1. Unexpired DFA-issued passport (at least six-months valid)

2. Unexpired visa (if visa-required at final destination); and
3. Return ticket. 

2. When are additional documents required?

Consistent with anti-human trafficking, -human smuggling, and -illegal

recruitment laws, additional documents shall be required after (1), when:

a. Passenger discloses a doubtful, false or suspect travel intent;

b. Passports and travel documents/visas are counterfeit, fraudulent, falsified,

simulated or tampered; and

1. Passenger’s totality of circumstances manifests a well-founded

certainty of human trafficking, smuggling or illegal recruitment.

2.1. What are considered under 2(c)?

1. Age/Health;
 2. Educational attainment;
3. Financial capability for travel;
4. Travel history, if any; and
5. Final destination.

3. What are documents required for sponsored-travel?

a. Philippine Embassy or consulate-authenticated Affidavit of Support with

Undertaking showing:

1. 4th civil degree of consanguinity relationship between sponsor and the

passenger, e.g., pinsang buo or affinity, e.g., bayaw/hipag/biyenan);
2. Sponsor’s financial capacity and legal status; and
3. Sponsor’s contact information; and/or

b. Philippine Embassy or consulate-authenticated Affidavit of Support with

Undertaking showing:

1. Sponsor’s financial capacity and legal status;

2. Sponsor’s contact details; and

c. Sponsor’s corporate registration papers, if applicable.

d. In cases of a local sponsor traveling with the passenger, a duly notarized

Affidavit of Support and Undertaking which shall contain the following:

1. Sponsor’s financial capacity;

2. Sponsor’s undertaking is for passenger’s tourist travel with intent to
return;
3. Sponsor’s complete residential address of the sponsor and contact
details; and
4. Sponsor’s corporate registration papers, if applicable.

4. What are OFW travel requirements?

1. Unexpired passport;
2. Unexpired and POEA-conforming visa;
3. Validly-issued travel tickets; and
 4. POEA/PESO-database issued E-receipt or OEC.

5. What are departure requirements for emigrant Philippine citizens?

1. Unexpired passport;
2. Immigrant visa or residence card;
3. CFO-emigrant registration sticker (ERS); and
4. Validly-issued travel ticket.

      The ERS is obtained by:

a)   Registration at Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO); and

b)   Attending the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS).  

 Children of emigrants aged 12 years or below are exempted from

attending the PDOS but shall register.
 Children of emigrants aged 13 years or above shall attend the Peer
Counseling Program.

6. When shall a DSWD-travel clearance for travelling Filipino minors

be required?

A Filipino minor (below 18 years of age) shall secure a DSWD-issued Travel

Clearance if:

1. A Filipino minor is traveling ALONE to a foreign country; or

2. A Filipino minor is traveling to a foreign country accompanied by a
person other than his/her parents.

Note: For more information, you may click following

link: http://www.dswd.gov.ph/faqs/travel-clearance-for-minors/

7. What are exceptions to the DSWD-issued Travel Clearance?

These minor children shall be exempt from the DSWD-issued Travel

Clearance:

1. Those of Philippine Foreign Service or diplomatic corps officials;

2. Those living abroad with Philippine emigrants, subject to child-
trafficking regulations;
 3. Those with unexpired alien passports;
4. Adopted children, subject to a court-issued adoption order with
Certificate of Finality;
5. Illegitimate children with biological mother.  For biological father,
subject to proof of lawful custody;
6. Those with proof of unexpired visa for permanent residence outside
the Philippines;
7. Those accompanied by a court-appointed guardian, subject to proof  of
guardianship;
8. Those accompanied by a solo parent, subject to a Social Welfare
Office-issued ID. If illegitimate, subject to a Local Civil Registrar-
issued Certificate of No Marriage.

Note: For more information, you may click following

link: http://www.dswd.gov.ph/faqs/travel-clearance-for-minors/

8. Who must present a Travel Authority?

Employee/Official/Officer Issuing
Authority
Cabinet members and equal-ranked officials Office of the
President
OP-attached GOCC and GFI heads Office of the
President
All OP-attached agency heads Office of the
President
GOCC and GFI officials and employees GOCC or GFI
head
officials and employees of GOCCs and GFIs attached to the Heads of GOCCs
Office of the President and GFIs
Officials and employees of agency heads Department
head
Provincial Governors and Mayors of Highly Urbanized Cities
DILG Secretary
or independent component cities
State University and College (SUC) heads CHED Chairman
Officials and employees of State University and Colleges Respective SUC
heads
Technical and Vocational School (TVS) heads TESDA Chairman
officials and employees of Technical and Vocational Schools Respective TVS
heads
Government officials and employees traveling abroad while Respective
on leave of absence department
heads
Government officials and employees with the rank of
Office of the
Assistant Secretary and above who will travel abroad while
President
on leave of absence

9. What are arrival requirements for Philippine-destined alien

tourists?

9.1. For aliens with diplomatic or bilateral agreements with the Philippines:

1. Unexpired passport;
2. Unexpired entry visa; and
3. Validly-issued return ticket.
 Non-visa required aliens shall be admitted an initial 30-days.

9.2. For aliens without bilateral agreements with the Philippines:

Unexpired passport;

1. Unexpired entry visa; and

(Philippine Foreign Post (PFP)-listed highly restricted aliens shall secure visa
only at the PFP in their country of origin or legal residence.)

1. Validly-issued return ticket.

Note: The passport shall have at least six months’ validity beyond intended
stay, unless the alien belongs to a non-visa required country who may be
admitted into the Philippines with less than six months’ valid passports upon
arrival and whose embassies/consulate extend or renew their passports in
the Philippines.

10. Who are exempt from the “six-month passport validity” rule?

1. Philippine passport holders;

2. Former Filipinos and their dependents (immediate family members);
3. Permanent residents and holders of other special visa categories requiring temporary
residents (with valid ACR I-Cards);
4. Passports of recognized foreign-government officials;
5. Visa under CA 613, Sec. 9, except Sec.  9(a), and 47(a)(2)  where visa validity extends
beyond passport expiration date, provided, an embassy or consulate is maintained in the
Philippines;
6. Those admitted by the Commissioner on humanitarian grounds; and
 7. Pursuant to Operations Order No. SBM-2015-026, nationals of the following countries
may be admitted into the Philippines with passports of less than six (6) months validity
from date of arrival:

Angola Argentina Australia Austria Belgium

Benin Brazil Cambodia Canada Chile
Cyprus Czech Republic Ecuador France Germany
Greece Iceland Indonesia Ireland Isreal
Italy Japan Korea Kuwait Laos
Mexico Myanmar Netherlands New Zealand Niger
Norway Papua New Guinea Peru Portugal Romania
Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain Switzerland Thailand
Turkey United Kingdom / GBR United States of America Venezuela

11. Who are exempt from the return ticket requirement?        

1. Philippine passport holders;

2. Former Filipinos and their dependents (immediate family members);
3. Permanent residents and holders of other special visa categories  
requiring temporary residents (with valid ACR I-Cards);      
1. Passports of recognized foreign-government officials;
2. Visa under CA 613, Sec. 9, except Sec.  9(a), and 47(a)(2)  where visa validity
extends beyond passport expiration date, provided, an embassy or consulate is
maintained in the Philippines; and
3. Those admitted by the Commissioner on humanitarian grounds.

12. Who can enter the Philippines without entry visa?

A. Aliens from these countries may enter the Philippines without a visa, for
an initial 30-days: 

1. Andorra 55. Grenada 108. Panama

2. Angola 56. Guatemala 109. Papua New Guinea

3. Antigua and 57. Guinea 110. Paraguay

Barbuda
58. Guinea- 111. Peru
4. Argentina Bissau
5. Australia 59. Guyana 112. Poland

6. Austria 60. Haiti 113. Portugal

7. Bahamas 61. Honduras 114. Qatar

8. Bahrain 62. Hungary 115. Romania

9. Barbados 63. Iceland 116. Russia

10. Belgium 64. Indonesia 117. Rwanda

11. Belize 65. Ireland 118. St. Kitts and Nevis

12. Benin 66. Israel* 119. Saint Lucia

13. Bhutan 67. Italy 120. St. Vincent and the

Grenadines
14. Bolivia 68. Jamaica
121. Samoa
15. Botswana 69. Japan
122. San Marino
16. Brazil* 70. Kazakhstan
123. Sao Tome and Principe
17. Brunei 71. Kenya
124. Saudi Arabia
18. Bulgaria 72. Kiribati
125. Senegal
19. Burkina Faso 73. Korea
(ROK) 126. Seychelles
20. Burundi
74. Kuwait 127. Singapore
21. Cambodia
75. Kyrgyzstan 128. Slovak Republic
22. Cameroon
76. Laos 129. Slovenia
23. Canada
77. Latvia 130. Solomon Islands
24. Cape Verde
78. Lesotho 131. South Africa
25. Central African
Republic 79. Liberia 132. Spain

80.
26. Chad Liechtenstein 133. Suriname

27. Chile 81. Lithuania 134. Swaziland

28. Colombia 82. 135. Sweden

Luxembourg
29. Comoros 136. Switzerland
83. Madagascar
30. Congo 137. Tanzania
84. Malawi
31. Congo, 138. Tajikistan
Democratic Republic 85. Malaysia
139. Thailand
32. Costa Rica 86. Maldives
140. Togo
33. Cote d’Ivoire 87. Mali
141. Trinidad and Tobago
34. Croatia 88. Malta
142. Tunisia
35. Cyprus 89. Marshall
Island 143. Turkey
36. Czech Republic
90. Mauritania 144. Turkmenistan
37. Denmark
91. Mauritius 145. Tuvalu
38. Djibouti
92. Mexico 146. Uganda
39. Dominica
93. Micronesia 147. United Arab Emirates
40. Dominican
Republic 94. Monaco 148. United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
41. Ecuador 95. Mongolia
149. United States of America
42. El Salvador 96. Morocco
150. Uruguay
43. Equatorial Guinea 97.
Mozambique 151. Uzbekistan
44. Eritrea
98. Myanmar 152. Vanuatu
45. Estonia
99. Namibia 153. Vatican
46. Ethiopia
47. Fiji
100. Nepal 154. Venezuela
48. Finland
101. 155. Vietnam
49. France Netherlands
156. Zambia
50. Gabon 102. New
Zealand 157. Zimbabwe
51. Gambia
103. Nicaragua
52. Germany
104. Niger
53. Ghana
105. Norway
54. Greece
106. Oman

107. Palau

*Brazilians and Israelis are given 59-day stay based on existing agreements.

B. Indians may be granted a visa-free entry for an initial stay not exceeding
14 days under the Foreign Service Circular No. 36-12, provided, that they
possess:

 Unexpired US, Japanese, Australian, Canadian, Schengen, Singapore

or UK visa or permanent residence permit;
 A national passport valid at least six (6) months beyond the
contemplated stay;
 Return or onward ticket to the next country of destination;
 No Bureau of Immigration (BI), National Intelligence Coordinating
Agency (NICA), and the International Police (Interpol) derogatory
record.

The 14-day visa-free entry may be extended by an additional seven days for
a maximum 21 days.
C. Under Foreign Service Circular (FSC) No. 112-11, the following may enter
the Philippines for an initial stay not exceeding seven days provided that
they possess a return or onward ticket:

 Holders of Hong Kong British passports; and

 Mainland Chinese for tourism with a unexpired Australian, Japanese,
Canadian, Schengen or US visa.

Seven-day visa-free entry may be extended by an additional 14 days to

complete a maximum 21 days.

HK-SAR passport holders may enter the Philippines for an initial 14 days.

D.  Under FSC 122-11, Macau-SAR passport holders may enter the
Philippines for an initial 14 days, provided, that they possess a return or
onward ticket.

E.   Under Operations Order No. SBM-2015-018, MECO ETA holders may
enter the Philippines for an initial 30 days.

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