Visa Information

Below are important visa-related information when traveling to the Philippines:

  • Participants must have a passport valid for at least six (6) months as of the date of actual travel to the Philippines, or before submission of a visa application to the Philippine embassy or post at the point of residence.

  • Nationals of the following countries can enter the Philippines without visas for a stay not exceeding thirty (30) days, provided they hold valid tickets for their return journey to port of origin or next port of destination:

Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil*
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel*
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Norway
Oman
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

*Brazilian and Israeli nationals are given fifty-nine (59) days stay based on existing agreements.

Further to the list above, the following are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding:

  • Fourteen (14) days:
  1. Holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports.
  2. Holders of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports.
  • Seven (7) days:
  1. Holders of Macau-Portuguese passports
  2. Holders of Hong Kong-British passports

  • Nationals of the following countries are required to obtain a Philippine visa regardless of length of stay:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cabo Verde
China (People’s Republic)
Cuba
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Egypt
Georgia
India
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Montenegro
Nauru
Nigeria
Pakistan
Portugal
Republic of Moldova
Serbia
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Ukraine
Yemen

  • Participants are advised to consult the nearest Philippine Embassy or consulate in their home country for further inquiries, or visit the official website of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines: https://www.dfa.gov.ph/guidelines-requirements