04 April 2022 - The Philippine Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia informs the public that pursuant to IATF Resolution No. 165, starting 1 April 2022, foreigners (non-Filipino citizens) may enter the Philippines without need of an Entry Exemption Document (EED), provided they comply with the applicable immigration entry and departure formalities. Please visit the official website of the Philippine Bureau of Immigration at https://immigration.gov.ph/#advisory for up-to-date information.
No need for Visa (Visa Free Entry)
- Foreigners from countries included under Executive Order No. 408 may enter the Philippines without a visa for initial stay not exceeding 30 days. Brazilian and Israeli passport holders are allowed to stay up to 59 days based on existing bilateral agreements.
- Holders of Hong Kong SAR passport or Macau SAR passport may enter the Philippines without a visa for initial stay not exceeding 14 days.
- Holders of British National Overseas passport or Macau-Portuguese passport may enter the Philippines without a visa for initial stay not exceeding 7 days.
- Holders of People's Republic of China passport and who have a valid Australian, Canadian, Japanese, Schengen or US visa may enter the Philippines without a visa for initial stay not exceeding 7 days for tourism purpose.
- Holders of Republic of India passport and who have a valid Australian, Canadian, Japanese, Schengen, Singapore, UK or US visa may enter the Philippines without a visa for initial stay not exceeding 14 days for tourism purpose.
- Persons eligible under the Balikbayan program may enter the Philippines without a visa for an initial stay of 1 year. For more information, visit the Bureau of Immigration website https://immigration.gov.ph/faqs/visa-inquiry/balikbayan-privilege
- Holders of Manila Economic and Cultural Office Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) may enter the Philippines for an initial stay of 30 days. For more information, visit the Manila Economic and Cultural Office website: https://www.meco.org.tw/evisa
- Holders of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card. (www.apec.org)
9A Visa application portal - https://www.visa.gov.ph/
Foreigners who want to apply for Temporary visitor’s (9A) visa must submit applications to the visa portal https://www.visa.gov.ph/ and secure an appointment on this link: https://jakartape.dfa.gov.ph/consular-services/request-an-appointment before submitting the application with supporting documents to the Consular Section of the Embassy. To view the requirements for 9A visa, please visit this link https://jakartape.dfa.gov.ph/consular-services/visa/non-immigrant-visa/temporary-visitor-visa
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To read the Bureau of Immigration's advisory pursuant to the IATF Resolution 165, click this link https://immigration.gov.ph/images/Advisory/2022/03_Mar/2022Mar31_adv.pdf.
For the latest rules and policies on travel to the Philippines, including on quarantine, arrival formalities and other requirements, please monitor announcements from, or direct inquiries to the Bureau of Immigration of the Republic of the Philippines through:
Website : https://immigration.gov.ph/#advisory
Facebook : @officialbureauofimmigration
@Immigration.helpline.ph
Twitter : BIHelplinePH
Hotline : (+632) 8465-2400
(+632) 8524-3769
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Travel requirements: https://immigration.gov.ph/faqs/travel-req
Up-to-date copies of resolutions issued by the Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) are available at https://iatf.doh.gov.ph/
Please be guided accordingly.
