Visitor Entry Requirements for the Philippines 2024

Entrance Guidelines for Tourists in the Philippines

People from certain countries can come to the Philippines for business or tourism without needing a visa. They can stay for up to 30 days as long as they have a valid ticket to go back home or to their next destination and their passport is valid for at least six months after their planned stay.

Citizens of certain countries can visit the Philippines for business or tourism without a visa. They can stay for up to 30 days if they have a return ticket and a passport valid for at least six months beyond their planned stay.

Across Africa, nationals from Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe find inclusion.

Moving to Asia, individuals from Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel*, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen are listed.

In Europe, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Vatican are mentioned.

Across North America, inclusion extends to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States of America.

In Oceania, nationals from Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu are listed.

Lastly, in South America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil*, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela are included.

*Under existing agreements, Brazilian and Israeli citizens are granted a stay of fifty-nine (59) days.

The following individuals are permitted to enter the Philippines without a visa for a duration not exceeding fourteen (14) days:

Holders of passports from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR).
Holders of passports from the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR).

Similarly, the following individuals can enter the Philippines without a visa for a period not exceeding seven (7) days:

Holders of Macau-Portuguese passports.
Holders of Hong Kong British passports.

It’s important to note that individuals who are subjects of deportation or blacklist orders from the Department and the Bureau of Immigration will not be allowed entry into the Philippines. For further inquiries, please contact the Visa Division at telephone numbers: 556-0000 and request to be connected to the Visa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, located at 2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, or reach out to any Philippine Embassy or Consulate abroad.

For an updated guidelines, please feel free to visit the official website of Department Of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)

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