A. WHAT IS A PHILIPPINE VISA?

A Philippine Visa is an endorsement made on a travel document by a consular officer at a Philippine Embassy or Consulate abroad denoting that the visa application has been properly examined and that the bearer is permitted to proceed to the Philippines and request permission from the Philippine Immigration authorities at the ports of entries to enter the country. The visa thus issued is not a guarantee that the holder will be automatically admitted into the country, because the admission of foreign nationals into the Philippines is a function of the immigration authorities at the port of entry.

B. GUIDELINES ON THE ENTRY OF TEMPORARY VISITORS TO THE PHILIPPINES

Nationals from countries listed below who are traveling to the Philippines for business and tourism purposes are allowed to enter the Philippines without visas for a stay not exceeding twenty-one (21) days, provided they hold valid tickets for their return journey to port of origin or next port of destination and their passports valid for a period of at least six (6) months beyond the contemplated period of stay. However, Immigration Officers at ports of entry may exercise their discretion to admit holders of passports valid for at least sixty (60) days beyond the intended period of stay.

Nationals from the following countries are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a period of stay of twenty-one (21) days or less:

Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina
Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain
Barbados Belgium Benin Bhutan
Bolii 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 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 Gibralta
Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea
Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras
Hungary Iceland Indonesia Ireland
Israel* Italy Jamaica Japan
Kenya Kiribati Kuwait 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 & the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Singapore
Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia
South Africa Spain Suriname Swaziland
Sweden Switzerland Thailand Togo
Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu
Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam
Zambia Zimbabwe

* The following are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding fifty-nine (59) days:

  1. Holders of Brazil passports; and
  2. Holders of Israel passports

The following are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding seven (7) days:

  1. Holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative (SAR) passports
  2. Holders of British National Overseas (BNO) passports
  3. Holders of Portuguese Passports issued in Macao
  4. Holders of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports

Important Note:
Nationals who are subjects of deportation/blacklist orders of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Bureau of Immigration shall not be admitted to the Philippines.