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1.WhataretravelrequirementsforPhilippinecitizenswithtouristpurposevisas?

1. UnexpiredDFAissuedpassport(atleastsixmonthsvalid)
2. Unexpiredvisa(ifvisarequiredatfinaldestination)and
3. Returnticket.

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2.Whenareadditionaldocumentsrequired?

Consistentwithantihumantrafficking,humansmuggling,andillegalrecruitmentlaws,additionaldocumentsshallberequiredafter(1),when:

a.Passengerdisclosesadoubtful,falseorsuspecttravelintent

b.Passportsandtraveldocuments/visasarecounterfeit,fraudulent,falsified,simulatedortamperedand

1. Passengerstotalityofcircumstancesmanifestsawellfoundedcertaintyofhumantrafficking,smugglingorillegalrecruitment.

2.1.Whatareconsideredunder2(c)?

1. Age/Health
2. Educationalattainment
3. Financialcapabilityfortravel
4. Travelhistory,ifanyand
5. Finaldestination.

3.Whataredocumentsrequiredforsponsoredtravel?

a.PhilippineEmbassyorconsulateauthenticatedAffidavitofSupportwithUndertakingshowing:

1. 4thcivildegreeofconsanguinityrelationshipbetweensponsorandthepassenger,e.g.,pinsangbuooraffinity,e.g.,bayaw/hipag/biyenan)
2. Sponsorsfinancialcapacityandlegalstatusand
3. Sponsorscontactinformationand/or

b.PhilippineEmbassyorconsulateauthenticatedAffidavitofSupportwithUndertakingshowing:
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 1. Sponsorsfinancialcapacityandlegalstatus
2. Sponsorscontactdetailsand

c.Sponsorscorporateregistrationpapers,ifapplicable.

d.Incasesofalocalsponsortravelingwiththepassenger,adulynotarizedAffidavitofSupportandUndertakingwhichshallcontainthe
following:

1. Sponsorsfinancialcapacity
2. Sponsorsundertakingisforpassengerstouristtravelwithintenttoreturn
3. Sponsorscompleteresidentialaddressofthesponsorandcontactdetailsand
4. Sponsorscorporateregistrationpapers,ifapplicable.

4.WhatareOFWtravelrequirements?

1. Unexpiredpassport
2. UnexpiredandPOEAconformingvisa
3. Validlyissuedtravelticketsand
4. POEA/PESOdatabaseissuedEreceiptorOEC.

5.WhataredeparturerequirementsforemigrantPhilippinecitizens?

1. Unexpiredpassport
2. Immigrantvisaorresidencecard
3. CFOemigrantregistrationsticker(ERS)and
4. Validlyissuedtravelticket.

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TheERSisobtainedby:

a)RegistrationatCommissiononFilipinoOverseas(CFO)and

b)AttendingthePreDepartureOrientationSeminar(PDOS).

Childrenofemigrantsaged12yearsorbelowareexemptedfromattendingthePDOSbutshallregister.
Childrenofemigrantsaged13yearsoraboveshallattendthePeerCounselingProgram.

6.WhenshallaDSWDtravelclearancefortravellingFilipinominorsberequired?

AFilipinominor(below18yearsofage)shallsecureaDSWDissuedTravelClearanceif:

1. AFilipinominoristravelingALONEtoaforeigncountryor
2. AFilipinominoristravelingtoaforeigncountryaccompaniedbyapersonotherthanhis/herparents.

Note:Formoreinformation,youmayclickfollowinglink:http://www.dswd.gov.ph/faqs/travelclearanceforminors/
(http://www.dswd.gov.ph/faqs/travelclearanceforminors/)

7.WhatareexceptionstotheDSWDissuedTravelClearance?

TheseminorchildrenshallbeexemptfromtheDSWDissuedTravelClearance:

1. ThoseofPhilippineForeignServiceordiplomaticcorpsofficials
2. ThoselivingabroadwithPhilippineemigrants,subjecttochildtraffickingregulations
3. Thosewithunexpiredalienpassports
4. Adoptedchildren,subjecttoacourtissuedadoptionorderwithCertificateofFinality
5. Illegitimatechildrenwithbiologicalmother.Forbiologicalfather,subjecttoproofoflawfulcustody
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7. Thoseaccompaniedbyacourtappointedguardian,subjecttoproofofguardianship
 8. Thoseaccompaniedbyasoloparent,subjecttoaSocialWelfareOfficeissuedID.Ifillegitimate,subjecttoaLocalCivilRegistrarissued
CertificateofNoMarriage.

Note:Formoreinformation,youmayclickfollowinglink:http://www.dswd.gov.ph/faqs/travelclearanceforminors/
(http://www.dswd.gov.ph/faqs/travelclearanceforminors/)

8.WhomustpresentaTravelAuthority?

Employee/Official/Officer IssuingAuthority

Cabinetmembersandequalrankedofficials OfficeofthePresident

OPattachedGOCCandGFIheads OfficeofthePresident

AllOPattachedagencyheads OfficeofthePresident

GOCCandGFIofficialsandemployees GOCCorGFIhead

officialsandemployeesofGOCCsandGFIsattachedtotheOfficeofthePresident HeadsofGOCCsand
GFIs

Officialsandemployeesofagencyheads Departmenthead

ProvincialGovernorsandMayorsofHighlyUrbanizedCitiesorindependentcomponentcities DILGSecretary
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 StateUniversityandCollege(SUC)heads CHEDChairman

OfficialsandemployeesofStateUniversityandColleges RespectiveSUCheads

TechnicalandVocationalSchool(TVS)heads TESDAChairman

officialsandemployeesofTechnicalandVocationalSchools RespectiveTVSheads

Governmentofficialsandemployeestravelingabroadwhileonleaveofabsence Respectivedepartment
heads

GovernmentofficialsandemployeeswiththerankofAssistantSecretaryandabovewhowilltravelabroadwhile
OfficeofthePresident
onleaveofabsence

9.WhatarearrivalrequirementsforPhilippinedestinedalientourists?

9.1.ForalienswithdiplomaticorbilateralagreementswiththePhilippines:

1. Unexpiredpassport
2. Unexpiredentryvisaand
3. Validlyissuedreturnticket.

Nonvisarequiredaliensshallbeadmittedaninitial30days.

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9.2.ForalienswithoutbilateralagreementswiththePhilippines:
Unexpiredpassport

1. Unexpiredentryvisaand

(PhilippineForeignPost(PFP)listedhighlyrestrictedaliensshallsecurevisaonlyatthePFPintheircountryoforiginorlegalresidence.)

1. Validlyissuedreturnticket.

Note:Thepassportshallhaveatleastsixmonthsvaliditybeyondintendedstay,unlessthealienbelongstoanonvisarequiredcountrywhomay
beadmittedintothePhilippineswithlessthansixmonthsvalidpassportsuponarrivalandwhoseembassies/consulateextendorrenewtheir
passportsinthePhilippines.

10.Whoareexemptfromthesixmonthpassportvalidityrule?

1. Philippinepassportholders
2. FormerFilipinosandtheirdependents(immediatefamilymembers)
3.Permanentresidentsandholdersofotherspecialvisacategoriesrequiringtemporaryresidents(withvalidACRICards)
4.Passportsofrecognizedforeigngovernmentofficials
5.VisaunderCA613,Sec.9,exceptSec.9(a),and47(a)(2)wherevisavalidityextendsbeyondpassportexpirationdate,provided,an
embassyorconsulateismaintainedinthePhilippines
6.ThoseadmittedbytheCommissioneronhumanitariangroundsand
7.PursuanttoOperationsOrderNo.SBM2015026,nationalsofthefollowingcountriesmaybeadmittedintothePhilippineswith
passportsoflessthansix(6)monthsvalidityfromdateofarrival:

1.Angola22.Korea

2.Argentina23.Kuwait
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3.Australia24.Laos
4.Austria25.Mexico

5.Belgium26.Myanmar

6.Benin27.Netherlands

7.Brazil28.NewZealand

8.Cambodia29.Niger

9.Canada30.PapuaNewGuinea

10.Chile31.Peru

11.Cyprus32.Portugal

12.Ecuador33.Romania

13.France34.SaudiArabia

14.Germany35.Singapore

15.Greece36.Spain

16.Iceland37.Switzerland

17.Indonesia38.Thailand

18.Ireland39.Turkey

19.Israel40.UnitedStatesofAmerica

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21.Japan

11.Whoareexemptfromthereturnticketrequirement?

1. Philippinepassportholders
2. FormerFilipinosandtheirdependents(immediatefamilymembers)
3. Permanentresidentsandholdersofotherspecialvisacategoriesrequiringtemporaryresidents(withvalidACRICards)
1.Passportsofrecognizedforeigngovernmentofficials
2.VisaunderCA613,Sec.9,exceptSec.9(a),and47(a)(2)wherevisavalidityextendsbeyondpassportexpirationdate,provided,an
embassyorconsulateismaintainedinthePhilippinesand
3.ThoseadmittedbytheCommissioneronhumanitariangrounds.

12.WhocanenterthePhilippineswithoutentryvisa?

A.AliensfromthesecountriesmayenterthePhilippineswithoutavisa,foraninitial30days:

1.Andorra 55.Grenada 108.Panama

2.Angola 56. 109.PapuaNewGuinea

Guatemala
3.Antiguaand 110.Paraguay
Barbuda 57.Guinea
111.Peru
4.Argentina 58.Guinea
Bissau 112.Poland
5.Australia
59.Guyana 113.Portugal
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60.Haiti 114.Qatar
7.Bahamas 61.Honduras 115.Romania

8.Bahrain 62.Hungary 116.Russia

9.Barbados 63.Iceland 117.Rwanda

10.Belgium 64. 118.St.KittsandNevis

Indonesia
11.Belize 119.SaintLucia

65.Ireland
12.Benin 120.St.VincentandtheGrenadines

66.Israel*
13.Bhutan 121.Samoa

67.Italy
14.Bolivia 122.SanMarino

68.Jamaica
15.Botswana 123.SaoTomeandPrincipe

69.Japan
16.Brazil* 124.SaudiArabia

70.
17.Brunei 125.Senegal
Kazakhstan

18.Bulgaria 126.Seychelles
71.Kenya

19.BurkinaFaso 127.Singapore
72.Kiribati

20.Burundi 128.SlovakRepublic
73.Korea
(ROK)
21.Cambodia 129.Slovenia

74.Kuwait
22.Cameroon 130.SolomonIslands

75.
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Kyrgyzstan
24.CapeVerde 76.Laos 132.Spain

25.CentralAfrican 77.Latvia 133.Suriname

Republic
78.Lesotho 134.Swaziland
26.Chad
79.Liberia 135.Sweden
27.Chile
80. 136.Switzerland
28.Colombia Liechtenstein
137.Tanzania
29.Comoros 81.Lithuania
138.Tajikistan
30.Congo 82.
139.Thailand
Luxembourg
31.Congo,Democratic
Republic 140.Togo
83.
Madagascar
32.CostaRica 141.TrinidadandTobago

84.Malawi
33.CotedIvoire 142.Tunisia

85.Malaysia
34.Croatia 143.Turkey

86.Maldives
35.Cyprus 144.Turkmenistan

87.Mali
36.CzechRepublic 145.Tuvalu

88.Malta
37.Denmark 146.Uganda

89.Marshall
38.Djibouti 147.UnitedArabEmirates
Island

39.Dominica 148.UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainand BacktoTop

NorthernIreland
40.Dominican 90. 149.UnitedStatesofAmerica
Republic Mauritania
150.Uruguay
41.Ecuador 91.Mauritius
151.Uzbekistan
42.ElSalvador 92.Mexico
152.Vanuatu
43.EquatorialGuinea 93.
153.Vatican
Micronesia
44.Eritrea
154.Venezuela
94.Monaco
45.Estonia
155.Vietnam
95.Mongolia
46.Ethiopia
156.Zambia
96.Morocco
47.Fiji
157.Zimbabwe
97.
48.Finland
Mozambique

49.France
98.Myanmar

50.Gabon
99.Namibia

51.Gambia
100.Nepal

52.Germany
101.

Netherlands
53.Ghana

102.New
54.Greece
Zealand

103.
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Nicaragua

 104.Niger

105.Norway

106.Oman

107.Palau

*BraziliansandIsraelisaregiven59daystaybasedonexistingagreements.

B.Indiansmaybegrantedavisafreeentryforaninitialstaynotexceeding14daysundertheForeignServiceCircularNo.3612,provided,that
theypossess:

UnexpiredUS,Japanese,Australian,Canadian,Schengen,SingaporeorUKvisaorpermanentresidencepermit
Anationalpassportvalidatleastsix(6)monthsbeyondthecontemplatedstay
Returnoronwardtickettothenextcountryofdestination
NoBureauofImmigration(BI),NationalIntelligenceCoordinatingAgency(NICA),andtheInternationalPolice(Interpol)derogatoryrecord.

The14dayvisafreeentrymaybeextendedbyanadditionalsevendaysforamaximum21days.

C.UnderForeignServiceCircular(FSC)No.11211,thefollowingmayenterthePhilippinesforaninitialstaynotexceedingsevendaysprovided
thattheypossessareturnoronwardticket:

HoldersofHongKongBritishpassportsand
MainlandChinesefortourismwithaunexpiredAustralian,Japanese,Canadian,SchengenorUSvisa.

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HKSARpassportholdersmayenterthePhilippinesforaninitial14days.

D.UnderFSC12211,MacauSARpassportholdersmayenterthePhilippinesforaninitial14days,provided,thattheypossessareturnor
onwardticket.

E.UnderOperationsOrderNo.SBM2015018,MECOETAholdersmayenterthePhilippinesforaninitial30days.

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