Visa requirements for Filipino citizens

Visa requirements for Filipino citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Philippines by the authorities of other territories. In February 2016, Filipino citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 61 countries and territories ranking the Philippine passport 76th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.^[1]

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Visa requirements for Filipino citizens

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Visa requirements

UN members and observers

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]	Women of all nationalities must cover their body with clothing, except for their face, hands and feet
Albania	Visa required[3]
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa required[5]	There are no visa requirements for entry into Andorra, but it can only be accessed by passing through France or Spain. A multiple entry visa is required to re-enter either France or Spain when leaving Andorra. All visitors can stay for 3 months.
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Electronic Entry Visa[7]
Argentina	Visa required[8]
Armenia	Visa on arrival[9]	120 days
Australia	Online Visitor e600 visa[10]	May apply online.[11]
Austria	Visa required[12]
Azerbaijan	Visa required[13]
Bahamas	Visa required[14]	Permanent Residents of Canada do not need a visa and may stay up to 30 days.[15]
Bahrain	Visa required[16]
Bangladesh	Visa required[17]
Barbados	Visa required[18]	Visa procedure does not necessitate sending passport to Barbados or one of its embassies.[19]
Belarus	Visa required[20]
Belgium	Visa required[21]
Belize	Visa required[22]
Benin	Visa required[23]
Bhutan	Visa required[24]
Bolivia	Visa not required[25]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[26]
Botswana	Visa required[27]
Brazil	Visa not required[28]	90 days
Brunei	Visa not required[29]	14 days
Bulgaria	Visa required[30]
Burkina Faso	Visa required[31]
Burundi	Visa required[32]
Cambodia	Visa not required[33]	21 days
Cameroon	Visa required[34]
Canada	Visa required[35]	Green Card holders in the United States do not need a visa to visit or transit in Canada, unless deemed inadmissible. B or C visa holders in Switzerland do not require transit visa when traveling to the United States flying with Air Canada.[36]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[37]
Central African Republic	Visa required[38]
Chad	Visa required[39]
Chile	Visa required[40]
China	Visa required[41]	Filipino citizens may travel without a visa to Hainan,[42] Hong Kong [43] and Macao.[44] Visa on arrival for Shenzhen[45]
Colombia	Visa not required[46]	90 days on arrival, can extend another 90 days for 180 days total.
Comoros	Visa on arrival[47]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[48]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[49]
Costa Rica	Visa not required[50]	30 days upon arrival, can extend for total of 90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[51]
Croatia	Visa required[52]	Visa free for a maximum stay of 90 days for valid visa holders or residents of the Schengen member states.
Cuba	Visa required[53]
Cyprus	Visa required[54]
Czech Republic	Visa required[55]
Denmark	Visa required[56]
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[57]
Dominica	Visa not required[58]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required[59]	Permanent Residents of Canada do not require a visa and may stay up to 30 days.[60]
Ecuador	Visa not required[61]	90 days
Egypt	Visa required[62]
El Salvador	Visa required[63]
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[64]
Eritrea	Visa required[65]
Estonia	Visa required[66]
Ethiopia	Visa required[67]
Fiji	Visa not required[68]	4 months
Finland	Visa required[69]
France	Visa required[70]	Transit through a French airport also requires a transit visa[71]
Gabon	eVisa[72]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[73]	90 days; must obtain an entry clearance from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel
Georgia	eVisa[74]
Germany	Visa required[75]
Ghana	Visa required[76]
Greece	Visa required[77]
Grenada	Visa required[78]
Guatemala	Visa required[79]
Guinea	Visa required[80]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[81]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[82]
Haiti	Visa not required[83]	3 months
Honduras	Visa required[84]
Hungary	Visa required[85]	Transit through a Hungarian airport also requires a transit visa.
Iceland	Visa required[86]
India	e-Tourist Visa[87]	30 days
Indonesia	Visa not required[88]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[89]	30 days[90]
Iraq	Visa required[91]
Ireland	Visa required[92]
Israel	Visa not required[93]	3 months
Italy	Visa required[94]
Jamaica	Visa required[95]	Permanent Residents of Canada do not require a visa.[96]
Japan	Visa required[97]
Jordan	Visa required[98]
Kazakhstan	Visa required[99]
Kenya	eVisa[100]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa required[101]
North Korea	Visa required[102]
South Korea	Visa required[103]	30 Days Visa-Free Access to Jeju Island
Kuwait	Visa required[104]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa on arrival[105]	1 month. Available at Manas International Airport.
Laos	Visa not required[106]	30 days
Latvia	Visa required[107]
Lebanon	Visa required[108]	In addition to a visa, approval should be obtained from the immigration department of the General Directorate of General Security (La Sûreté Générale). Negotiations to abolish visa requirements are currently in progress.
Lesotho	Visa required[109]
Liberia	Visa required[110]
Libya	Visa required[111]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[112]
Lithuania	Visa required[113]
Luxembourg	Visa required[114]
Macedonia	Visa required[115]
Madagascar	Free visa on arrival[116]	30 days
Malawi	Visa on arrival[117]
Malaysia	Visa not required[118]	30 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival[119]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[120]
Malta	Visa required[121]
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[122]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[123]	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa required[124]
Mexico	Visa required[125]	Permanent residents of Canada and the United States do not require a visa[126]
Micronesia	Visa not required[127]	30 days
Moldova	Visa required[128]
Monaco	Visa required[129]
Mongolia	Visa not required[130]	21 days
Montenegro	Visa required[131]
Morocco	Visa not required[132]	90 days
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[133]	30 days
Myanmar	Visa not required[134]	14 days[135] Also eVisa for 28 days; holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports.
Namibia	Visa required[136]
Nauru	Visa required[137]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[138]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[139]
New Zealand	Visa required[140]
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival[141]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[142]
Nigeria	Visa required[143]
Norway	Visa required[144]
Oman	Visa required[145]
Pakistan	Visa required[146]
Palau	Visa on arrival[147]	30 days
Panama	Visa required[148]
Papua New Guinea	Visa on arrival[149]	60 days
Paraguay	Visa required[150]
Peru	Visa not required[151]	183 days
Poland	Visa required[152]
Portugal	Visa required[153]
Qatar	Visa required[154]
Romania	Visa required[155]
Russia	Visa required[156]
Rwanda	Visa not required[157][158]	90 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eVisa[159]
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[160]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[161]	1 month
Samoa	Visa on arrival !Entry Permit on arrival[162]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[163]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[164]	Visa is obtained online.[165]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[166]
Senegal	Visa required[167]
Serbia	Visa required[168]	Visa free for a maximum stay of 90 days for valid visa holders or residents of the European Union member states, Switzerland and the United States.
Seychelles	Visa on arrival !Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[169]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa required[170]
Singapore	Visa not required[171]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[172]
Slovenia	Visa required[173]	No visa required for holders of valid residence permits issued by Schengen States including Switzerland
Solomon Islands	Visa required[174]
Somalia	Visa required[175]	Visa may be obtained on arrival, provided an invitation letter by the sponsor had been submitted to the authorities before arrival.
South Africa	Visa required[176]
South Sudan	Visa required[177]
Spain	Visa required[178]
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[179]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[180]
Suriname	Visa not required[181]	90 days
Swaziland	Visa required[182]
Sweden	Visa required[183]
Switzerland	Visa required[184]
Syria	Visa required[185]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[186]	45 days at Dushanbe International Airport. Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points.[187]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[188]
Thailand	Visa not required[189]	30 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[190]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[191]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[192]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa on arrival[193]
Tunisia	Visa required[194]
Turkey	Visa required[195]	30-day eVisas can be obtained online[196] for USD20 provided that a return ticket, hotel reservation and at least USD50 for each day's stay is shown. Must travel for the purposes of tourism or business and hold a valid visa OR valid residence permit from one of the Schengen countries, USA, UK or Ireland (E-visas are not accepted).[197]
Turkmenistan	Visa required[198]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[199]	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival[200]	May apply online.[201]
Ukraine	Visa required[202]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[203]
United Kingdom	Visa required[204]
United States	Visa required[205]
Uruguay	Visa required[206]
Uzbekistan	Visa required[207]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[208]	30 days
Vatican City	Visa required[209]
Venezuela	Visa required[210]
Vietnam	Visa not required[211]	21 days
Yemen	Visa required[212]
Zambia	eVisa[213]
Zimbabwe	eVisa[214]

Certain countries allow Filipino citizens to enter without a visa if they are in a possession of a valid visa or resident permit for Canada, Ireland, the Schengen area, the United States or the United Kingdom.

Non-UN members

Visa requirements for Filipino citizens for entry to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Europe
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Abkhazia	Visa required[215]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). there is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[216][217]
Crimea	Visa required	Visa issued by Russia is required.[218]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[219][220]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[221]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa required[222]
Gibraltar	Visa required[223]	British visa is required.
Guernsey	Visa required[224]	British visa is required.
Isle of Man	Visa required[225]	British visa is required.
Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[226] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[227]
Jersey	Visa required[228]	British visa is required.
Kosovo	Visa required[229]	Visa free for a maximum stay of 15 days for valid visa holders or residents of the Schengen Area member states.[230]
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Visa required[231][232]	Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[233]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[234]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[235][236]
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[237][238]
Africa
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[239]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[240]
Mayotte	Visa required[241]
Réunion	Visa required[241]
Ascension Island	Entry Permit required	Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).[242]
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[243]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[244]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. Filipino citizens may enter the Moroccan controlled zone of Western Sahara without obtaining a visa.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[245][246]
Sudan	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[247]
Asia
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Hainan	Visa required[248]	Visa not required for 15 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people)[249]
Hong Kong	Visa not required[250]	14 days
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[251][252][253][254][255]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[256]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[257] May stay up to 14 days.
Macao	Visa not required[258]	30 days
Maldives	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[259]
Palestine	Visa required[260]	Unknown by Timatic. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[261]
Taiwan	eVisa[262]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[263][264][265]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[266]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)f
Anguilla	Visa required[267]
Aruba	Visa required[268]	Visa free if U.S., U.K., Canada or Schengen Area resident permit holder or cruise ship passenger staying not more than 48 hours[269]
Bermuda	Visa required	180 days, Permanent residents of the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom do not require a visa.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa required[270]	Visa free if U.S., U.K., Canada or Schengen Area resident permit holder or cruise ship passenger staying not more than 48 hours[269]
British Virgin Islands	Visa required[271]	Permanent residents of the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom do not require a visa.
Cayman Islands	Visa required[272]	Up to 30 days visa-free for permanent residents of and traveling directly from: Canada, USA or UK.[273][274][275] Visa free for cruise ship passengers leaving on same day as arrival.[276]
Curacao	Visa required[277]	Visa free if U.S., U.K., Canada or Schengen Area resident permit holder or cruise ship passenger staying not more than 48 hours[269]
French Guiana	Visa required[278]	Schengen visa is required.
French West Indies	Visa required	French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.[279]
Greenland	Visa required[222]	Schengen visa is required.
Montserrat	Visa required[280]	Multiple entry eVisa valid for 1 year can be obtained through the internet, prior to departure.
Puerto Rico	Visa required[281]	Visa issued by the United States is required.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa required[241]	Permanent Residents of Canada are exempted from passport and visa requirements for stays of maximum duration of 3 months within a period of 6 months.[282]
Sint Maarten	Visa required[283]	Visa free if U.S., U.K., Canada or Schengen Area resident permit holder or cruise ship passenger staying not more than 48 hours[269]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required[284]	Visa is required as of 1 April 2015
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[285]	Visa issued by the United States is required.
Oceania
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
American Samoa	Visa required[286]	US visa is required.
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[287]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[288]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[289]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[290]
French Polynesia	Visa required[291]
Guam	Visa required[292]	US visa is required.
New Caledonia	Visa required[241]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required	US visa is required.
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days[293]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[294][295][296]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[297][298][299][300][301][302][303]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa required[241]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Falkland Islands	Visa required[304]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[305][306]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[307][308][309][310][311][312][313][314][315][316][317][318]

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.^[319]

APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:^[320]

Australia1  Brunei1  Chile1  China2  Hong Kong2  Indonesia2  Japan1  South Korea1  Malaysia2

Mexico1  New Zealand1  Papua New Guinea2  Peru1  Russia1  Singapore2  Taiwan1  Thailand1  Vietnam2

_{1 – up to 90 days
2 – up to 60 days}

The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:^[321]

• no need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such (except by  Canada and  United States)
• undertake legitimate business in participating economies
• expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members
• expedited scheduling of visa interview (USA)

Passport validity

Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.^[322] Schengen countries require a passport valid at least 3 months after the traveller plans to leave the Schengen Area.

Israeli stamps

Visitors with a passport stamp of Israel are not allowed to enter a number of countries because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.

See also

• Visa policy of the Philippines
• Philippine passport

References