Philippine Passport Holders can visit 33 countries Visa Free, 29 countries that issue Visa on Arrival, and 14 countries that issue eVisa in 2018.
Most of the Filipinos can now travel the world thanks to affordable airfare being offered by airline companies. You may check the list of budget airline companies below. Philippine passport holders need next are the list of countries they want to visit to know if it requires a visa, visa free, visa on arrival, or e-visa to be permitted entry in its borders.
The tedious part of travelling for Philippine passport holders is when the destination country requires a visa. It is needed to be planned maybe 4 to 6 months prior to the date of departure. Unlike if travelling to visa free countries which probably needs less than a month or just a week of planning.
The reason is visa requiring countries need a lot of documents from Filipino travellers such as filled out visa application form, need to produce bank statement of account, employment certificate, hotel bookings, and sometimes flight ticket/reservations. When all the documents are presented to the countries’ embassy, they will still need to verify it which sometimes requires another 3 weeks before the traveller know if the visa is granted. The visa processing fee is also not refundable if the visa application was denied.
Good thing is that there are a handful of countries that permits Philippine passport holders to enter their borders without visa, or needs only a visa on arrival, or e-visa which is a lot easier to process. The Philippines is ranked 64th with a visa-free score of 63 when comes to travel freedom for its citizen without the need for a Visa according to www.passportindex.org . As of 2018, there are total of 33 countries that have Visa Free, 29 Countries with visa on arrival, and 14 eVisa entry policy for Philippine passport holders.
These includes ASEAN countries, other countries in Asia (none ASEAN), Africa, North, Central, and South America, one country in Europe, and several Oceania countries.
If you are a first-time traveler I would suggest that you try visiting first the countries that are visa free to be exposed to other culture other than the Philippines. Please find below the respective countries that have visa free, visa on arrival, and e-visa policy for Philippine passport holders.
16 Asian Countries Visa free for Philippine Passport Holders
Brunei Darussalam – 14 days
Cambodia – 15 days
Indonesia – 30 days
Laos – 30 days
Malaysia – 14 days
Myanmar – 14 days
Singapore – 30 days
Thailand – 30 days
Viet Nam – 21 days. Single entry eVisa is valid for 30 days
Hong Kong – 14 days
Macau – 30 days
Mongolia – 21 days
Israel – 90 days
Taiwan – 14 days (under a 9 month trial period from November 2017 until July 31, 2018)
Myanmar (Burma) – 14 days visa free, need to apply for eVisa for 28 days stay, visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports
Palestinian Territories
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