South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern AsiaPhilippines visa requirements
Travellers from 162 of 198 countries can visit the Philippines easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit the Philippines
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed162 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- eVisa11 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed25 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Philippines visa
- Tourist visits10 optionsMany travellers can visit without a visa. Others can use an online travel permit, an online visa or a 9(a) visitor visa.
- Transit visa1 optionsThe Philippines has a 9(b) transit visa. Airport transfer rules and visa-free transit conditions are not specified.
- Business visits5 optionsBusiness options include the 9(a) visitor visa, the 9(d) business visa and a specific online visa route. Some travellers also qualify for visa-free business entry.
- Student visas2 optionsThe 9(f) visa is for students. Some sponsored study, exchange and training programmes fall under the special 47(a)(2) visa.
- Work visas4 optionsThe Philippines has a visa for pre-arranged employment and special visas for certain employers, projects and banking roles.
- Family and permanent residence visas8 optionsSection 13 visas cover permanent residence. Several routes are for relatives of Filipino citizens, returning residents, former Filipinos and their families.
- Visa for health visits1 optionsThe 9(a) visitor visa covers health visits as well as pleasure and business.
- Philippine e-Visa (online visa)2 optionsTravellers of any nationality may apply online if they meet the location and residence rules. A separate single-entry route serves eligible Chinese citizens living in Mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- BhutanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America59 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- BurundiVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- CameroonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- Central African RepublicVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- ChadVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- ComorosVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- CongoVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- DjiboutiVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- DR CongoVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- EritreaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- GabonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- IndiaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia14 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- LaosVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- MadagascarVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MauritaniaVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia21 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- MyanmarVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa30 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- TurkmenistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa59 days
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia59 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa59 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa59 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia59 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia59 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Americas34 of 35 countries
- Oceania12 of 14 countries
- Africa46 of 54 countries
- Europe37 of 46 countries
- Asia33 of 49 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter the Philippines without a visa?
162 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for the Philippines?
No visa needed: it applies to 162 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for the Philippines?
25 passports, including Iran, Sudan, Algeria, Iraq Afghanistan, and 20 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for the Philippines?
No visa needed, for up to 14 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for the Philippines?
No visa needed, for up to 14 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for the Philippines?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for the Philippines?
eVisa, for up to 59 days.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for the Philippines?
eVisa, for up to 59 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for the Philippines?
No visa needed, for up to 59 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to the Philippines?
Americas: 34 of 35 passports enter without applying first.
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