Philippines : How to calculate the 30 days visa free stay & other discussion
Dec 25, 2023, 9:08 pm
#16
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Is entry to the Philippines not back to normal? As a US passport holder, does one still have to do a health declaration prior to landing? I'm hoping I can just land, show my passport at immigration, get a 30-day visa (free?), and then start my trip.
Dec 26, 2023, 12:58 am
#17
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It's back to normal.
Everybody always had to do a health declaration. Even pre-COVID. What's new now is that they dropped the paper declaration you filled out in the plane for an on-line system that you have to fill out within 72 hours of departure.
https://etravel.gov.ph/
You get a QR code that they recommend you print out or take a screenshot, but that's only as backup. Immigration can tell if you've filled it out on their screen when they scan your passport. If you don't they lecture you, make you step aside and hopefully you have a data plan on your phone, because you're not getting in without filling it out. Again, this is to replace the paper form travelers used to have to fill out in the past.
Filipinos also have to fill it out leaving the Philippines, but not foreigners.
And don't get cute on the eTravel form. Someone tried and learned the hard way not to do that:
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/22...n-etravel-form
https://etravel.gov.ph/
You get a QR code that they recommend you print out or take a screenshot, but that's only as backup. Immigration can tell if you've filled it out on their screen when they scan your passport. If you don't they lecture you, make you step aside and hopefully you have a data plan on your phone, because you're not getting in without filling it out. Again, this is to replace the paper form travelers used to have to fill out in the past.
Filipinos also have to fill it out leaving the Philippines, but not foreigners.
And don't get cute on the eTravel form. Someone tried and learned the hard way not to do that:
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/22...n-etravel-form
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said an American national was permanently banned from entering the Philippines after showing “rude conduct” and putting “false and profane information” in the eTravel system.
Dec 26, 2023, 1:06 am
#18
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 464
A bit of news since this thread last had posts.
You can now extend on-line:
https://e-services.immigration.gov.ph/
Edit: For instructions, the user manual link, go to page 18:
https://e-services.immigration.gov.p...l-20230526.pdf
You can now extend on-line:
https://e-services.immigration.gov.ph/
Edit: For instructions, the user manual link, go to page 18:
https://e-services.immigration.gov.p...l-20230526.pdf
Dec 26, 2023, 2:24 am
#19
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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It's back to normal.
Everybody always had to do a health declaration. Even pre-COVID. What's new now is that they dropped the paper declaration you filled out in the plane for an on-line system that you have to fill out within 72 hours of departure.
https://etravel.gov.ph/
You get a QR code that they recommend you print out or take a screenshot, but that's only as backup. Immigration can tell if you've filled it out on their screen when they scan your passport. If you don't they lecture you, make you step aside and hopefully you have a data plan on your phone, because you're not getting in without filling it out. Again, this is to replace the paper form travelers used to have to fill out in the past.
Filipinos also have to fill it out leaving the Philippines, but not foreigners.
And don't get cute on the eTravel form. Someone tried and learned the hard way not to do that:
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/22...n-etravel-form
Everybody always had to do a health declaration. Even pre-COVID. What's new now is that they dropped the paper declaration you filled out in the plane for an on-line system that you have to fill out within 72 hours of departure.
https://etravel.gov.ph/
You get a QR code that they recommend you print out or take a screenshot, but that's only as backup. Immigration can tell if you've filled it out on their screen when they scan your passport. If you don't they lecture you, make you step aside and hopefully you have a data plan on your phone, because you're not getting in without filling it out. Again, this is to replace the paper form travelers used to have to fill out in the past.
Filipinos also have to fill it out leaving the Philippines, but not foreigners.
And don't get cute on the eTravel form. Someone tried and learned the hard way not to do that:
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/22...n-etravel-form
I promise not to embarrass any other US passport holders!