Where Can Filipinos Travel without Visa?

July 25, 2022 London

Where Can Filipinos Travel without Visa? Filipino citizens can travel to more than thirty countries completely visa-free, and they are eligible for a Visa on Arrival or eVisa for another fifty-plus country. This rounds up the number to over 80 countries where Filipinos can travel without needing to deal with excessive bureaucratic procedures at different Embassies.

Filipinos don’t need a visa to travel to the following countries:

Barbados – up to 90 days
Bolivia – up to 90 days
Brazil – up to 90 days
Cambodia – up to 30 days
Colombia – 90 days, extendable for another 90 days
Costa Rica – up to 90 days. You will get 30 days on arrival, and you can extend it up to 90 days once in Costa Rica.
Côte d’Ivoire – up to 90 days
Dominica – up to 21 days
Ecuador – up to 90 days
Fiji – up to 4 months
Haiti – up to 3 months
Hong Kong – up to 14 days
Indonesia – up to 30 days
Israel – up to 3 months
Kazakhstan
Laos – up to 30 days
Macao – up to 30 days
Malaysia – up to 30 days
Micronesia – up to 30 days
Mongolia – up to 21 days
Morocco – up to 90 days
Myanmar – up to 14 days; also eligible for a Myanmar eVisa for up to 28 days
Palestine
Peru – up to 183 days
Rwanda – up to 90 days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – up to 1 month
Singapore – up to 30 days
Suriname – up to 90 days
Taiwan – up to 14 days. The visa-free program for Filipinos has been extended until July 31, 2020
Thailand – up to 30 days
The Gambia – up to 90 days. However, unless you are a tourist on a charter flight, entry clearance from the Gambian Immigration is required before traveling).
The Hainan province of China.
Vanuatu – up to 30 days
Vietnam – up to 21 days. Filipinos are also eligible for the Vietnam eVisa, valid for 30 days.

How Can Filipinos Travel Visa-Free?

Traveling visa-free means that you only need to show your passport and travel ticket to the Immigration officers when you arrive in a foreign country. You won’t have to apply for a visa at all – unless you want to stay longer than allowed.

In some cases, such as when traveling to Morocco, Thailand, and Ecuador, you also have to show proof you have bought travel insurance.

Here is the complete list of countries that you cannot enter without adequate travel insurance.

Countries Where Filipinos Can Get Visa on Arrival

There are about 28 countries that allow Filipino citizens to apply for a Visa on Arrival. Although it is not the same as traveling visa-free, getting a Visa on Arrival is the next best thing.

Armenia – up to 120 days. You can also apply for an eVisa.
Azerbaijan, but only if you have a residence permit for the UAE.
Benin – up to 8 days.
Comoros – up to 45 days.
Iran – up to 30 days.
Kenya – up to 3 months.
Kyrgyzstan – up to 1 month. You must enter through the Manas International Airport.
Madagascar – up to 90 days.
Malawi – up to 30 days. You can extend your stay to 90 days once you arrive.
Marshall Islands – up to 90 days.
Mauritania, if you arrive through the Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius – up to 60 days.
Mozambique – up to 30 days.
Nepal – up to 90 days.
Nicaragua – up to 90 days.
Pakistan – as long as you have an Electronic Travel Authorization for business purposes.
Papua New Guinea – up to 60 days
Saint Lucia – up to six weeks
Senegal – up to 90 days.
Sri Lanka – up to 30 days.
Tanzania – up to 3 months.
The Maldives – up to 30 days.
The Shenzhen province of China. You must have had a visa for China sometime in the past to be eligible.
Timor-Leste – up to 30 days.
Togo – up to 7 days.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago – up to 1 month
Uganda

How to Get a Visa on Arrival?

As the name suggests, you get a Visa on Arrival once you arrive at your destination. Unlike a regular visa, you don’t have to go to an Embassy in your home country, although sometimes you have to apply online first.

The requirements for Visa on Arrival for Filipino citizens are different depending on what country you are travelling to. Usually, you need some documents that prove:

You have enough financial resources to support last through your trip
You will leave the country before your visa expires (such as a return/onward flight ticket)
You have accommodation, such as a hotel/Airbnb booking
You have adequate travel health insurance

Naturally, you have to learn what documents you will need to present to the Immigration officers before you travel.

Sometimes, you may have to wait a few hours until the visa is processed, but that’s better than waiting a few days or weeks, right?

Countries Where Filipinos Can Get eVisa

If you are a Philippine citizen, you can get an eVisa to travel to the following countries:

Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia – up to 120 days.
Benin – up to 30 days.
Djibouti – up to 31 days.
Ethiopia – up to 90 days. You must enter the country through the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
Gabon – you have to enter through the Libreville International Airport.
Georgia – up to 30 days within a 120-day period.
Guinea – up to 90 days.
Guinea-Bissau – up to 90 days.
India – up to 60 days
Kenya – up to 3 months.
Kyrgyzstan – up to 1 month. Once you receive the eVisa, you must only enter through the Manas International Airport or Osh Airport or through the Irkeshtam and Torugart land crossings with China, the Ak-jol, Ak-Tilek, Chaldybar, Chon-Kapka land crossings with Kazakhstan, the Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, Kyzyl-Bel land crossings with Tajikistan and the Dostuk land crossing with Uzbekistan
Lesotho
Madagascar – up to 90 days
Malawi – up to 90 days.
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea – up to 60 days.
Qatar
Russia – up to 8 days. You can only visit the following regions: Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Region and Kaliningrad Region
Saint Kitts and Nevis – up to 30 days
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sri Lanka – up to 30 days
Tanzania
Tanzania – up to 3 months
Uzbekistan – up to 30 days.