Cathay Pacific Advisory: Additional Requirements Traveling to the Philippines

Source: Ref CX / SB / 009A – series 2021

 

 

Pursuant to Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) Resolution no. 97 Series 2021 dated 28 January 2021, the following revised guidelines are hereby implemented:

 

All foreign nationals (except for Section 9(e) visa holders) shall present a pre-booked accommodation for at least seven (7) nights in an accredited quarantine hotel/facility at the Immigration counters for initial check. Those who fail to present pre-booked accommodation shall be denied entry and shall be boarded immediately in the next available flight.

The initial check performed by Immigration authorities shall not in any way interfere with the Department of Tourism’s exclusive jurisdiction on the Final validation and confirmation of pre-booked accommodation in an accredited quarantine hotel/facility.

All foreign nationals who were cleared for entry but subsequently found to have presented a counterfeit or fraudulent pre-booked accommodation in an accredited quarantine hotel/facility by the Department of Tourism shall be referred to the Bureau of Immigration for deportation proceedings.

 

PASSENGERS ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE PHILIPPINES

Effective 01 February 2021

ARRIVAL

(without the need for DFA authorization/endorsement)
1. 9(E) visa holders – diplomats accredited to Philippines including foreign embassies and Foreign Government and International Organization Officials

 
2. Foreign Airline Crew

 
3. 9(C) visa holders – Foreign Seafarer visa

 
4. 9(D) visa holders – Treaty trader visa (US, Japan and Germany)

 
5. Section 13 series of Commonwealth Act No. 613, as amended (13 quota, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 13G visas)

 
6. RA7919 visa holders (The Social Integration Act of 1995)

– granted to qualified foreign nationals who have entered the country prior to 30 June 1992

 
7. EO324 visa holders
– Legal residence granted under EO324 for qualified foreign nationals who entered the Philippines before 1 January 1984

 
8. Native Born (NB) visa holders
– foreign children born to foreigners with permanent resident status in the Philippines

 
9. Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) holders (based on MO ADD-01-038 / ADD-02-015 [Indians])

 
10. MCL-07-021 Permanent Resident Visa holders
– Chinese nationals married to Filipino citizens

 
11. The following shall be allowed entry, PROVIDED, they have a valid (new or existing) visa and the principal Philippine national is in the country.

(a) Foreign spouses of Filipino nationals;
(b) Foreign minor children, and foreign children with special needs regardless of age, of Filipino nationals; and
(c) Foreign parents of minor Filipino children and of Filipino children with special needs regardless of age

 
12. Foreign nationals in possession of Recognition Certificate (RC) or Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003 (CRPC) under RA9225 Certificate

 
13. EO226 visa holders (to include SIRV visa holders issued under EO226; BUT NOT issued under EO63)

 
14. RA8756 visa holders
– Regional Office Headquarters (ROHQ) visa, intended for executive positions for multinational companies

 
15. 47(a)(2) visa holders issued by the Department of Justice
– granted to foreign employees working for Regional Headquarters, Regional Operating Headquarters, or employees of PEZA and/or BOI-registered companies.

 
16. Visas issued by the following:

a. Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority;
b. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority;
c. Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan;
d. Cagayan Economic Zone Authority;
e. Clark Development Corporation

 
The following shall be allowed entry under the Balikbayan Privilege (RA6768) (only nationals from non-visa required countries under EO408):

17. Filipino citizens’ foreign spouses and children, regardless of age, who are travelling with them**_***;

**Refer to rule 11 if not travelling with principal Philippine national.
***Refer to rule 11 for visa-required nationals.

18. Former Filipino citizens, together with their foreign spouses and children, regardless of age, who are travelling with them.

 
19. 9(G) visa holders
a. Those who departed the country on 17 December 2020 or later;
b. Must present a valid ACRI-Card and ECC-SRC (Special Return Certificate) upon arrival

 

 

DEPARTURE
1. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)

Documentary Requirements:
a. Valid work visa and contract;
b. Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC);
c. Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) certificate;
d. Seafarer’s Identification and Record Book (for seaman);
e. Departure Card

 
2. Students enrolled abroad and participants accepted in exchange visitor programs

Documentary Requirements:
a. Valid visa;
b. Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) Certificate (for first time travellers)
c. Departure Card

 
3. Permanent residents of foreign jurisdictions and foreign nationals

Documentary Requirements:
a. Valid Permanent Visa or Permanent Resident Card;
b. Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) for first time immigrants
c. Departure Card

 
Outbound travel of Filipinos shall comply with the following requirements:

a. For those travelling on tourist or short-term/visitors visas, submission of confirmed round-trip tickets and adequate travel and health insurance to cover travel disruptions and hospitalization in case of COVID-19 infections during their allowable period of stay abroad;
b. Execution of a Bureau of Immigration Declaration acknowledging the risks involved in travelling, including risk of delay in their return trip, to be provided at the check-in counters by the airlines;
c. Whenever required by the country of destination or the airline, a negative COVID-19 test taken in accordance with the health and safety protocols of such destination country or airlines; and
d. Upon return, they shall follow the Guidelines of the National Task Force (NTF) for Returning Overseas Filipinos.

 

All of the foregoing is without prejudice to the exercise of the mandate of the Bureau of Immigration in Arrival and Departure Formalities.