Everyone’s dream is to travel around the world and it requires a passport a plane ticket and a visa? Yes it requires a Visa which is for many Filipino tourists, it eats a lot of time and the requirements needed are a lot of effort to provide and accomplish. If only a lot more countries would open up to Filipino passport holders, then definitely there’ll be a whole lot of opportunities for Pinoys traveling around the world. Meanwhile, let us enjoy the benefits of being a Filipino by visiting these Visa-Free countries for Philippine passport holders:
Visa-free access:
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Haiti
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Niue
- Palestine
- Peru
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Singapore
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
Territories that will grant Visa on arrival to their country:
- Armenia
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Georgia
- Guinea-Bissau
- India (Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram)
- Iran(E-visa pre-approval code obtained via e-mail from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and arriving at Chah-Bahar, Qeshm, Kish, Mashad, Esfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz and Tehran)
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- St. Lucia
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sri Lanka (must secure Electronic Travel Authorization)
- Suriname
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Zambia
Countries with conditional visa exemption:
- Albania (Schengen, type C or D only)
- Andorra (Schengen)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Schengen)
- Bulgaria (Schengen)
- Croatia (Schengen)
- Cyprus (Schengen)
- El Salvador (Canada, US, Schengen)
- Guatemala (Canada, US, Schengen)
- Honduras (Canada, US, Schengen)
- Mexico (US)
- Montenegro (Ireland, Schengen, UK, US)
- Nicaragua (Canada, US, Schengen)
- Romania (Schengen)
- Taiwan (Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Schengen, UK, US but must secure Online Travel Authority)
Other countries with conditional visa exemption:
- China allows visa-free access to Hainan who are part of a tour group organized by an accredited tour company based in Hainan.
- China also allows visitors to Hong Kong and Macau visa-free access to the Pearl Delta River (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou and Shantou) provided you are part of a tour group organized by a Hong Kong or Macau-based travel agency and tour is six days or less.
- South Korea allows visa-free access to Jeju Island on stays of 30 days or less.
- Jordan is said to grant visa-free entry through Aqaba provided you leave on the same border and within 30 days or less.
NOTE: Make sure to inquire and/or verify with the embassy or consulate of your chosen country to visit so that they can provide you with a more specific requirements and specifications of your travel.
