Visa requirements for the Philippines

Most visitors enter the Philippines visa-free. 160 of 199 passports need no visa in advance; 38 need a visa or authorisation arranged before travel. For 1 passport, no official source publishes the rule.

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Rules by passport

Visa-free (160)

Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Norway
Oman
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
the Bahamas
the Central African Republic
the Comoros
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
the Dominican Republic
the Gambia
the Maldives
the Marshall Islands
the Netherlands
the Philippines
the Republic of the Congo
the Seychelles
the Solomon Islands
the United Arab Emirates
the United Kingdom
the United States
the Vatican City
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Checked against Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong (DFA), Philippine Embassy in Copenhagen (DFA) on October 10, 2026.

Visa required (38)

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China
Cuba
Egypt
Georgia
India
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Moldova
Montenegro
Nauru
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Palestine
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Taiwan
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Ukraine
Yemen

Checked against Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong (DFA), Philippine Embassy in Copenhagen (DFA) on October 10, 2026.

No official source publishes this (1)

Kosovo

No official source publishes this information.

For these passports we checked official sources and none state the visa rule, so we will not guess. What we checked for each passport:

Kosovo: the DFA EO 408 visa-free list (Kosovo not listed), checked October 10, 2026; DFA consular guidance, no official DFA or Bureau of Immigration statement classifies Kosovo passports, checked October 10, 2026; no official Kosovo government outbound source exists (Kosovo MFA publishes inbound guidance only), checked October 10, 2026

Visa fees for the Philippines

Visa fee: No official source publishes this information. DFA publishes no unified fee schedule; visa fees are set per Philippine mission Checked: Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.

Processing times

Visa processing time: No official source publishes this information. Processing times are mission-specific; none published on the DFA pages checked Checked: Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.

Apply through official channels

DFA Philippines visa requirementsApply at the Philippine embassy/consulate covering your jurisdiction

Travel insurance for the Philippines

Travel insurance

Not required. No official source we have checked requires travel insurance to visit the Philippines, and none publishes a minimum coverage amount for visitors.

Some visa services claim insurance is mandatory for the Philippines and charge you for a policy. We found no official rule behind those claims, so we will not present it as one. Insurance may still be a sensible choice for your trip, but for the Philippines it is your choice, not an entry rule. We watch for new mandates daily, and this page will say so if one appears.

Countries that do require it: the full travel insurance requirements list.

Sources and verification

198 of 199 passport rules verified against Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong (DFA), Philippine Embassy in Copenhagen (DFA), 1 with no official source publishing the rule.

Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (checked October 10, 2026)
Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong (DFA) (checked October 10, 2026)
Philippine Embassy in Copenhagen (DFA) (checked October 10, 2026)

Common questions

Do I need a visa for the Philippines?

It depends on your passport. 160 of 199 passports enter the Philippines visa-free; 38 need a visa or authorisation arranged in advance. Find your passport in the groups above.

Do I need travel insurance for the Philippines?

No verified requirement. No official source we have checked requires travel insurance to visit the Philippines, and none publishes a minimum coverage amount for visitors. Some visa services claim it is mandatory and charge for a policy; we found no official rule behind those claims.

Why do some passports say no official source publishes the rule?

We check official government sources for every route. For 1 passport, no official source states the visa rule for the Philippines, so instead of guessing we list exactly what we checked. Confirm with the Philippines's embassy or official immigration portal before you book anything.