UPDATES ON THE TEMPORARY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR INBOUND AND OUTBOUND PASSENGERS AS OF 01 OCTOBER 2021
IMPORTANT ADVISORY ON ENTRY RESTRICTIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH PHILIPPINE REGULATIONS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF SARS-COV-2 B.1.617 VARIANT FIRST DETECTED IN INDIA.
Travelers departing from or who have been to Bermuda in the past 14 days before scheduled arrival are NOT ALLOWED to enter the Philippines until October 15, 2021:
Starting July 26, 2021, all International arriving passengers to the Philippines, regardless of point of entry, need only undergo a seven (7)-day facility-based quarantine and Reverse Transcription - Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing on the fifth (5th) day, with the day of arrival being the first day, only if all the following conditions are met, subject to the definitions in IATF Resolution 128-A:
The Bureau of Quarantine shall ensure strict symptom monitoring while in the quarantine facility for seven (7) days. Self- monitoring must be done by travelers for the next seven (7) days for any symptoms.
All passengers, whether Filipinos or foreigners, merely transiting through a non-Green List country/jurisdiction/territory shall not be deemed as having come from or having been to said country/jurisdiction/territory if they stayed in the airport the whole time and were not cleared for entry into such country/jurisdiction/territory by its immigration authorities.
The traveler shall be considered as having been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 :
For purposes of verification/confirmation of vaccination status, any of the following shall be acceptable:
The aforementioned documents must be presented to the dedicated Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) representative for re-verification at the Department of Transportation One-Stop-Shop (OSS) upon arrival in the Philippines
Fully vaccinated travelers who stayed exclusively in the following countries in the past fourteen days immediately preceding arrival must only undergo a 7-day quarantine, and an RT-PCR test administered on the 5th day of their quarantine stay.
Non-OFWs refer to Returning Overseas Filipinos (non-OFW students, non-OFW Balikbayan, non-OFW tourist, etc.), spouse and children of Filipinos, diplomats, foreign officials accredited by the Philippines, and eligible non-Filipino/foreign citizens.
In compliance with Philippine government regulations, travelers arriving in the Philippines starting May 8, 2021 and onwards shall undergo 14 days of quarantine, 10 of which shall be observed at an accredited hotel or facility, and the remaining 4 to be completed at home under the monitoring of their respective Local Government Units.
Travelers shall also undergo an RT-PCR test on the seventh day of their quarantine stay. You must stay at a hotel accredited by our Tourism and Health Agencies while you wait for your scheduled test and the release of results. You can only check out from your hotel on the tenth day of your quarantine stay. Day 1 starts on the day you arrive in the Philippines. If you develop COVID-19 symptoms (e.g., dry cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste and/or smell, etc.) at any time before your scheduled test, please inform the hotel you are staying in so a medical or BOQ officer can assess and check up on you immediately.
An Overseas Filipino Worker or OFW is a person from the Philippines who is living and working in another country, typically on a temporary basis. This includes land-based OFWs and seafarers/sea-based OFWs. Families traveling together with at least one OFW will be considered all OFWs.
In compliance with Philippine government regulations, travelers arriving in the Philippines starting May 8, 2021 and onwards shall undergo 14 days of quarantine, 10 of which shall be observed at an accredited hotel or facility, and the remaining 4 to be completed at home under the monitoring of their respective Local Government Units. Travelers shall also undergo an RT-PCR test on the seventh day of their quarantine stay.
You must stay at a hotel accredited by our Tourism and Health Agencies while you wait for your scheduled test and the release of results. You can only check out from your hotel on the tenth day of your quarantine stay. Day 1 starts on the day you arrive in the Philippines. If you develop COVID-19 symptoms (e.g., dry cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste and/or smell, etc.) at any time before your scheduled test, please inform the hotel you are staying in so a medical or BOQ officer can assess and check up on you immediately.
The Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations accredited to the Republic of the Philippines: OSEC, UBRAA, All Geographic Offices, UNIO, ASEAN, OCA, OP, OTLA, OPPC
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANILA
Note No. 2021-3848 issued August 9, 2021
The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines presents its compliments to all the Diplomatic and Consular Missions and the Resident Representatives of Specialized Agencies of the United Nations and other International Organizations and has the honor to inform them that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) updated the testing and quarantine protocols for foreign diplomats and their qualified dependents (i.e. 9(e) visa holders) , based on their country of origin, effective 06 August 2021.