List of Travel Agency in Philippines

1. What are travel requirements for Philippine citizens with tourist-purpose visas?

1. Unexpired DFA-issued passport (at least six-months valid)
2. Unexpired visa (if visa-required at final destination); and
3. Return ticket.

2. When are additional documents required?

Consistent with anti-human trafficking, -human smuggling, and -illegal recruitment laws, additional documents shall be required after (1), when:

a. Passenger discloses a doubtful, false or suspect travel intent;

b. Passports and travel documents/visas are counterfeit, fraudulent, falsified, simulated or tampered; and

1. Passenger’s totality of circumstances manifests a well-founded certainty of human trafficking, smuggling or illegal recruitment.

2.1. What are considered under 2(c)?

1. Age/Health;
2. Educational attainment;
3. Financial capability for travel;
4. Travel history, if any; and
5. Final destination.

3. What are documents required for sponsored-travel?

a. Philippine Embassy or consulate-authenticated Affidavit of Support with Undertaking showing:

1. 4th civil degree of consanguinity relationship between sponsor and the passenger, e.g., pinsang buo or affinity, e.g., bayaw/hipag/biyenan);
2. Sponsor’s financial capacity and legal status; and
3. Sponsor’s contact information; and/or

b. Philippine Embassy or consulate-authenticated Affidavit of Support with Undertaking showing:

1. Sponsor’s financial capacity and legal status;
2. Sponsor’s contact details; and

c. Sponsor’s corporate registration papers, if applicable.

d. In cases of a local sponsor traveling with the passenger, a duly notarized Affidavit of Support and Undertaking which shall contain the following:

1. Sponsor’s financial capacity;
2. Sponsor’s undertaking is for passenger’s tourist travel with intent to return;
3. Sponsor’s complete residential address of the sponsor and contact details; and
4. Sponsor’s corporate registration papers, if applicable.

4. What are OFW travel requirements?

1. Unexpired passport;
2. Unexpired and POEA-conforming visa;
3. Validly-issued travel tickets; and
4. POEA/PESO-database issued E-receipt or OEC.

5. What are departure requirements for emigrant Philippine citizens?

1. Immigrant visa or residence card;
2. CFO-emigrant registration sticker (ERS); and
3. Validly-issued travel ticket.

The ERS is obtained by:

a) Registration at Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO); and

b) Attending the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS).

• Children of emigrants aged 12 years or below are exempted from attending the PDOS but shall register.
• Children of emigrants aged 13 years or above shall attend the Peer Counseling Program.

6. When shall a DSWD-travel clearance for travelling Filipino minors be required?

A Filipino minor (below 18 years of age) shall secure a DSWD-issued Travel Clearance if:

1. A Filipino minor is traveling ALONE to a foreign country; or
2. A Filipino minor is traveling to a foreign country accompanied by a person other than his/her parents.

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7. What are exceptions to the DSWD-issued Travel Clearance?

These minor children shall be exempt from the DSWD-issued Travel Clearance:

1. Those of Philippine Foreign Service or diplomatic corps officials;
2. Those living abroad with Philippine emigrants, subject to child-trafficking regulations;
3. Those with unexpired alien passports;
4. Adopted children, subject to a court-issued adoption order with Certificate of Finality;
5. Illegitimate children with biological mother. For biological father, subject to proof of lawful custody;
6. Those with proof of unexpired visa for permanent residence outside the Philippines;
7. Those accompanied by a court-appointed guardian, subject to proof of guardianship;
8. Those accompanied by a solo parent, subject to a Social Welfare Office-issued ID. If illegitimate, subject to a Local Civil Registrar-issued Certificate of No Marriage.

8. Who must present a Travel Authority?

9. What are arrival requirements for Philippine-destined alien tourists?

9.1. For aliens with diplomatic or bilateral agreements with the Philippines:

1. Unexpired entry visa; and
2. Validly-issued return ticket.

• Non-visa required aliens shall be admitted an initial 30-days.