Filipino Travelers Can Now Travel To 64 Visa-Free Countries
The Filipino travelers owning Philippine passports can now enter 64 different countries without Visa, according to 2019 Henley Passport Index.
The Henley Passport Index reported that Filipino people can now travel to 34 visa-free countries and 30 nations with visa-on-arrival requirement.
As of July 2019, the Philippine passport dropped and slipped six spots down to the 80th place in the global ranking out of 199 countries.
Filipinos are just required to bring at least six-month-old valid passport to be allowed to travel abroad.
Here is the list of visa-free countries:
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cote ‘Ivoire, Ecuador
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Israel, Laos
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Peru
- Rwanda
- Singapore
- St. Vincent and Grenadines
- Suriname
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
Here is the list of countries requiring VOA:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Benin
- Cape
- Verde
- Comoros
- Dominica
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Israel
- Iran
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Somalia
- Senegal
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Togo
- Tuvalu and Uganda
Here are the countries granting electronic visa to Philippine passport holders:
- Djibouti
- India
- Lesotho
- Pakistan
- Qatar
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Uzbekistan
- Zambia and Zimbabwe
Seychelles also grants visitor’s permit to PH passport-holders while Sri Lanka and Pakistan give electronic travel authorization upon the arrival of tourists.
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