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❓What are the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ?
There are two levels of inspection for internationally-bound Filipinos, both conducted by an immigration officer (IO).
In primary inspection, passengers must present basic travel documents:
✅Passport, valid at least six months from the departure date;
✅Valid visa, depending on the destination;
✅ Boarding pass; and
✅ Confirmed return or roundtrip ticket, when necessary
❓What are the ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ?
There are other documents a traveler may need to show to their IOs, which will vary depending on travel purpose, age, and other details.
Tourists
๐๐ป♀️Self-funded travels
1️⃣Proof of accommodation
2️⃣Document showing financial capacity or source of income, and
3️⃣ Proof of employment
๐ Sponsored travels
๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ Sponsored by 1st degree relatives (spouse, parents, or children) abroad
1️⃣Original Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-issued birth or marriage certificate
2️⃣Confirmed roundtrip ticket
Copies of sponsor’s:
3️⃣Valid passport
4️⃣Valid work visa/permit or an equivalent document
๐ฏ♀️Sponsored by other relatives abroad
1️⃣Notarized original Affidavit of Support and Guarantee (AOSG)
2️⃣Confirmed roundtrip ticket
3️⃣Original PSA-issued birth or marriage certificate
๐๐ผ♂️Sponsored by an unrelated foreign national
1️⃣ Notarized original AOSG
2️⃣ Substantial proof of relationship
3️⃣ Confirmed roundtrip
4️⃣ If a judicial entry, sponsor’s registration paper
๐๐พ♂️Traveling with an unrelated local sponsor
1️⃣Notarized original AOSG
2️⃣ Substantial proof of relationship
3️⃣ Copy of sponsor’s return ticket
❓Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
✅ OFWs departing for the first time
1️⃣ Overseas employment certificate (OEC), or OFW Clearance issued by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)
2️⃣Valid and appropriate employment visa, work permit, or any equivalent document
3️⃣ Employment contract
4️⃣ Visa Usage Undertaking, or Manpower Request specifying visa usage approved or verified by the DMW or Migrant Workers Office (MWO), if applicable
✅ Balik-Manggagawa (BM)
1️⃣Valid and appropriate employment visa, work permit, or any equivalent document
2️⃣OFW Clearance, OEC issued on-site by MWO or Migrant Workers Airport Assistance Center (DMW-MWAAC), or Online BM OEC Exemption, or manually issued OEC
3️⃣Proof of employment, as necessary
✅Direct hires
1️⃣ OEC, e-receipt, or valid OFW Clearance, and
2️⃣ Valid and appropriate employment visa, work permit, or any equivalent document
๐ฆ๐ป Minors
๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ With married parents, while the mother is accompanying
1️⃣Original Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-issued birth certificate or report of birth
๐จ๐ง๐ฆ With married parents, while the mother is not accompanying
1️⃣ Original PSA-issued birth certificate or report of birth
2️⃣ Original PSA-issued marriage certificate
The following are scenarios where travel will require Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Certificates of Clearance or Exemption:
✅ DSWD Travel Clearance Certificate (TCC), if:
* The parents are unmarried and the minor’s mother is not traveling
* The minor is accompanied by anyone other than their parents
* The passenger is over 18 but unable to fully care or protect themselves because of a physical or mental disability or condition
* The minor is above 13 years old and traveling alone (minors below 13 are prohibited from traveling alone
✅DSWD Certificate of Exemption from TCC, if:
* The parents are unmarried and the minor is traveling with their biological father who has sole parental authority or legal custody over them
* The companion is their legal guardian
* Orphans of married parents traveling with substitute parent/s
* Orphans of non-married parents and traveling with substitute parent/s or closest maternal relative
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๐จ๐ง๐ฆDependent family members joining an OFW at the host country
1️⃣Valid dependent visa or any equivalent document, and
2️⃣Copies of the OFW’s valid visa and OEC, e-receipt, or OFW clearance
๐ฉ๐Students under the International Student Affairs Program or Student Internship Abroad Program of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
* CHED endorsement
๐ง๐Students or scholars
* Acceptance letter from the school or institution abroad
* Duly notarized affidavit executed by the student or scholar indicating the educational institution, and the duration of the course or program of study
* Confirmed return or roundtrip ticket consistent with the program duration, if practicable
* Proof of financial capacity or scholarship
* Endorsement from the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) for Arabic language scholars, if applicable
* Certification from the school division superintendent for basic education students under an international exchange program, or joining a competition abroad
* Minors under this category also need a DSWD Travel Clearance Certificate
๐๐ผ♂️ Passengers with prospective employers abroad
* Confirmed return or roundtrip ticket consistent with travel duration
* Documents relevant to the purpose of travel, and
* Duly notarized affidavit executed by the passenger indicating the purpose and duration of travel
๐๐ป♀️ Passengers traveling abroad for compassionate or humanitarian visit to an overseas Filipino
* Certification from the DMW or the Department of Foreign Affairs specifying the purpose of travel
๐ Passengers traveling for company transfers or trainings
* Intra-company transferees
* Proof of local employment, as certified by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
* Secondment agreement between the local company and foreign host company, as necessary
* Intra- or inter-company trainees
* Proof of local employment, as certified by the DOLE, and
* Traineeship agreement authenticated by the Philippine embassy or consulate where the training will be conducted, as necessary
๐๐พ♂️Volunteer workers
* Endorsement from the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency
* Hajj pilgrims to Mecca
* Endorsement or list of pilgrims from the NCMF
* Donor traveling for organ donation or transplantation
* Department of Health clearance approving the organ donation or transplantation
The following are passengers who may be required to present a CFO clearance:
* Filipino spouse, fiancรฉ/e, or partner (described as someone who is in a “genuine” heterosexual or same-sex relationship) of a foreign national, with an immigrant, resident, spouse, long-term, partner, prospective marriage, family reunification visa, or other similar visas
* First-time Filipino emigrants and resident visa holders registering with the CFO for the first time
* J1 visa holders, or exchange visitors bound for the United States
* Au Pair visa holders
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