Filipino Visa is not required for Emiratis
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- Citizens of United Arab Emirate citizens travelling to the Philippines are not required to visa for a stay up to 30 days.
- Visitors are required to possess passports valid for the proposed duration of stay.
- Visitors are expected to leave at least a blank page on their passports to obtain entry stamps.
- Visitors are only allowed currencies with the equivalent of 50,000 pesos/$10,000 on entry and exit.
- It is necessary for United Arab Citizens citizens to provide the International Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate.
- Visitors must provide a return ticket to their home country or an onward ticket to another country.
- Visitors are required to supply proof of Travel Arrangements by presenting a computer generated flight itinerary from the airline or a travel agency
- The estimated flight time from Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates to Manila, Philippines is 9 hours, 13 minutes.
- Philippines is currently on the Philippine Standard Time zone in the Philippines (GMT+8) which puts the Philippines is 4 hours ahead of United Arab Emirates.
- Trafficking in the Philippines is non-bailable and the maximum penalty is life imprisonment.
- If you intend to enter the Philippines with a prescribed controlled substance (for example, medical marijuana), obtain clearance from the Philippine government first.
- Vehicles used within the Philippines include bus, lorries, trucks and ferries. taxis are the recommended form of public transportation for visitors.
- Drugs or substances used for contraception are banned from entry into the Philippines.
- Visitors are allowed to possess printed materials that may be indecent, pornographic or subversive.
- Explosives, firearms and firearm parts, replicas and ammunition are prohibited in the country.
- Gambling machines and articles such as lottery sweepstakes tickets, coin-operated video machines, jackpot or pinball machines are not allowed entry.
- An import permit is required for importing all fruits, vegetables, plants and planting materials regardless of quantity if they are not accompanied by valid quarantine papers.
- The Philippines is the world’s 5th largest island country with an area of 300,000 km2
- Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands.
- The country is known to be a significant location for human anthropology as the remains of the earliest men are found on the Island.
- Most of the mountainous islands are covered in tropical rainforest and volcanic in origin
- The country is estimated to have the second-largest gold deposits after South Africa giving credence to the talk that the Philippines was the Biblical Ophir.
- The Philippines’ rainforests and its extensive coastlines make it home to a diverse range of birds, plants, animals, and sea creatures such as palm civet cat, the dugong, the cloud rat and the Philippine Tarsier.
- The Philippines has a tropical maritime climate that is usually hot and humid. There are three seasons: tag-init or tag-araw, the hot dry season or summer from March to May; tag-ulan, the rainy season from June to November; and tag-lamig, the cool dry season from December to February.
- Buses, jeepneys, taxis, and motorized tricycles are commonly available in major cities and towns.
- The country’s rich biodiversity is one of the main tourist attractions with its beaches, mountains, rainforests, islands and diving spots among the most popular tourist destinations.
- Filipino and English are the official languages of the country.
- The Philippines is an officially secular state, although Christianity is the dominant faith with Islam being the second-largest religion.
- Unlike many Asians, most Filipinos do not eat with chopsticks; they use Western cutlery.