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Free Balikbayan Visa for former Philippine citizens
and for foreign spouses and minor foreign unmarried children of
Filipinos and former Filipino citizens
No visa shall be
required for a maximum stay of one (1) year for the following
Balikbayans, every time they enter the Philippines to visit,
regardless of the frequency of their travel to the Philippines.
1. Former Philippine citizens (including Filipinos who have become
naturalized U.S. citizens, and citizens of the Bahamas, Bermuda and
other countries within the jurisdiction of the Embassy of Washington,
D.C.);
2. Foreign spouses and minor foreign unmarried children of Filipinos
and former Filipino citizens.
The balikbayan free visa privilege is extended
to former Philippine citizens, the foreign spouse and the foreign
minor unmarried children of Philippine citizens, provided that:
1. they are nationals of Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon,
Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea
Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger,
Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome
and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia,
Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden,
Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu,
United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America,
Uruguay, Venezuela, or Vietnam; and
2. they are traveling together to the Philippines with the balikbayan
spouse.
The former Philippine citizen shall declare before
a Philippine Immigration Officer at the port of entry that he/she is
availing of the balikbayan privilege and shall present his/her valid
passport in addition to any of the following documents:
1. cancelled Philippine passport;
2. birth certificate; 3. naturalization papers to show former
Philippine citizenship; or
4. certification from the adopted country.
The accompanying foreign spouse and foreign
minor unmarried children of Filipinos and former Filipino citizens
shall declare before a Philippine Immigration Officer at the port of
entry that he/she is accompanied by a Filipino or former Filipino
spouse or parent and that he/she is availing of the balikbayan
privilege, and shall present his/her valid passport in addition to the
following:
1. Foreign spouse: Valid passport and Marriage certificate
2. Foreign Minor unmarried children: Birth certificate
3. Adopted children: Adoption papers
For further verification please call the Philippine Embassy at
202-467-9300 or 202-467-9324 for more information |
