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  • General Visa Application Policies
  • How to Apply?
  • Visa Application Requirements
  • Schedule of submission of visa application and other consular services
  • Schedule of Visa Collection
  • Pending Visa Application 
  

General Visa Application Policies

  •  Indian nationals holding a regular passport, regardless of length of stay in the Philippines, require a visa to enter the Philippines. Indian nationals holding a diplomatic or official passport who intends to be in the Philippines for no more than 30 days need not apply for a Philippine visa.
  • Citizens from some countries would not need a visa to enter the Philippines for a stay not exceeding 21 days provided that the passport has a validity of more than 6 months beyond the contemplated stay in the Philippines and has a ticket showing the confirmed flight of departure from the Philippines. Please visitwww.gov.ph/faqs/visa.asp for the list of those countries which don't need a temporary visitor's visa for a stay of no more than 21 days.
  • There is no legal right to a Philippine visa.
  • Indian nationals may apply for a temporary visitor's visa for pleasure (single entry or multiple entry for 6 months) or for business (single entry, multiple entry for 6 months or multiple entry for 1 year).
  • All visa applications are subject to evaluation and approval by the Philippine consular officer.
  • Submission of the basic and additional requirements requested by the consular officer is not an assurance that a visa will be granted.
  • A Philippine visa does not guarantee entry into the Philippines. It is just an endorsement made on a travel document by a consular officer at a Philippine Embassy or Consulate denoting that the visa application has been properly examined and that the bearer may be permitted to proceed to the Philippines. However, the final decision to admit a foreign national into the Philippines is a function of the immigration authorities at the port of entry.
  • Telephone inquiries on the status of a visa application will not be entertained by the consular office. Information on any visa application and its status are held in strict confidence. The information on the status and/or result of a visa application will be given only to the applicant or the authorized representative on the day indicated on the claim stub given when we received your visa application.

 How to apply? 

 In Person: You may apply for a temporary visitor's visa for pleasure or business through the Consular Section, Philippine Embassy, 50-N Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, in front of the National Railway Museum or through any of the Philippine Consulates in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Please go to Contact Details for information on how to contact the Philippine Consulates in those cities. 

Through a Travel Agency: You may seek the services of any reputable travel agency to forward the application to the Philippine Embassy, New Delhi. Even if you will submit the application form through a travel agent, it is still expected that you, the visa applicant, fill out the visa application form yourself to avoid any discrepancy between the data on the application form and other related supporting documents and/or the omission of information which may result in the disapproval of the visa application.

The visa application form can be downloaded from this website. Please go to Visa Forms to download the visa application form.

Note: Visa applications submitted by mail or by courier are not accepted.

Upon submission of completed visa application requirements, the applicant or the applicant's representative will receive a claim stub which contains a transaction number and the date when the passport can be collected.

Application in Other Countries: Apart from country of origin, Indian nationals may also apply for temporary visitor's visa for business and/or pleasure at the place of legal residence and through Philippine Embassies and Consulates in countries that require entry visas to Indian nationals.

 Visa Application Requirements 

Please go to Visa Application Requirements to get this information. Please note that the consular officer may ask for additional documents to support your application apart from those indicated in the Visa Application Requirements.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure that your passport has enough pages for us to put the visa sticker on and is still valid for at least six (6) months beyond your contemplated stay in the Philippines. If your passport will be expiring in three months, for instance, yet your visit to the Philippines is only for one week, it is suggested that you still get your passport renewed or its validity extended through the Indian Passport Office nearest you. Subject to the approval of the visa officer, your application may still be accepted for processing. However, even if you will be granted a visa, the Philippine Immigration Officers at ports of entry may or may not allow your entry into the Philippines with your passport having less than 6 month validity. They may, however, exercise their discretion to admit holders of passports valid for at least sixty (60) days beyond the intended period of stay.

Additional Requirements for Business Visas applied through the Philippine Consulates. Apart from the basic requirements for a business visa, one or more of the following documents are to be submitted in original to the Philippine Consulate in Mumbai, Kolkata or Chennai:

    • Letter of invitation from a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered business entity in the Philippines along with a copy of their SEC registration certificate.
    • Letter of introduction of an Indian government- recognized Export Promotion Council, Product Board, or Export Development Authority
    • Letter of Introduction from the Indian Embassy in the Philippines.
    • Letter of introduction by a recognized Chamber of Commerce in India, as per list provided by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs to the Philippine Honorary Consulates General.

 Additional requirements may be requested by the Philippine Honorary Consulates General to establish the identity and admissibility of the visa applicant. Please contact the Philippine Honorary Consulates for more detailed information on their visa application guidelines and requirements. Please go to Contact Details for information on how to reach them.

Schedule of submission of visa application and other consular services

Visa Application

Effective 13 September 2024:

 A. All applicants for Temporary Visitor Visas (9a visa) at the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi will be required to apply for electronic visas (e-VISA). Specifically, this policy will apply to applicants for the following Temporary Visitor Visa subtypes:

 

9(a-1)

BUSINESS

9(a-2)

TOURISM OR LEISURE

9(a-3)

MEDICAL TREATMENT

9(a-4)

PRIVATE YACHTSMEN / SAILORS

9(a-5)

FILM MAKING

9(a-6)

JOURNALISTS / CREW

9(a-7)

ATHLETIC AND PERFORMING ARTS / CREW

                   

*NOTE: The e-Visa is NON-EXTENDIBLE and NON-CONVERTIBLE.

**NOTE: The e-VISA is currently only available at the Embassy in New Delhi and for applicants from the following jurisdictions: DELHI, CHANDIGARH, HARYANA, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, LADAKH, PUNJAB, RAJASTHAN, UTTAR PRADESH AND UTTARAKHAND. For applicants outside these jurisdictions, please apply at the Philippine Honorary Consulates General in Kolkata, Chennai or Mumbai.

     E-visa fees will be paid through Online Bank transfer. Please see Schedule of Fees for e-Visa for your reference. 

B. Applicants for the following visa categories will continue to be eligible for regular (sticker) visas.

9A

Student for conversion to 9F

9(a-8)

Visitors with Other Purposes (e.g., those with pending application for working visa or dependent’s visa; pending SRRV application or SRRV dependent application; 9G dependent)

9B

Transit Visa

9C     

Seaman Joining a Ship

9E

Diplomats and dependents

9F

Student

9G

Pre-arranged Employment

47(a)(2)

Special Non-Immigrant Visa

The Embassy will accept walk-in applicants for these visa categories Monday-Friday, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, excluding declared holidays

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Schedule of visa collection

 Please allot 10 working days for regular Processing and 5 working days for Expedite Processing, not counting holidays.

Saturday, Sunday and Philippine/Indian and other special holiday days (as announced by the Embassy) when the Consular Section will be closed will not be counted as processing days. Your claim stub/receipt should also indicate the date and time of collection of your passport.

Pending Visa Application 

The Philippine Embassy adheres as strictly as possible on the appointed length of time to process a visa application. However, delays in processing occur usually caused by the incomplete submission of basic requirements or additional supporting documents. The visa application and the passport may then be held pending with the Philippine Embassy until the additional requirements requested by the consular officer have been submitted. You may even be requested to come for an interview.

 In such instances, you shall be contacted right away by a Consular Section personnel to inform you of the need for the submission of additional documents or a personal interview. It is therefore strongly advised that you provide your contact information in your application form. 


Additional documents requested by the consular officer have to be submitted within five working days from receiving the advice to submit the additional documents. The processing time will then restart from the day all requirements have been received by the Philippine Embassy. It is therefore advisable to submit visa applications with ample time before the expected departure for the Philippines. If the Philippine Embassy does not receive the requested additional document/s within the five working day pending period, the passport shall be returned to the applicant or authorized travel representative. 

Note: Submission of the basic and additional requirements requested by the consular officer is not an assurance that a visa will be granted.

Visa Fee

 Please click here for Schedule of Fees.

Note: Visa processing fee is non-refundable, even if the visa is not granted.

 If a visa is granted, the visa-processing fee shall be applied to the corresponding visa fee processed within the normal processing time. All additional fees (for multiple-entry and for early release) shall also be paid in the form of a demand draft payable to the Embassy of the Philippines upon collection of the passport.

Form of Payment 

Only demand drafts drawn from a bank in New Delhi are accepted. They should be made payable to the Embassy of the Philippines. Do not submit folded demand drafts.

Cash payments are not accepted.

An official receipt will be given to the visa applicant for all fees paid. All transactions are done at the counter of the Consular Building within specified hours. The Philippine Embassy, New Delhi will not be liable for transactions by the applicants with any unauthorized person.

Validity of a Temporary Visitor's Visa

 The validity of a single- entry temporary visitor's visa for both pleasure and business is three months. This means that you should use your visa to enter the Philippines with three months from the date of issuance. Otherwise, you have to apply for a fresh visa.

The validity of a multiple-entry visa temporary visitor's visa for pleasure is six months. This means, that you can use the visa to enter the Philippines many times within six months and stay within the authorized length of stay as indicated in your visa for each visit. Please note that issuance of a multiple-entry visa temporary visitor's visa for pleasure with a validity of more than six months requires the approval from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.

The validity of a multiple-entry visa temporary visitor's visa for business is six months OR one-year. This means, that you can use the visa to enter the Philippines many times within six months OR one year from the date of the visa's issuance and stay within the authorized length of stay as indicated in your visa for each visit.

 

Length of stay in the Philippines

 The authorized stay in the Philippines with a temporary visitor's visa would depend on the evaluation of the visa officer. For each visit, however, the authorized stay will not go beyond 59 days. Moreover, the immigration officer at the port of entry has the discretion to grant the visitor, upon admission, an authorized length of stay less than the number of days granted by the visa officer. If you wish to stay longer than the maximum allowable period, you can request for an extension through the Visa Extension Section, Philippine Bureau of Immigration, Manila.

Denial of Visa Application

 When you get your passport back with no visa and received a slip indicating "Your credentials have not established you as a qualified applicant for the visa category you have applied for.", this means that your application for a temporary visitor's visa has been declined. The reason/s may be any of the following:

 You did not submit completely the required basic and additional requirements.

    • Even if you submitted all the required basic and additional requirements, the following were not proven: 

      - Strong economic or family ties to the home country 
      - Sufficient financial means to support yourself while staying in the Philippines 
      - Clear intention of honoring the status of the temporary visitor's visa 
    • You should not be applying for a temporary visitor's visa but a visa of another category such as a student visa, a pre-arranged employment visa or a Special Non-immigrant Visa. It is important to know that the following purposes do not fall under the temporary visitor category: to study at a university, seminary, academy, college or school, approved for such foreign students by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration and Deportation; to assume employment or practice a vocation or profession in the Philippines or; to join a family member residing in the Philippines In these cases, the school/ potential employer/  family member should apply for an appropriate visa through the Philippine Bureau of Immigration and Deportation in the Philippines.
    • Suspicion of misrepresentation
    • Fraudulent supporting documents were submitted.
    • There was a discrepancy between the data on the application form and other related supporting documents.
    • Pending documents requested were not submitted within the 5 day waiting period.

 Accredited Medical Hospitals, Diagnostic Centers and Clinics (for all visa applicants, if required)

Medical certificates that are duly-authenticated by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. The medical examinations should be done in hospitals, clinics, or diagnostic centers listed by the Indian National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH). Please see list: https://www.nabh.co/cghs_list.aspx

 

Please contact the Philippine consulates in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata if you wish to know the accredited medical clinics in their respective areas of jurisdiction.

Police clearances (for applicants for 9F, 9G and 47 A-2 Visas)   

The police clearance to be submitted is a Regional Passport Police Clearance from the Regional Passport Police Office in the area nearest you and not just from the local police superintendent of your locality. Once you have obtained the Regional Passport Police Clearance, you need to have it attested by the Ministry of External Affairs, Patiala House, New Delhi prior to the attestation by the Philippine Embassy, New Delhi or by the relevant officials of the State Government in your province prior to the attestation by the corresponding Philippine Consulate. Please refer toAuthentication of Documents for more details.

Guidelines for Visa Applicants for flight training in the Philippines  

FOR NEW STUDENTS:
  1. Original acceptance letter from school – Must be 1) authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs, and 2) sent directly to the Embassy by post or courier (Attn: VISA SECTION). Scanned or photocopied letters submitted by fax, e-mail or in person by the applicant or agent will no longer be accepted. In order to minimize postage costs, schools may send letters of acceptance in batches.

  2. Proof of initial payment – To protect schools from being used by "students" simply looking for a way to enter the country for other purposes, applicants will be asked to produce proof of initial payment of at least USD 5,000 in the form of a bank transfer certificate. Said certificate must be original and must bear the name and signature of the authorized signatory, as well as the seal and complete contact information of the bank. It must also be supported by an account statement of the bank account from which the payment was made. In the case the bank account is not in the applicant's name, an affidavit of sponsorship must be included.

  3. Proof of receipt of initial payment – Downloaded or scanned copy of school's bank account statement reflecting the initial payment made by the student, with seal and signature of authorized signatory. This may be sent to us through e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by post/courier together with the authenticated acceptance letter.

  4. Proof of financial capacity – This is intended to obviate instances wherein the student is able to make the initial payment but is unable to complete the course due to insufficient funds. Such proof may be in the form of 1) a bank certification or account statement showing a balance sufficient to cover the total course package cost after deducting the initial payment, in single or multiple accounts (with affidavit of sponsorship if account is not in the applicant's name); or 2) notice of grant of loan to cover total course package cost, less the initial payment, duly attested and bearing the seal and signature of institution granting the loan. Combined proof of personal funds and approved loans, enough to cover the total outstanding course package cost, would also be acceptable.

FOR CONTINUING STUDENTS AND STUDENTS RETURNING FOR LICENSE RENEWAL AND RECENCY:
  1. Letter from school on acceptance of student – Must be e-mailed directly by the school toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and should indicate the total course fees and duration.

  2. Proof of initial/partial payment - Applicants must present proof of payment of at least 25% of their course fees in the form of a bank transfer certificate. Said certificate must be original and must bear the name and signature of the authorized signatory, as well as the seal and complete contact information of the bank. It must also be supported by an account statement of the bank account from which the payment was made. In case the bank account is not in the applicant's name, an affidavit of sponsorship must be included.

  3. Current/previous Special Study Permit – To be submitted with the visa application form.

  4. Commercial/Private Pilot License – The original must be presented together with a photocopy at the Consular Window upon submission of the visa application for verification purpose. The original will be returned immediately after cross-checking with the photocopy.