Self-funded travels

• • Proof of accommodation
  • Document showing financial capacity or source of income
  • Proof of employment

Sponsored travels

• Sponsored by 1st degree relatives (spouse, parents, or children) abroad
  • Original Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-issued birth or marriage certificate
  • Confirmed roundtrip ticket
  • Copies of sponsor’s:
    • Valid passport
    • Valid work visa/permit or an equivalent document
• Sponsored by other relatives abroad
  • Notarized original Affidavit of Support and Guarantee (AOSG)
  • Confirmed roundtrip ticket
  • Original PSA-issued birth or marriage certificate
• Sponsored by an unrelated foreign national
  • Notarized original AOSG
  • Substantial proof of relationship
  • Confirmed roundtrip
  • If a judicial entry, sponsor’s registration papers
• Traveling with an unrelated local sponsor
  • Notarized original AOSG
  • Substantial proof of relationship
  • Copy of sponsor’s return ticket

OFWs departing for the first time

• • Overseas employment certificate (OEC), or OFW Clearance issued by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)
  • Valid and appropriate employment visa, work permit, or any equivalent document
  • Employment contract
  • 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)

• • Valid and appropriate employment visa, work permit, or any equivalent document
  • OFW Clearance, OEC issued on-site by MWO or Migrant Workers Airport Assistance Center (DMW-MWAAC), or Online BM OEC Exemption, or manually issued OEC
  • Proof of employment, as necessary

Direct hires

• • OEC, e-receipt, or valid OFW Clearance, and
  • Valid and appropriate employment visa, work permit, or any equivalent document

OFWs traveling to other countries (apart from the Philippines) while they are on vacation will be treated as tourists if they plan to come back to the Philippines before returning to their host countries. If the OFW is travelling to another country, and then going straight to their jobs in their host country, they must present an OEC.

The following OFWs are required to have special travel exit clearances instead of an OEC:

• Locally employed seafarers or conduction crew who will be manning a Philippine registered ship’s conduction from a foreign port to the Philippines
• Seafarers who will undergo orientation, or other pre-employment procedures, as the foreign employer (accredited by a licensed local manning agency) prescribes
• Emergency change crew for Philippine registered vessels docked in international ports

With married parents, accompanied by the mother

• • Original Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-issued birth certificate or report of birth

With married parents, not accompanied by the mother

• • Original PSA-issued birth certificate or report of birth
  • Original PSA-issued marriage certificate

Minors Subject of Adoption

• • Adopted minors with an Order of Adoption Pending New PSA-issued Birth Certificate
    • National Authority for Child Care (NACC)-issued Travel Authority for adopted minor and the adoptive parent/s
  • With prospective adoptive parent/s pending domestic adoption proceedings
    • Pending NACC proceedings
      • DSWD Travel Clearance Certificate
    • Pending in court
      • Manifestation or notice of intended travel filed at least seven (7) calendar days before the intended date of travel, duly received by the Court where the case is pending
  • With prospective adoptive parent/s pending inter-country adoption proceedings
    • NACC-issued Travel Authority for the prospective adoptive parent/s
    • NACC-issued Travel Clearance Certificate for Adoptee
    • Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)-issued Clearance

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

Dependent family members joining an OFW at the host country

• • Valid dependent visa or any equivalent document, and
  • Copies of the OFW’s valid visa and OEC, e-receipt, or OFW clearance

Students under the International Student Affairs Program or Student Internship Abroad Program of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)

• • CHED endorsement

Students 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

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

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

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

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

Government-endorsed trainees

• • Trainees of the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI)
    • DA-ATI endorsement
  • Agro-studies Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) trainees
    • TESDA endorsement
  • Other government-endorsed trainees
    • Endorsement from the concerned government agency

Non-government endorsed trainees

• • Confirmed roundtrip ticket for programs six months or below
  • Traineeship contract duly authenticated by the Philippine embassy
  • Duly notarized affidavit executed by the trainee indicating the training institution and training duration