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Are you excluded by law?
This is the list of things found in the Philippine Immigration Act that would exclude someone from entering the Philippines. If any of the items below apply to you, click Yes.
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Idiots or insane persons and persons who have been insane;
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Persons afflicted with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or epilepsy;
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Persons who have been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;
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Prostitutes, or procurers, or persons coming for any immoral purposes;
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Persons likely to become a public charge;
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Paupers, vagrants, and beggars;
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Persons who practise polygamy or who believe in or advocate the practice of polygamy;
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Persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force and violence of the Government of the Philippines, or of constituted law and authority, or who disbelieve in or are opposed to organized government or who advocate the assault or assassination of public officials because of their office, or who advocate or teach principles, theories, or ideas contrary to the Constitution of the Philippines or advocate or teach the unlawful destruction of property, or who are members of or affiliated with any organization entertaining or teaching such doctrines;
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Persons over fifteen years of age, physically capable of reading, who cannot read printed matter in ordinary use in any language selected by the alien, but this provision shall not apply to the grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, wife, husband or child of a Philippine citizen or of an alien lawfully resident in the Philippines;
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Persons who are members of a family accompanying an excluded alien, unless in the opinion of the Commissioner of Immigration no hardship would result from their admission;
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Persons accompanying an excluded person who is helpless from mental or physical disability or infancy, when the protection or guardianship of such accompanying person or persons is required by the excluded person, as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Immigration;
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Children under fifteen years of age, unaccompanied by or not coming to a parent, except that any such children may be admitted in the discretion of the Commissioner of Immigration, if otherwise admissible;
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Stowaways, except that any stowaway may be admitted in the discretion of the Commissioner of Immigration, if otherwise admissible;
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Persons coming to perform unskilled manual labor in pursuance of a promise or offer of employment, express or implied, but this provision shall not apply to persons bearing passport visas authorized by section twenty of this Act;
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Persons who have been excluded or deported from the Philippines, but this provision may be waived in the discretion of the Commissioner of Immigration: Provided, however, That the Commissioner of Immigration shall not exercise his discretion in favor of aliens excluded or deported on the ground of conviction for any crime involving moral turpitude or for any crime penalized under sections forty-five and forty-six of this Act or on the ground of having engaged in hoarding, blackmarketing or profiteering unless such aliens have previously resided in the Philippines immediately before his exclusion or deportation for a period of ten years or more or are married to native Filipino women.
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Persons who have been removed from the Philippines at the expense of the Government of the Philippines, as indigent aliens under the provisions of section forty-three of this Act, and who have not obtained the consent of the Board of Commissioners to apply for re-admission; and
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Persons not properly documented for admission as may be required under the provisions of this Act.
Are you a former Filipino?
Click Yes If you have lost Philippine citizenship but were previously a citizen of the Philippines falling in either of the following categories: [a] from birth without having to perform any act to acquire or perfect your Philippine citizenship; or [b] by having elected Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority, if born before January 17, 1973, of a Filipino mother.
Are you retired from one of these Jobs?
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Retired military personnel who have provided military aid and training to the Philippine Government via a defense treaty or any other similar agreement. (for example: U.S. Military)
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Retired ambassadors & other members of the diplomatic corps even if they have not rendered diplomatic service in the Philippines.
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Retiree of United Nations, World Bank Organizations & International Monetary Fund.
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Honorary consuls who have served in Philippine diplomatic posts.
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Recipients of Nobel Prize, Ramon Magsaysay, and other prestigious awards including Oscars, Emmys, Pulitzers, various Halls of Fames.
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Scientists, physicists and top-rated engineers.
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Professors of U. S., European, Australian, Canadian, and Japanese universities.
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High achievers in sports, arts and business.
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Peace Corps Volunteers and other similar organizations.
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Retired Officers and staff of USAID, AusAID, and other similar assistance organizations.
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Retired Officers and staff of JETRO, KOICA, MITI and other similar trade and investment organizations.
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International philanthropists.
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Foreign Nationals previously working within internationally recognized Philippine jurisdiction, i.e. our embassies, consular offices and other government offices.
Is your monthly pension $1,000 USD per month or more?
If your pension is $1,000 US dollars per month or higher, click Yes.
If your pension is issued in another currency, please convert the amount to US Dollars.