You do not need a transit visa to the Philippines if:

• Your connecting flight is within 24 hours
• You will not leave the international transit area of the airport
• You will not transfer from one terminal to another
• You have the necessary documents for a third country
• You are not a refugee or a stateless person.

If you are transferring from one terminal to another, you must have a Philippine visa and airport escort.

Ukrainians transiting through the Philippines to another country must obtain a 9(b) transit visa. The transit period is limited to seventy-two (72) hours or three (3) days in the Philippines.

Requirements:

• Completed application for a non-immigrant visa FA Form No. 2-A. Must be duly notarized.
• An electronic or machine-readable passport valid for at least six (6) months beyond the authorized period of stay in the Philippines.
• One recently taken 1.77" x 1.37" (3.5 - 4.5 cm) color photograph, front view, on a white background; without glasses and sleeves. Digital photos are not allowed.
• Originals of supporting documents
• Itinerary of a round-trip flight to the country of origin or the next country of destination.
• Payment of fees

Free import

• 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 grams of tobacco
• 2 bottles of alcohol with a volume of no more than 1 liter each
• Duty-free entry for special passengers: Filipinos who have lived abroad for more than 6 months can bring in used electronic or electrical appliances and personal belongings worth up to 10,000 pesos
• Contract workers: used personal belongings up to 10,000 pesos and used household appliances, no more than 1 of each type, up to 10,000 pesos
• Free withdrawal of up to 10,000 dollars or equivalent amount in foreign currency. Any bonds above this amount must be declared.

Forbidden

• Firearms and their parts, any kind of replicas, explosives, and ammunition.
• Printed subversive, obscene, and pornographic materials
• Drugs or substances that facilitate abortion
• Gambling machines and their products (slots or pinball machines, lottery totalizers - tickets, coin-operated video recorders)
• Any precious metals without specifying the actual purity of the fineness
• Low-quality falsified medicines or food products
• Illicit drugs and plants/seeds from which illicit drugs are made (coca, poppy, marijuana leaves) and smoking pipes and parts thereof

Prohibited

• All plants, planting material, fruit and vegetables, regardless of quantity, require an import permit/permits and must be declared upon arrival.
• Rules for importing currency: Free import of up to 10,000 pesos (local currency - Philippine pesos). Exceeding the amount requires the approval of the Central Bank of the Philippines.
• The source and purpose of transporting such an amount must be specified and documented. Violations will be subject to penalties in accordance with Philippine customs laws and regulations.

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