Philippines Visa Cost Calculator

The tourist category is the Philippines's workhorse: single entry for tourism or family visits, and it comes with no consular fee attached. Travellers who expect to cross a border and return — regional side trips, contiguous-country loops — take the multi-entry option at 1.5× base, which for the Philippines still means no consular fee. Work-adjacent travel — meetings, contract negotiation, site visits — falls under the Philippines's business category, fee-exempt like the rest and evidenced with a host letter.

If Philippines is merely between you and somewhere else, the transit endorsement prices the shortest lawful stay on the books — at no consular charge. Fee-exempt does not mean cost-free at the margins: budget for passport photos and, if you use one, a filing agent's service charge for the Philippines.

Paperwork comes before payment: passport with 6+ months' validity, a recent photo, Philippines accommodation confirmations, and bank statements. Where you submit depends on the route: eVisa/ETA applicants for the Philippines upload documents to the official portal, while visa-free travellers simply carry passport and accommodation proof to immigration. Payment timing is one step you can skip — the Philippines's fee-exempt entry means the only receipts belong to photos and, where one exists, transport to an application centre.

Some Philippines missions add a biometric appointment; if yours does, book it the day you file, because appointment queues usually outlast processing queues. File 4–6 weeks out for the Philippines; express handling rescues late plans at +50%, which the calculator above prices for your group size.

Check the passport before anything else: under six months' validity or a full page count and Philippines returns the application unprocessed. The Philippines's photo rule is the standard white-background print; bring a spare, because the application keeps the one you hand over. Three months of statements demonstrating $50–100 per day is the funds benchmark for the Philippines; scrub nothing, redact nothing.

A booked (not necessarily paid) return ticket and accommodation covering every night in the Philippines complete the core file. Whatever the category, one extra document defines it for the Philippines: invitation letter (business) or onward ticket (transit).

Count on one to three weeks in the standard queue; Philippines publishes business-day estimates that exclude weekends and local holidays. The rush option converts the Philippines's weeks-long queue into days at no premium: fee-exempt entry has no 50% uplift to calculate.

Philippines officers refuse on documentation gaps first and eligibility second, so audit the checklist twice before paying. Reapplication after a Philippines refusal is routine once the stated reason is addressed; decision letters name the defect explicitly. eVisa decisions for the Philippines often arrive inside 72 hours, making it the de facto express lane at standard price where your nationality qualifies.