Travelling to the Philippines

[Kai!1 12]

Hello,

I received my green card earlier this year and I got my Covid vaccine (J&J) last month. I’m looking to travel home to the Philippines to visit my family. Will my Covid vaccine card be honored or am I still going to be subjected to the 10-14 days quarantine period in some hotel after I land in NAIA? Thanks in advance!

[nelmagriffin 140]

HI!

I think the rules keeps on changing. 

Reference:

Philippines International Travel Information (state.gov)

 

Health Alert:  Hotel-Based Quarantine Period Extended for Arriving PassengersMon, 10 May 2021

 

United States Embassy Manila, Philippines   United States Consular Agency Cebu, Philippines    May 10, 2021   Health Alert:  Hotel-Based Quarantine Period Extended for Arriving Passengers Effective until further notice, arriving passengers must spend the first 10 days of the mandatory 14-day quarantine period in a certified  quarantine hotel .  You must have a confirmed booking at one of these hotels ...

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[RO_AH 1,615]

Rules change every week or 2 and they keep getting worse. Check the Bureau of Immigration Philippines  Facebook page for the most up to date info.

 

[seekingthetruth 1,218]

6 minutes ago, RO_AH said:

Rules change every week or 2 and they keep getting worse. Check the Bureau of Immigration Philippines  Facebook page for the most up to date info.

 

The hotel owners took a vote and decided that you need to stay in their hotels for 10 days instead of seven!

 

As of now, there are no exemptions for people who are fully vaccinated.

[RO_AH 1,615]

3 minutes ago, seekingthetruth said:

As of now, there are no exemptions for people who are fully vaccinated.

Nor should there be. The vaccine is still not proven effective.

[Joe Kano 327]

You still have to stay in a "authroized" quarantine hotel for 10 days, and you still have to take a COVID test.

 

The Philippines is still making money off this, Corruption at it's finest

[Joe Kano 327]

5 hours ago, Kai!1 said:

Hello,

I received my green card earlier this year and I got my Covid vaccine (J&J) last month. I’m looking to travel home to the Philippines to visit my family. Will my Covid vaccine card be honored or am I still going to be subjected to the 10-14 days quarantine period in some hotel after I land in NAIA? Thanks in advance!

Duterte has dropped the ball on getting vaccines, So your country is now begging for vaccines from anybody who will give it to them.  

 

Also Philippines has a 2000 per day limit on people entering the Philippines, so that will also limit your options as well. Add the Curfews, Limited Transportation, quarantines, Liquor bans, and many hotels being closed it seems like Philippines is going backwards in it fight against COVID. 

 

Back in Texas this week:

 

Since Texas opened 100% 2 months ago

* Covid hospitalizations are the lowest in almost 11 months

* 5 consecutive days with fewer than 2,000 Covid cases

* Covid positivity rate below 5% for 6 straight days for the 1st time in forever

* fatalities down more than 2/3

 

 

 

 

 

[Joe Kano 327]

Here is the latest update from BI, this is as of 5/11.

 

 

[Kai!1 12]

7 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

You still have to stay in a "authroized" quarantine hotel for 10 days, and you still have to take a COVID test.

 

The Philippines is still making money off this, Corruption at it's finest

This is the part I hate the most

[top_secret 2,063]

On 5/11/2021 at 1:10 AM, RO_AH said:

Nor should there be. The vaccine is still not proven effective.

 

I suspect vaccine is at least as effective as any Manila hotel quarantine for stopping the spread of this Chinese coronavirus .

 

On 5/11/2021 at 1:21 AM, Joe Kano said:

You still have to stay in a "authroized" quarantine hotel for 10 days, and you still have to take a COVID test.

 

The Philippines is still making money off this, Corruption at it's finest

After returning from our Peru trip last week, my wife has just tested negative in Manila again and thus completed her "7 day" quarantine that started last Friday evening around 8:00PM.  I guess she beat the deadline for the new rules.  The "7 Days" actually took 5 days and 5 hours from arrival at NAIA to receipt of the negative PCR test result.  During that time she took a taxi to her hotel in Quezon City, ordered groceries from Robinson Supermarket delivered to her room and the delivery person was nice enough to bring them up and carry them into the room for her.  She went down to the hotel lobby to pay for a Food Panda delivery.  She sneaked out and went two blocks to a 7/11 and to use an ATM once.  We suspect that the increase of quarantine from 7 days to 10 days, accompanied by an a change from swabbing on the "6th day" to swabbing on the "7th day" to  will likely result in an increase from 5 days and 5 hours, to somewhere between 6 days 5 hours 8 days and 5 hours.

[Joe Kano 327]

I cancelled my flight tomorrow for Philippine.  I  didn't even try to rebook it this time.

 

I think it will be sometime in early to mid 2022 before Philippines opens back up.

 

For the moment I am done with the Philippines.........