As promised to a couple that are looking into heading to the Philippines, I have been traveling to the Philippines since the 90's and have never had so many hoops and hurtles to go through.
This is a step by step please forgive any spelling or grammar mistakes I was just jotting things down as I went. Let me know if you have questions.
Apply for Visa Philippine Consulate Houston
PCR-RT test before leaving the US (Did this to get 3 day quarantine)
Make hotel reservation before leaving US
Sign up One Health Pass 24 hours before departure
Be prepared to sit and wait I was first class but all the OFW's get priority over all passengers to go through the system sat for about 30 minutes to get to step 1
Arrive in Manila talk with BOQ official One Health Pass barcode scan (Got lucky 3 day quarantine!)
Quarantine starts day one as soon as you arrive no matter what time you arrive
Second desk verify my hotel stay
Immigration they wanted arrival card, PSA wedding certificate and date of departure
Get my bag from stack of many bags (Baggage is chaos your bag better be unique by the time you get out there are rows and rows of
bags)
Customs drop off form
Before checking out of airport One Health Pass barcode scan
Find Taxi to hotel One Health Pass barcode scan before entering taxi
Arrive in hotel sign up for stay safe Philippines before allowed inside
Check into hotel One Health Pass barcode scan
PADlab contacts me for swab appointment via email Day 2
PADlab shows up for swab test One Health Pass barcode scan Day 3
PADlab results negative Day 4 (Lab will email you results but this not not reflected in BOQ until 6 pm the same day)
Wait for a few hours for results to be officially released (I can check out of the hotel at this point if I wanted and check into a dual purpose hotel aka quarantine and non-quarantine)
NOTE: If you are in a quarantine only hotel once you are released you can't come and go as you like
Download BOQ quarantine certificate Day 4 (Results officially released 6 pm following day of swab test)
Apply for S-Pass Travel Permit to travel to Bacolod Day 4
Called LGU to see status of S-Pass day and a half no approval flying in the next morning
LGU wanted a copy of my Stay Safe Philippines barcode
Download S-Pass day 5
Things to come 6
Check out of hotel day 6
LGU pick up at local airport they will take me to my wife's town and verify all of my
documents
Once verified I can go to her house but I can't leave for another 9 days to complete the 14 day quarantine. Not sure if someone from the local LGU
will actually check at this point.