PH Revised Entry Requirements For Green Listed Countries

Reclassifies Hong Kong, Dubai, etc., To Yellow

30 November 2021

The Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF) has revised entry protocols from "Green" Listed Countries effective December 1, 2021.

Eligible travelers to the Philippines from “Green” list countries will now be subjected to the same quarantine and testing protocols that apply to arrivals from countries in the “Yellow” list beginning midnight, Philippine time.

Arriving passengers from green countries who flies today or in transit towards Manila are not affected by entry restrictions.

“Except for countries classified as “Red,” the testing and quarantine protocols for all inbound international travelers in all ports of entry shall comply with the testing and quarantine protocols for “Yellow” list countries,” IATF announced today.

Philippine health authorities revised entry protocols to the country as new covid19 variant was discovered in South Africa and recorded in some European Countries, the Middle East and Hong Kong, causing the technical group to expand the list of “Red” countries on Nov. 28, 2021.

Eligible travelers to the Philippines from “Green” list countries will now be subjected to the same quarantine and testing protocols that apply to arrivals from countries in the “Yellow” list.

Travelers for example, from Hong Kong or Dubai, shall follow protocols for ‘Yellow’ countries.

Fully vaccinated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and eligible foreigners arriving from countries in the green and yellow lists with negative RT-PCR tests taken within 72 hours prior departure are required to have facility-based quarantine until the release of their negative results, who should all undergo swabbing on the third day as well as self-monitoring until the 14th day of their arrival.

Those without a negative RT-PCR test should have facility-based quarantine until the release of their negative results, 5th day swabbing as well as home quarantine until the 10th day from arrival.

Travelers who are un-vaccinated, partially vaccinated or whose vaccination status cannot be independently validated are required to have facility-based quarantine until the release of their negative results, 7th day swabbing and home quarantine until the 14th day from arrival.

The revised Red List now includes South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Italy.

Inbound international travel shall not be allowed for all persons, regardless of vaccination status, coming from or who have been to Red List countries within the last 14 days prior to arrival to any port of the Philippines.

Only Filipinos returning to the country via government-initiated or non-government-initiated repatriation and Bayanihan Flights may be allowed entry subject to the prevailing entry, testing, and quarantine protocols for Red List countries — facility-based quarantine for 14 days with testing on the 7th day, with day 1 being the date of arrival, notwithstanding a negative RT-PCR result.

The IATF has also suspended the entry of fully vaccinated foreign tourists of non-visa required countries from Green List countries.