The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said that fully vaccinated passengers must present documentary proof of such upon arriving at a Philippine airport.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente stated that fully vaccinated passengers coming from the Philippines must carry their vaccination card, which should be verified prior to their departure through the Certificate of Vaccination Record Portal of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) or the city health officer of the local government unit (LGU), which administered the vaccination.
"For those vaccinated outside the Philippines, they may present their International Certificate of Vaccination, or have their documents validated through the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), as the case may be,” he added.
These foreigners must also come from the list of 57 “green” countries to be able to undergo the shortened seven-day, facility-based quarantine upon entering the Philippines. The normal quarantine period is 10 days.
These countries are Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Benin, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Hongkong, Iceland, Isle of Man, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Rwanda, Saba, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Singapore, Saint Eustatius, South Korea, Taiwan, Togo, Turks and Caicos Islands (UK), Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
Morente said that fully vaccinated passengers who stayed exclusively in any of these 57 places within the past 14 days immediately preceding their arrival shall undergo the seven-day facility-based quarantine.
Hence, Morente said that they would only need to present a seven-day booking in a government-accredited quarantine hotel or facility during primary immigration inspection when they arrive in the country.
"They would also need to present said documents to the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) at the port’s Department of Transportation One Stop Shop (DOTr-OSS) after immigration clearance,” he clarified.
Morente said other arriving passengers not fully vaccinated and not coming from the 57 territories, or do not have the required documentary proof, will be required by the BI to present a 10-day facility-based quarantine booking.
BI port operations chief Carlos Capulong warned that foreign nationals who would not be able to present their quarantine bookings will be excluded for being improperly documented.