Update on latest Travel Tax experiance leaving Manila.

[JE57 239]

Good Evening,

My wife (from PI) and I, USC reside in Hong Kong. Leaving Manila on 23 Oct. my wife presented Hong Kong ID and passport to the travel tax counter in the Airport expecting to pay the 200 Peso fee for her 'exemption' from travel tax as an overseas resident. Low and behold it seems the 200 peso fee has been removed as well now. No fee, no travel tax. Note however that the travel tax counter was looking for her entry stamp in her passport and it seems when we had entered a week earlier immigration didn't give her a stamp on entry. Not sure if this was an oversight or also a new policy. We were lucky because it had been less than 6 months since out previous entry but if you've been away for a while it might make sense to be sure you get that entry stamp if you plan to avoid travel tax thru exemption.

[Sagot 1,548]

Good Evening,

My wife (from PI) and I, USC reside in Hong Kong. Leaving Manila on 23 Oct. my wife presented Hong Kong ID and passport to the travel tax counter in the Airport expecting to pay the 200 Peso fee for her 'exemption' from travel tax as an overseas resident. Low and behold it seems the 200 peso fee has been removed as well now. No fee, no travel tax. Note however that the travel tax counter was looking for her entry stamp in her passport and it seems when we had entered a week earlier immigration didn't give her a stamp on entry. Not sure if this was an oversight or also a new policy. We were lucky because it had been less than 6 months since out previous entry but if you've been away for a while it might make sense to be sure you get that entry stamp if you plan to avoid travel tax thru exemption.

Was your wife traveling with an HK passport? If yes, that is why there was no travel tax exemption fee required.

Stays under a year do not require the travel tax for foreigners. Stays of 6 months or more would require an ECC certificate for ALL foreigners (most likely what the were eyeballing for)

http://tieza.gov.ph/travel-tax/full-travel-tax/

http://tieza.gov.ph/travel-tax/travel-tax-exemption/

[JE57 239]

Nope... She was traveling with her Philippines passport... She's paid the exemption fee of 200 Pesos on previous trips but not this last exit. She only had a Philippines passport and is a dependent visa in Hong Kong so perhaps she got lucky and should have paid the 200 Pesos?

[Sagot 1,548]

Nope... She was traveling with her Philippines passport... She's paid the exemption fee of 200 Pesos on previous trips but not this last exit. She only had a Philippines passport and is a dependent visa in Hong Kong so perhaps she got lucky and should have paid the 200 Pesos?

Ah.. then it appears there is a 6 month window for the exemption fee. Interesting. Most don't travel back and forth to the Phils within 6 months so never got "tested" before. Thanks.

This year my wife travels with her U.S. passport .. now that exempts the travel tax fee for short visits.