Bureau of Immigration(BI)

Hi team!

I would like to request what are the necessary documents for a tourist visa holder traveling to Dubai, UAE. How much pocket money I would need to be considered financially capable of travelling for 7 days. Aside from roundtrip ticket, travel insurance, bank statements, proof of savings and other requirements from and to destination country. I would also like to know the grounds for deferring a trip. The BI's offloading policies to international travels (tourists) have been unclear and oftentimes considered biased. Where can I also complain if IO do not disclose their name.

November 13, 2021

Dear Ray-Ar,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 08, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Travel to Dubai, UAE with Tourist Visa.

Response to your request

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information from BI website immigration.gov.ph or you may click the link https://immigration.gov.ph/images/Advisory/2021/03_Mar/05/002.jpg for additional requirement for Filipinos Traveling Abroad.

Please be reminded that the ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTBOUND FILIPINOS is without prejudice to the exercise of the Bureau of Immigration in arrival and departure formalities. Thus, you may click the link to inquire for the arrival and departure formalities of the Bureau of Immigration https://lisbonpe.dfa.gov.ph/images/pdf/GuidelinesonDepartureFormalitiesforInternational-BoundPassengersinallAirportsandSeaportsintheCountry.pdf.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the BI Commissioner, JAIME H. MORENTE, Bureau of Immigration, Magallanes Drive, Intramuros, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
BI-National Operations Center (BINOC)
FOI Officer