Philippines Digital Nomad Visa (Not Yet Open)

Status: Not yet open for applications; the implementing guidelines and an application channel have not been published.

Executive Order 86, signed April 24, 2025, authorizes the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to issue a digital nomad visa to foreigners who work remotely with digital technology for employers or clients outside the Philippines.

The order gave the DFA 30 days to issue implementing guidelines with the Department of Justice, the Department of Tourism, the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and called for a pilot within 60 days. As of October 2026 the DFA's eVisa portal lists only temporary visitor visas, and no guidelines have been published.

This page sets out what the order itself provides. Still pending: the income amount, fees, document list, processing time and the list of qualifying countries.

The Philippines country guide covers visa-free entry, living costs and where to base a stay in the meantime.

Executive Order 86 sets these conditions (Section 2):

• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• They must show proof of remote work using digital technology, for employers or clients outside the Philippines.
• They must show proof of sufficient income generated outside the Philippines. The order sets no amount, and no official figure has been published.
• They must not pose a threat to the internal or external security of the Philippines.

Nationality: Nationals of countries that offer digital nomad visas to Filipinos and where the Philippines has an embassy or consulate. No list of qualifying countries has been published.

Local work allowed: No. The order bars employment in the Philippines and names local employment as a ground for revoking the visa.

Family: the order does not mention spouses or children.

No official document list exists yet. Beyond proof of remote work and foreign income, the order names these requirements (Section 2):

• Health insurance valid for the period of the visa.
• Proof of no criminal record. The Bureau of Immigration works with the DFA on each applicant's security clearance.

Holders must keep meeting every condition for as long as the visa is valid.

No fee has been published. Executive Order 86 sets none, and the DFA's guidelines are still pending.

Fee and income figures quoted by visa services and blogs do not come from any official source.

Under the order: Philippine embassies and consulates issue the visa for the Department of Foreign Affairs; nationals of a qualifying country with no Philippine post there may apply in the nearest country that has one.

No application can be filed yet. The DFA has not published the procedure, and its eVisa portal offers only 9(a) temporary visitor visas. Services that offer to file the visa now have no official channel to file it through.

Options in the meantime:

• Nationals of countries covered by Executive Order 408 enter without a visa for an initial 30 days, with extensions from the Bureau of Immigration. Some nationalities get a different initial period.
• Applicants at least 40 years old can settle on the Special Resident Retiree's Visa, which requires a dollar deposit.

The visa allows entry and a stay of up to 1 year (Section 3).

Renewal: Renewable, with the procedure left to DFA guidelines that have not been published. The order sets no limit on renewals and allows entry privileges while the visa is valid.

Revocation: the DFA can revoke the visa for local employment, fraud or misrepresentation in the application, or breaches of immigration law (Section 4).

Residence path: none. It is a non-immigrant visa for a temporary stay, and the order creates no route to permanent residence.

Executive Order 86 contains no tax provision. The Bureau of Internal Revenue is one of the agencies due to write the guidelines, and it has published no tax guidance for holders.

The general rules of the National Internal Revenue Code apply. Foreign nationals are taxed only on income from Philippine sources, and a nonresident foreigner who stays more than 180 days in a calendar year is treated as doing business in the Philippines.

Claims that holders will be exempt from tax on foreign income have no official source. Long stays deserve a check with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the home country's tax authority.