Forced Landside Transit Manila international airport- Visa?

[mckinj02]

Flying QF 19 into Manila and then connecting to Qatar flight to Barcelona. Unfortunately, I have to clear customs get my bags and recheck in with Qatar as they don’t have a baggage inter- line agreement. Does anyone know if I need to apply for a Visa to do this?

 

[Mwenenzi]

Flying QF 19 into Manila and then connecting to Qatar flight to Barcelona. Unfortunately, I have to clear customs get my bags and recheck in with Qatar as they don’t have a baggage inter- line agreement. Does anyone know if I need to apply for a Visa to do this?

Is SYD-MNL-DOH-BCN 1 reservation? Or 2 reservations SYD-MNL and MNL-DOH-BCN
QF do/can interline to QR if the same PNR.
On separate PNR's QF interline QF to QF, QF to EK and if one ticket is an award.

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/gb/en/policy-and-guidelines/baggage-information/interline-and-through-checked-baggage.html

If going landside or even transit, will need to comply with Philippines border requirements.
If SYD-MNL is a separate reservation QF will want to check you are eligible to enter Philippines.

 

[mckinj02]

Is SYD-MNL-DOH-BCN 1 reservation? Or 2 reservations SYD-MNL and MNL-DOH-BCN
QF do/can interline to QR if the same PNR.
On separate PNR's QF interline QF to QF, QF to EK and if one ticket is an award.

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/gb/en/policy-and-guidelines/baggage-information/interline-and-through-checked-baggage.html

If going landside or even transit, will need to comply with Philippines border requirements.
If SYD-MNL is a separate reservation QF will want to check you are eligible to enter Philippines.

2 separate reservations

 

[WilsonM]

From Smartraveller:

• You can enter the Philippines without a visa for a period of stay of 30 days or less, provided that you meet all of the requirements and certain conditions. Entry and exit conditions can change at short notice. You should contact the nearest embassy or consulate of the Philippines for the latest details.
• You must register your travel to and from the Philippines on the eTravel Card online portal in order to receive a QR code to use for arrival and departure formalities.

EDIT: This is applicable for Australian citizens only

 

[MEL_Traveller]

2 separate reservations

You need to check the entry requirements for the Philippines for the passport you will be travelling on. Aussies don’t need a visa to enter the Philippines, but other passports might.

 

[moffat39]

Flying QF 19 into Manila and then connecting to Qatar flight to Barcelona. Unfortunately, I have to clear customs get my bags and recheck in with Qatar as they don’t have a baggage inter- line agreement. Does anyone know if I need to apply for a Visa to do this?

If you can not check bags through the make sure you have enough time between flights to exit and then go through security and immigration again. As others have said you will need the etravel QR Code. It is simple to do and from memory you can only do it within 72 hours of your flight. You get an email confirmation pretty quickly.

Our arriving flight was to Cebu so can not comment on how long to exit. Going through immigration at Cebu they did not ask for our QR code so guess that it showed up on the system.

Our departing flight was on Saturday 15 June 2024 on SQ in J at 7.40am. Had checked in at around 5.40am and it took us until 7.00am to get through security and immigration. No priority lines for J passangers. As we walked into the lounge they were calling our flight.

Others maybe able to comment on likely wait times to get through security and immigration if you advise your QATAR departure time.

 

[SeanExile]

No you don't need a visa if you got Australian passport. After luggage collection, exit, turn right and at the end of the terminal use the escalators or lifts up to departures.

Be aware that the immigration queue (T3) at check in is usually a 90 minute zoo in the afternoon/evenings. No one cares about foreign/Philippine passport queues and it takes ages to get through.
If short of time go right and check with staff if you can go through the diplomat/aircrew immigration lane instead. It is as far to the right as it gets (I always ask and so far I haven't been denied - helps to dress professional)...

Remember, you must do the online e-travel declaration. It takes 5 minutes but you need it to check in and immigration has it in their system. Since your not filippino you don't need to do it to depart Philippines.

if you have a full day, take the walkway across the road to Belmont hotel. They offer rooms at a reasonable rates and you can sleep a few hours, hit the pool or bar/restaurant.

 

[trooper]

Ive done a few "Y to MNL, J onward" trips on separate tickets, and have never needed a visa for the overnight in between. (AU Passport) Concur with the Belmont Hotel recommendation.

 

[SYD-YYZ]

I will be travelling SYD-MNL on QF then MNL-DXB on EK, both in J. I’m hoping my luggage will check through to DXB because of QF/EK interline agreement. Do I still need to go through immigration? I have 6 hours in transit, both terminal 3

 

[pjm99au]

I will be travelling SYD-MNL on QF then MNL-DXB on EK, both in J. I’m hoping my luggage will check through to DXB because of QF/EK interline agreement. Do I still need to go through immigration? I have 6 hours in transit, both terminal 3

Transiting in MNL is quite funky. We transited terminal 3 in October CX to QF (HLO) with a four hour transit. I can’t say this is the standard process but when disembarking from the CX flight there was a bunch of airport staff hanging around with our names on a board. We were then escorted to the general immigration area and our escort left with our passports to “do the paperwork”. After about 20 mins he returned and we then went through a security check and a lift to the departures lounge level. Whilst there is a transit desk it didn’t seem to be staffed and from what I could see if we didn’t have the escort we would have been forced to go through immigration.

 

[CMA222]

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Remember, you must do the online e-travel declaration. It takes 5 minutes but you need it to check in and immigration has it in their system. Since your not filippino you don't need to do it to depart Philippines.

if you have a full day, take the walkway across the road to Belmont hotel. They offer rooms at a reasonable rates and you can sleep a few hours, hit the pool or bar/restaurant.

As an Australian citizen travelling on an Australian passport, I always register both my arrival and departure with the eTravel on-line service, even though departure registration is not required. The departure information I have entered then appears on the Immigration screen as I depart and the officer has nothing to enter, as its already there. They just compare the information and stamp the passport and I am on my way.

I also use the Belmont Hotel ever time I am arriving (and sometimes departing) MNL. Good value and very convenient with the pedestrian bridge (accessed from the top floor) directly to/from terminal 3. No taxi or Uber required and if you time it right they have a free golf buggy service that saves you the walk along and over the bridge.

 

[SYD-YYZ]

Transiting in MNL is quite funky. We transited terminal 3 in October CX to QF (HLO) with a four hour transit. I can’t say this is the standard process but when disembarking from the CX flight there was a bunch of airport staff hanging around with our names on a board. We were then escorted to the general immigration area and our escort left with our passports to “do the paperwork”. After about 20 mins he returned and we then went through a security check and a lift to the departures lounge level. Whilst there is a transit desk it didn’t seem to be staffed and from what I could see if we didn’t have the escort we would have been forced to go through immigration.

That sounds ideal. Did you organise the escort beforehand and was your luggage check through to your final destination?

 

[pjm99au]

That sounds ideal. Did you organise the escort beforehand and was your luggage check through to your final destination?

No it wasn’t pre organised. It seems to be an airport initiated service for transit pax but I don’t know how consistent it is. There is really limited and conflicting information available about transiting MNL so I just decided to see what happens with the fall back that I could complete the arrival information and go through immigration if we needed to.

We were hand luggage only and the escort did ask if we had checked luggage. I’m not sure what that would have done to the process if we did.