Philippines entry with <6 months passport validity - authorized

valette1565

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Posting this to help future travelers confirm that the 6 month rule for passport expiry when traveling to the Philippines does not apply to Australian passport holders.

There is another thread confirming this but is from 2018 so thought I would re-confirm as we had a scare with our two children with only 4 months left on their passport the day of travel and had difficulty confirming if the exemption still existed.
 

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I'm surprised the list doesn't include fellow ASEAN countries Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam even though Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand are
 
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