"How far can your Philippine passport take you without a visa? The latest global index of an international residence and citizenship planning company revealed that Filipino citizens have visa-free access to only 58 countries out of 218 countries, a far cry from the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, whose citizens can visit 173 countries without a visa. The Philippines occupies the 69th place in the 2013 Visa Restrictions Index by Henley & Partners, which ranked countries according to the number of nations their citizens can access with just a passport. Coming one rank ahead of the Philippines was Moldova, whose citizens can visit 59 countries. Indonesia, meanwhile, ranks 73rd along with Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Togo. Indonesian citizens can only visit 53 countries without a visa. At the bottom of the 219-country rankings is Afghanistan, whose citizens have visa-free access to a total of 28 countries." http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...ivilege-for-filipinos-limited-to-58-countries
That's no big surprise given the historical record of Filipinos over-staying in the US and parts of Europe. It must have been a slow news day at GMA if they believe this is news. What would be a far more interesting statistic would be to rank countries by the number of bilateral visa-free arrangements they have with others. The UK would not top that list!
Somehow, I am not sure they have lots of Filipino visa overstayers there... But I could be wrong.............
"The British enjoy the widest range of visa-free travel on the planet. Along with citizens of Finland and Sweden, holders of UK passports are able to visit 173 of the world's nations without applying for a visa." http://www.independent.co.uk/travel...sport-is-no1-for-visafree-travel-8854369.html
I posted on this a few days ago and JohnAsh has also provided a news link subsequently. UK does top that list, along with Sweden and Finland... https://www.henleyglobal.com/filead... Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2013-08.pdf
You will probably find that citizens of some Foreign countries that give visa free entry to British passport holders, are not allowed into the UK without a pre-arranged Visa............. So the Bi-lateral angle is shot out of the air............
If a bilateral agreement existed everywhere then everyone could travel freely? The simple reality is that the rich countries do not trust the poor ones, and the poor ones need the foreign currency so they don't complain too much, hence some can travel easily others cannot. All of this will change as the economic map changes, the change will be slow but it will change.
not sure that list is quite correct as you can see here says 62 countries but one has to pay on arrival for visa http://pinaytravelbuddies.blogspot.ie/2013/01/visa-free-travel-in-62-countries-for.html so looks like 52 only unless things have changed,here is another http://www.theviewingdeck.com/2011/10/visa-exempted-countries-for-filipino.html
Bilateral is a 2-way thing. For example, we can travel to Philippines without a visa, but Filipinos cannot travel to UK without a visa. So, that is not a bilateral agreement. But UK is in the EU and there is a multilateral agreement allowing us to travel to EU member countries and for citizens of EU member countries to travel to the UK. But we do have some bilateral agreements with the Philippines - I think on tax and Pensions.
Again for the Phils it makes sense to try to get UK and other country nationals to spend their retirement pennies in their country rather than back in the UK, USA, or elsewhere, that is a competition between countries that will continue for a long time. The tax and pension agreements are very welcome (pension is what matters to me one day), to me at least .
Oh yes. I know what the word means but couldnt see any relevance in terms of a visa free league table. Seems to serve no purpose.
India is going to add 40 countries (including UK) to its Visa on Arrival system... http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/i...l-for-40-countries-including-us-and-uk-428420
Hello, me and my boyfriend are planning to apply a tourist visa , and he will take care of my travel expenses even my personal needs he has all the documents such as, wage slips,accommodation, passport copy, and invitation letter.. but i dont have bank accounts if ever they look for it, i dont have job or a business, but he is supporting me financially every month for more than 2 years since i met him.. he already been here in the philippines thrice since 2011 until this year. do u think i can still get my tourist visa going to uk even although i dont have bank accounts?
