Stupid Shit in the Philippines

[Beavis]

Hi Beavis,

What is this traze app? And for covid insurance I signed up with safetywing.com which lists covid coverage but no "certificate". Do you think I will get hassled? Arriving Feb. 17. Thanks.

If you can show them proof of insurance it should get you in fine. There will probably be more apps required by the 17th. Be glad when all of this nonsense is over.

[Steve Nash]

It is a tracking app. It is used for contact tracing. You make an account in the app. Then, at many biz / gov offices, to enter you can either fill out the contact tracing form (your name, address, phone number, age), or alternately you can open your app and show it to the door guard. I believe that reports your location and time of day to the government (probably the DOH) for tracing purposes. At least one airport required showing the app, and the Intramuros BI uses Traze or an alternate similar app. You must log into it and show it to the outside guard in order to go inside.

Yes, some guards might ask you some others don't.

I was asked by the Manila airport guard last weekend.

BTW going to Royal Club (a popular disco in Makati), I was asked last Saturday for a Makati traze certificate only, they didn't accept my Traze certificate, because the bar code won't approved, it only approved a Makati Traze certificate.

I guess now Makati has their own trazing certificate, but I went to other bars and they didn't ask for it. Only Royal Club asked me. It was funny seeing everyone (with no exceptions) filling up the form on their phone at the club entrance, it was easy to fill up and it didn't take 5 minutes to do it.

[WestCoast1]

In the YouTube video the girl says 'apply for tourist visa at Philippine embassy'. Am I the only one who thought WTF? The Thai pass and the Cambodian visa for example. All done online. Will Philippine embassy's really have the manpower to process all of these visas?

Great question. This is different than a VOA. The VOA (step off the airplane, walk thru airport Immigration, as most of us are used to) is good for 30 days. Applying at the embassy, the visa is a pre-visit visa (laminated onto one complete page of your passport), and is good for 59 days.

Waiting to hear from anyone who has done the VOA in the past few days. We still don't know if new VOA's can be extended.

[WestCoast1]

What is this traze app?

It is a tracking app. It is used for contact tracing. You make an account in the app. Then, at many biz / gov offices, to enter you can either fill out the contact tracing form (your name, address, phone number, age), or alternately you can open your app and show it to the door guard. I believe that reports your location and time of day to the government (probably the DOH) for tracing purposes. At least one airport required showing the app, and the Intramuros BI uses Traze or an alternate similar app. You must log into it and show it to the outside guard in order to go inside.

[Breadman]

You will find out that you do need it.

All incoming travellers to the Philippines are mandated to use the One Health Pass registration system. This applies to:

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
Non-OFWs, and
Foreign Nationals
In short, all passengers bound for the Philippines from abroad regardless of their nationality or profession must apply for the One Health Pass registration to get a QR code and present it to authorities.

Now you have read it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyiKis0v3y8

In the YouTube video the girl says 'apply for tourist visa at Philippine embassy'. Am I the only one who thought WTF? The Thai pass and the Cambodian visa for example. All done online. Will Philippine embassy's really have the manpower to process all of these visas?

[D Cups]

LMAO and no it isn't readily available as pertinent info, but people that are showing up to the airport are having to spend extra time while checking in, to download the app and register. I posted the process to be helpful but it seems that since there isn't a direct link on the internet it is deemed as false or unsubstantiated. If you have ever read any of my posts from many different countries they are always factual. Nobody has ever said that Beavis lied. LOL. Spend 10 minutes at home and do what I am advising (and yes I agree it is stupid) or show up at the airport hungover and / or tired and do it then. Beavis isn't a pot stirrer, he tries to help people. I live in the Philippines and report from first hand reports that come from people that have been there, done that.

Checklist that might be useful if travelling to Philippines.

Passport with at least 6 months validity.

PCR test with printed result certificate with sample taken within 48 hours before your plane leaves. Result certificate must have a QR code on it.

Covid Travel Insurance with certificate printed.

One health pass certificate, with printed QR code..

Hi Beavis,

What is this traze app? And for covid insurance I signed up with safetywing.com which lists covid coverage but no "certificate". Do you think I will get hassled? Arriving Feb. 17. Thanks.

[Beavis]

Goodness another hoop to jump through. Are these girls worth all of this?? Well after 50 trips since 2004 my answer is ABSOLUTELY.

LMAO and no it isn't readily available as pertinent info, but people that are showing up to the airport are having to spend extra time while checking in, to download the app and register. I posted the process to be helpful but it seems that since there isn't a direct link on the internet it is deemed as false or unsubstantiated. If you have ever read any of my posts from many different countries they are always factual. Nobody has ever said that Beavis lied. LOL. Spend 10 minutes at home and do what I am advising (and yes I agree it is stupid) or show up at the airport hungover and / or tired and do it then. Beavis isn't a pot stirrer, he tries to help people. I live in the Philippines and report from first hand reports that come from people that have been there, done that.

Checklist that might be useful if travelling to Philippines.

Passport with at least 6 months validity.

PCR test with printed result certificate with sample taken within 48 hours before your plane leaves. Result certificate must have a QR code on it.

Covid Travel Insurance with certificate printed.

One health pass certificate, with printed QR code.

Traze app on your phone, pre registered.

Proof of Vaccination, printed with QR codes.

Proof of Return flight within 30 days.

Passes for Transit airport if transiting.

[Nightrider1]

You will find out that you do need it.

All incoming travellers to the Philippines are mandated to use the One Health Pass registration system. This applies to:

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
Non-OFWs, and
Foreign Nationals
In short, all passengers bound for the Philippines from abroad regardless of their nationality or profession must apply for the One Health Pass registration to get a QR code and present it to authorities.

Now you have read it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyiKis0v3y8

Goodness another hoop to jump through. Are these girls worth all of this?? Well after 50 trips since 2004 my answer is ABSOLUTELY.

[Beavis]

I don't recall reading that we have to register with www.onehealthpass.com/ph in any of the requirements I have read. I will if need be but am not going to if its not needed.

You will find out that you do need it.

All incoming travellers to the Philippines are mandated to use the One Health Pass registration system. This applies to:

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
Non-OFWs, and
Foreign Nationals
In short, all passengers bound for the Philippines from abroad regardless of their nationality or profession must apply for the One Health Pass registration to get a QR code and present it to authorities.

Now you have read it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyiKis0v3y8

[Nightrider1]

Also have to register One Health Pass https://www.onehealthpass.com.ph/.

I don't recall reading that we have to register with www.onehealthpass.com/ph in any of the requirements I have read. I will if need be but am not going to if its not needed.

[Beavis]

Also have to register One Health Pass https://www.onehealthpass.com.ph/.

[WestCoast1]

Is the supplemental insurance still required if you already have health insurance coverage from your home country? My company issued health insurance covers me when I travel internationally, does this not matter to the authorities in the PI?

You get a statement from your insurance company showing the foreign coverage.

[Guinness1]

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/d...O-160B-RRD.pdf

More bullshit.

Obtain, prior to arrival, a travel insurance for COVID-19 treatment costs from reputed insurers, with a minimum coverage of USD 35,000. 00 for the duration of their stay in the Philippines.

Is the supplemental insurance still required if you already have health insurance coverage from your home country? My company issued health insurance covers me when I travel internationally, does this not matter to the authorities in the PI?

[Beavis]

You have posted some sensible advice, and others contemplating coming here would do well to heed it. I don't know the extent to which my comments about Davao, where I live, are generalizable to the rest of the country, but here at least restrictions are still in place: everyone is masked at all times outside of the house; bars and restaurants may not sell alcohol; public indoor venues may only accommodate a fraction of their full capacity, and people here comply with the rules. Any foreigner coming here thinking that the rules will not apply to him is in for an unpleasant surprise. My advice to anyone considering coming here is to wait for another 4-6 weeks during which time the rules may be relaxed slightly and recreational facilities may start to open again. Right now, this city is not a lot of fun.

GE.

Exactly, the rules do seem to be easing off a bit. Still required to show proof of vax to enter either Clark or SBMA but if you just hold up a copy of anything that looks like a vax card they wave you through. Royal on SBMA no longer asking for vax cards at least not when I went in. Went into Harbor Point twice in 1 day, different entrances. One wanted card the other didn't. Alcohol ban lifted in AC, with no curfew. Barretto still has 12 PM curfew but didn't have these second rounds of alcohol ban. Mask still must be worn in public. Inside the bars / restaurants not required. Contract tracing forms pretty much hit and miss. Who knows what will happen tomorrow. The rules could slip away or become very enforced? The cops haven't had much shakedown / hustle money in a long time. If I were a betting man I would bet that many tourists will be slapped with a fine if they remove their mask in public. Stay tuned, the show starts tomorrow.

[Big Kahuna]

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/d...O-160B-RRD.pdf

More bullshit.

Obtain, prior to arrival, a travel insurance for COVID-19 treatment costs from reputed insurers, with a minimum coverage of USD 35,000. 00 for the duration of their stay in the Philippines.