Outbound Travel requirements

TTOM

Travel Is the act of moving outside one's home community for business or pleasure

Prerequisite to Tourism/Travel
Topic

DEFINITION

Financial Capability/Money Leisure Time Interest/Motivation Mobility

Outbound Travel
Involves residents of a country traveling to other countries

Documentation

Topic

DOCUMENTATION

Government-issued papers used to identify travelers. Enables government to regulate travel. Includes:

passports, visas, and vaccination certificates

Vaccination Certificate

Verifies that a traveler has received the proper immunizations. Features:

A passport-sized yellow pamphlet with space to list the date of each vaccination and its date of expiration.

Traveling in good health Travelers to Canada, Caribbean, Europe, and Australia need not worry about vaccinations as these areas are not considered infected areas. When travel is to Central America, South America, Africa, or Asia you should immediately determine if vaccinations are required or recommended.

Vaccination Certificate

Required & Recommended Vaccinations: Yellow fever usually found in African & South American countries Cholera African & Asian countries Smallpox worldwide eradication of smallpox has recently been achieved, there is still possibility that the disease could reappear.

Passport
A document issued by a government to its citizens requesting other governments to allow its holder to pass safely and freely, and in case of need to give him/her lawful aid and protection.

Passport Features:

Bears the nationality of the holder Indicates the identity of the pax
Validity:

A period of so many years after date of issuance

Requirements:

Diplomatic or Consular Passport Issued to Diplomatic, Consular and other government officials on diplomatic missions
TYPES OF PASSPORT

Official, Special or Service Passport

Issued to government officials or other persons on official trip abroad

Regular or Normal Passport

Issued to ordinary citizens

Others
Intl Red Cross passport

The new maroon Philippine machine-readable passport.

The Philippine green non-electronic passport issued since May 1, 1995 until September 17, 2007

The Philippine brown non-electronic passport issued before May 1, 1995

BIOMETRIC PASSPORT

Visa A permit issued by a foreign government to indicate that the passport holder has been granted authority to enter or re-enter the country to visit. Features:

Validity:

Stamp or endorsement which states the number of application or entry granted to the bearer Single or multiple
It varies according to the type of visa granted.

Immigrant Visa Issued to those who wish to remain in a particular country indefinitely.
TYPES OF VISA

Non-immigrant Visa
Issued to those who wish to visit a country for a limited time for some particular reasons.

Types
Tourist Visa Traders/Business Visa Student Visa Employment/Working Visa Transit Visa

Schengen Visa

A visa that applies to countries who are members of the Schengen Convention: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

Schengen Visa Countries

Countries which do not require Visa to the Philippine Passport Holder:

Brazil Brunei Hong Kong Indonesia Israel Singapore Thailand

- 90 days - 14 days - 14 days - 21 days - 90 days - 30 days - 30 days

Countries which require Visa:

Germany Switzerland Australia Middle East New Zealand Canada USA

Countries in Asia which require Visa:

Japan China Korea

Ticket
Is a printed document issued by the carrier that serves as the contract of carriage between the carrier and the passenger. Parts:

Jacket Type of Traffic Document Name of the Carrier that issued the Traffic Document Address of the Issuing Carrier Number of Traffic Document

Ticket

E ticket = electronic ticket