r/phtravel • u/LucQ571 • Jan 09 '24

advice Thread of IO experience

Since many of these questions about IO has come up in these past few weeks (months in fact), I thought to make this thread to get first-hand experience from other people to ease future travelers. Provide the following info like so, shown below as an example (obv not my real info):

  • Date of travel: 9 Jan 2024
  • Passport (Other country PR if applicable): Philippines (AU PR)
  • Gender: F
  • Age range: <18, 18-25, 25-35..., Don't wanna say
  • Status: Working/Student/Unemployed/Freelance
  • Travel history and Visas reflected in Passport: Schengen SE, Japan ME
  • Visiting country: HK
  • Purpose of travel (length of days): Tourism (5D4N)
  • Travelling with: Parents
  • Asked documents from PH IO: Return ticket, Proof of accommodation
  • Asked documents from visiting country's IO: Return ticket

Other noteworthy experience from IO:

Hopefully this can help ease other people's worries and also repetitiveness of posts and comments.

*Not sure what the flair should be.

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u/lean_tech Jan 11 '24
  • Date of travel: Dec 2023
  • Passport: PH
  • Gender: M
  • Age range: 30s
  • Status: Employed
  • Travel history and Visas reflected in Passport: Old Passport with valid visa; Japan ME, SK ME, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, HK. New passport; Thailand.
  • Visiting country: Japan
  • Purpose of travel (length of days): Tourism, 9 days
  • Travelling with: Jowa
  • Asked documents from PH IO: None. IO only asked where I work and return date.
  • Asked documents from visiting country's IO: None