One way ticket to Manila.
Many of us like to travel with out much of a plan and part of that is flying on one-way tickets. When flying to a city like Bangkok this is not a problem. At no point does anyone question you about proof of leaving the country. This is one reason why Thailand's tourist industry is so far superior.
When flying to Manila you will need to prove you are leaving within the 30 days given to you on your visa.
Who is actually enforcing this? You would think it would be immigration when you land in Manila. This not the case. They actually never asked anything about onward travel.
What has happened is the Philippines Bureau of Immigration has put the enforcement on the airlines before you get on the flight. You can read about it here...
http://immigration.gov.ph/index.html?opti...&Itemid=78
"The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will start imposing administrative fines on airlines that allow foreign tourists bound for the Philippines to board their plane even if they do not have return tickets."
What happens is when you go to check in for your flight at the airport the airline representative will ask about your onward flight. How strict they are about proof is going to vary from different airlines and probably different people working the check-in counter.
When I checked in for my flight they asked me for my departure date, flight number, and airline. At no point did I have to actually show them any documentation. She did enter all that info into the computer. I had purchased a cheap flight on a budget airline to play it safe.
Could I have gotten away with not buying an onward ticket and just gotten flight details and tell them that? I think that might have worked in my case. But is it worth the risk? I bought a budget flight on tigerair.com for under $30 from Clark airport in the Philippines to Bangkok.
Here are some other peoples experience with this...
http://indianajo.com/2013/05/entry-requi...pines.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/th...ID=2235979
The safest thing to do I think is to go ahead and eat the cost of a plane ticket you are never going to use. If you plan ahead you can find a ticket on one of the budget airlines like tiger air, air asia, etc... and save yourself from a lot of stress. I have no doubt it is possible under the right circumstances that you can get away with out buying one and just having the details on a flight ready to give, but you are taking a risk. For less than $30 it seems like a big risk.
Many of us like to travel with out much of a plan and part of that is flying on one-way tickets. When flying to a city like Bangkok this is not a problem. At no point does anyone question you about proof of leaving the country. This is one reason why Thailand's tourist industry is so far superior.
When flying to Manila you will need to prove you are leaving within the 30 days given to you on your visa.
Who is actually enforcing this? You would think it would be immigration when you land in Manila. This not the case. They actually never asked anything about onward travel.
What has happened is the Philippines Bureau of Immigration has put the enforcement on the airlines before you get on the flight. You can read about it here...
http://immigration.gov.ph/index.html?opti...&Itemid=78
"The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will start imposing administrative fines on airlines that allow foreign tourists bound for the Philippines to board their plane even if they do not have return tickets."
What happens is when you go to check in for your flight at the airport the airline representative will ask about your onward flight. How strict they are about proof is going to vary from different airlines and probably different people working the check-in counter.
When I checked in for my flight they asked me for my departure date, flight number, and airline. At no point did I have to actually show them any documentation. She did enter all that info into the computer. I had purchased a cheap flight on a budget airline to play it safe.
Could I have gotten away with not buying an onward ticket and just gotten flight details and tell them that? I think that might have worked in my case. But is it worth the risk? I bought a budget flight on tigerair.com for under $30 from Clark airport in the Philippines to Bangkok.
Here are some other peoples experience with this...
http://indianajo.com/2013/05/entry-requi...pines.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/th...ID=2235979
The safest thing to do I think is to go ahead and eat the cost of a plane ticket you are never going to use. If you plan ahead you can find a ticket on one of the budget airlines like tiger air, air asia, etc... and save yourself from a lot of stress. I have no doubt it is possible under the right circumstances that you can get away with out buying one and just having the details on a flight ready to give, but you are taking a risk. For less than $30 it seems like a big risk.