QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 191)
To grant Chinese nationals holding Macau-Portuguese passports a no-visa entry for an initial stay of seven (7) days in the Philippines, to promote trade and tourism and facilitate business travel.
Chinese nationals who are holders of Macau-Portuguese passports, whether traveling individually or in groups.
An initial stay of seven (7) days.
They must have (1) round-trip tickets or onward tickets to the next country of destination with valid entry visas, and (2) passports valid for at least six (6) months beyond the authorized stay period.
In a collective passport, the pictures of the spouse and minor children of the passport holder must be shown together with their names.
The Bureau of Immigration.
It may be extended prior to expiry by the Bureau of Immigration, upon proper justifications and payment of the prescribed fees, for another period allowed under existing regulations.
No. It leaves the allowable extension period to “existing regulations” and limits the process to an extension granted by the Bureau of Immigration upon justification and payment of fees.
The traveler must have round trip tickets or onward tickets to the next country of destination, and those entry visas must be valid.
The passport must be valid for at least six (6) months beyond the period of the authorized stay.
It revokes or amends Letter of Instructions No. 911 (10 August 1979) and other inconsistent presidential issuances/rules. This is relevant because later laws typically control over earlier inconsistent ones (lex posterior).
Any provisions in LOI No. 911 and other inconsistent presidential issuances or regulations are superseded to the extent of inconsistency with EO 191.
Immediately upon issuance.
No. Extension is discretionary and subject to Bureau of Immigration approval, justification, payment of fees, and compliance with existing regulations.
It allows no-visa entry but imposes documentary conditions (tickets, onward visas, passport validity) and regulates extensions through the Bureau of Immigration and existing rules.
Under Section 1 of EO 191, those are express conditions for eligibility. Failure to meet them means the person does not qualify for the no-visa entry privilege.