# Philippines's digital nomad visa: announced, not open yet > Philippines has a announced, not open yet programme. What that means for remote workers, the closest route that does exist, and the official source — checked 2026-08-18. Source: https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/philippines/ Philippines · digital nomad visa · 2026 Philippines has a announced, not open yet programme. Here is what that means in practice, what route remote workers actually use, and how the days are counted. Next step **How we know** Every figure here is as elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph publishes it, checked 18 August 2026. Where a number is our own arithmetic rather than a printed figure, the row says so. Sources are listed further down the page. ## What to know before you apply The legal framework is real and in force: Executive Order No. 86, signed 24 April 2025 by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., published in the Manila Bulletin on 26 April 2025 p.2 and at 121 OG No. 18, 4057 (5 May 2025), effective on publication. Full text verified on the Supreme Court E-Library. But we could not verify that it has OPENED for applications. Sec. 7 required the DFA, with the DOJ, DOT, BI and BIR, to issue implementing guidelines "Within 30 days from the effectivity of this Order" and Sec. 5 required "a pilot implementation of said Program within 60 days from the effectivity of this Order". No published implementing guidelines were found on any government site, and four official channels list their visa categories without a DNV. SOURCE DISAGREEMENT: multiple secondary outlets state the DNV opened for applications in late June 2025 via evisa.gov.ph — Gulf News (6 October 2025) says it has been "open for applications since late June", with income of "at least $24,000 (Dh88,000) a year" and a fee "estimated between $200-$300". That article cites no DFA or BI issuance, and the application channel it names demonstrably does not offer the visa. Treat those figures as unverified. Note also that officialgazette.gov.ph and dfa.gov.ph returned HTTP 403 to every request from our environment, so a DFA advisory on a page we could not reach cannot be excluded — but nothing on the DFA's own e-Visa production system reflects one. Status is recorded as "announced" for that reason, with income, fee, processing, tax and family fields left null. ## What it means for your tax days Not verifiable from an official source. EO 86 Sec. 5 directs the DFA to coordinate with the Bureau of Internal Revenue on implementing measures, but no tax treatment for DNV holders has been published. Claims that DNV holders are exempt from Philippine tax on foreign income appear only in secondary sources. A visa is permission to stay; tax residency follows the days you actually spend. Check Philippines's tax authority for the day test that applies to you — and count the days either way. ## Sources - [elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph](https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/98965) — official source, checked 2026-08-18 - [evisa.gov.ph](https://evisa.gov.ph/page/policy) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 - [evisa.gov.ph](https://evisa.gov.ph/frequently-ask-questions) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 - [immigration.gov.ph](https://immigration.gov.ph/) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 - [tokyo.philembassy.net](https://tokyo.philembassy.net/) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 - [philembassy-seoul.com](https://philembassy-seoul.com/visa) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 - [lawphil.net](https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo2025/eo_86_2025.html) (secondary), retrieved 2026-08-18 - [gulfnews.com](https://gulfnews.com/business/tourism/philippines-opens-digital-nomad-visa-costs-who-qualifies-how-to-apply-1.500295538) (secondary), retrieved 2026-08-18 ## Questions people ask about Philippines **Does Philippines have a digital nomad visa?** Not yet. Philippines has announced Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) but it was not open for applications when we checked on 18 August 2026. The legal framework is real and in force: Executive Order No. 86, signed 24 April 2025 by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., published in the Manila Bulletin on 26 April 2025 p.2 and at 121 OG No. 18, 4057 (5 May 2025), effective on publication. Full text verified on the Supreme Court E-Library. But we could not verify that it has OPENED for applications. Sec. 7 required the DFA, with the DOJ, DOT, BI and BIR, to issue implementing guidelines "Within 30 days from the effectivity of this Order" and Sec. 5 required "a pilot implementation of said Program within 60 days from the effectivity of this Order". No published implementing guidelines were found on any government site, and four official channels list their visa categories without a DNV. SOURCE DISAGREEMENT: multiple secondary outlets state the DNV opened for applications in late June 2025 via evisa.gov.ph — Gulf News (6 October 2025) says it has been "open for applications since late June", with income of "at least $24,000 (Dh88,000) a year" and a fee "estimated between $200-$300". That article cites no DFA or BI issuance, and the application channel it names demonstrably does not offer the visa. Treat those figures as unverified. Note also that officialgazette.gov.ph and dfa.gov.ph returned HTTP 403 to every request from our environment, so a DFA advisory on a page we could not reach cannot be excluded — but nothing on the DFA's own e-Visa production system reflects one. Status is recorded as "announced" for that reason, with income, fee, processing, tax and family fields left null. **Does a digital nomad visa in Philippines make you tax resident?** Not verifiable from an official source. EO 86 Sec. 5 directs the DFA to coordinate with the Bureau of Internal Revenue on implementing measures, but no tax treatment for DNV holders has been published. Claims that DNV holders are exempt from Philippine tax on foreign income appear only in secondary sources. **How does Stretch help with the Philippines stay?** Log the day you land and Stretch counts the days against the permission you are on, shows the date you must be out, and reminds you at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days. It also tallies the days that count towards tax residency, so the 183-day question answers itself. The counting and the alerts are free, forever. 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Visa and tax rules change and are applied by the authority, not by an app — every figure here shows its source and the date we checked it. Checked 2026-08-18; confirm on the official page before you apply or file.