Not confirmed. Executive Order No. 86, signed on 24 April 2025, authorises the Department of Foreign Affairs to issue a Digital Nomad Visa, but we found no official page with the implementing rules, an income amount or an application channel. What the order itself sets out: a stay of up to one year with multiple entry, renewable; sufficient income earned outside the Philippines; health insurance for the whole period; age 18 or over, a clean record, and a nationality whose country offers a similar visa to Filipinos. Holders cannot take Philippine employment. The tracker marks the status as unclear (checked 28 Sept 2026).
What the executive order says
| Item | EO 86 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Signed | 24 April 2025 | Official Gazette (via search summary) |
| Issuer | Department of Foreign Affairs, through its foreign service posts | Official Gazette (via search summary) |
| Stay | Up to one year, multiple entry; renewable for the same duration | Official Gazette (via search summary) |
| Income | Sufficient income generated outside the Philippines; no amount | Official Gazette (via search summary) |
| Insurance | Health insurance valid for the visa period | Official Gazette (via search summary) |
| Who | 18 or older, no criminal record, a national of a country that offers a digital nomad visa to Filipinos and has a Philippine post | Official Gazette (via search summary) |
| Work | Remote work for clients or employers abroad only; no Philippine employment | Official Gazette (via search summary) |
| Fee, processing, family | Not set in the order | none |
The conflicting launch claims
| Claim | Who said it | How it holds up |
|---|---|---|
| Launch expected in June 2025 | ASEAN Briefing, 2025 | No official application channel appeared then, and later reports say the rules were still pending |
| Agencies still drafting the implementing rules on issuance, revocation and renewal | Magrath, September 2025 | Consistent with the absence of an official procedure |
| Applications being accepted | Daily Tribune, July 2026 | Not confirmed by any official page we found |
| The DFA e-Visa portal does not list the Digital Nomad Visa | Genki guide, August 2026 | Consistent with the tracker’s “unclear” status |
The four third-party items were read as search-result summaries on 2 Nov 2026, not as full pages. The order’s terms in the table above also come from a search-result summary of the Official Gazette page (28 Sept 2026), because the direct fetch was refused. The official Philippine pages could not be reopened from our environment on 2 Nov 2026.
What to do instead, for now
- Check the source of truth: the Department of Foreign Affairs e-Visa portal and the Philippine embassy for your country. If the visa appears there, it will have an income rule and a fee; until then it is not an option you can plan on.
- Plan around the ordinary entry rules for your nationality, and see visa runs and overstays for what not to do.
- Compare Asian schemes that are open: the Asia nomad visa table lists Thailand’s DTV, Malaysia’s DE Rantau and others with official sources.
Living there
We cover two Philippine bases: Cebu and Siargao, compared on cost and wifi on the Philippines hub.
Method
The order’s terms come from the visa tracker record, built on 28 Sept 2026 from a search-result summary of the Official Gazette page, because the direct fetch was refused (as the tracker notes). The launch claims were collected on 2 Nov 2026. We will change the status here when an official procedure is published.