U.S. Embassy in the
Philippines

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Manila (May 17, 2020)

Location:  The Philippines

Event: 

DEADLINE APPROACHING to Register Interest in Special Philippine Airlines Flights:

U.S. Citizens in the Philippines:  The deadline to register your interest in the special Philippine Airlines (PAL) flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco and/or sweeper flights is fast approaching.  The registration link will close on Monday, May 18 at 11:59 p.m. (Manila time).  Click here to register NOW.

PAL has announced the following flight schedule:

• May 21 from Manila to Los Angeles with two domestic sweeper flights – one from Cebu and one from Davao.
• May 26 from Manila to San Francisco with eight domestic sweeper flights from Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Siargao, and Tagbilaran.

All flight arrangements will be made by PAL, not the Embassy.  You must submit a working phone number and include all local or international area codes.  PAL will contact you to arrange payment and ticketing after you have registered for the flights, so check your contact details carefully before submitting the survey and keep your phone on and handy.

For the PAL sweeper flights, you MUST have proof of an onward international flight.  If that flight is NOT within 24 hours, you also MUST have proof of a confirmed hotel reservation in Manila until your international flight departs.  You CANNOT take a sweeper flight without an onward international flight confirmation.

Actions to Take:

• Monitor local news for updates.
• Consult the CDC website for the most up-to-date information.
• For the most recent information on what you can do to reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19, please see the CDC’s latest recommendations.
• Visit the COVID-19 crisis page on travel.state.gov for the latest information.
• Visit our Embassy webpage on COVID-19 here for information on conditions in the Philippines.
• Visit the Department of Homeland Security’s website on the latest travel restrictions to the U.S.
• Consult resources below as necessary:
  • Philippine Department of Health (DOH)
  • Philippine Department of Health (FAQs)
  • Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI)
  • Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA)
  • Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)
  • Philippine Maritime Industry Authority
  • Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
  • Philippine Department of Interior and Local Government
  • Philippine Department of Tourism
  • COVID-19 crisis page on travel.state.gov
  • CDC page on COVID-19
  • Philippines Travel Advisory
  • Philippines Country Information Page