- Two recent passport sized photographs
- Minimum 6 months valid passport and previous passports indicating history of travel
- Original plus photocopy of employment certificate showing income, period of employment and approved leave
- A copy of recent personal bank statements showing history of account plus original bank certificate verifying current balance of your accounting
- If you are a business owner, an orginal plus photocopy of business documents
- If you are a student, evidence of enrolement
- If a relative or friend in australia is paying for your visit, a letter of iinvitation and evidence that they have necessary funds to pay for your visit is required.
Processing time: 15 working days
A. Without sponsorship:
- Employment certificate (w/ salary details, bonus, compensations)
- ITR & TIN id
- SSS id & contributions
- Bank certificate (account must be more than Php50,000)
- NBI clearance original copy (valid for travel abroad)
- Roundtrip ticket
- Hotel voucher (if there's a house in china provide letter & attach title)
B. With sponsorship:
- Invitation letter from the sponsor
- NBI clearance (original)
- Copy of residence visa (sponsors who are filipino & other foreign national)
- Copy of passport of the sponsor
Note: sponsors who are chinese national (copy of chinese passport / national id)
- Roundtrip ticket
- Hotel voucher (if there's a house in china provide letter & attach title)
- Application form duly filled up and signed. Must be typewritten. (may be downloaded from www.mofat.go.kr)
- One colored passport sized picture
- Minimum 6 months valid passport
- Photocopy of previous valid visas from advanced country (usa, canada, japan, australia, new zealand or previous korean visa)
Note: personal appearance is required if person has never travelled out of the Philippines or is a first time traveller.
Processing time: 7 working days
Note : Personal appearance required
- A completed visa application form : non settlement for (vaf12006)
- One recent colored and unframed passport sized photo taken with a light background approx. 45mm x 35mm in size and glued, not stapled, onto the designated space for the picture in the application form
- Minimum 6 months valid passport and any old passports.
- If sponsored
- If you or your spouse are employed. An updated employment letter stating position salary and number of leave given for the trip with specified dates
- Evidence of savings. Bank statements for the last 6 months and a bank certificate.
- Photocopy of land titles, if any.
- Business documents, if self-employed
Processing time: minimum 15 working days (up to one month)
Parties to the schengen agreement:
A) the following countries fully implement the provisions of the schengen acquis (so-called implementing countries) : austria, belgium, denmark, france, finland, germany, greece, iceland, italy, luxembourg, the netherlands, norway, portugal, spain and sweden.
B) the newly acceded EU member states (cyprus, estonia, hungary, latvia, lituania, malta, poland, slovakia, slovenia) do not yet fully implement the schengen acquis. These counteries do not therefore, as yet, issue uniform schengen visas. Nor do the schengen visas issued by implementing countries entitle holders to stay in / passin transit through the new eu member states without a visa.
Determining where to apply:
If you are visiting more than one schengen state, you should apply at the embassy of the country where you will be staying in the longest.
Note : far travel does not assist visa applications for france, italy, germany and czech republic. Personal appearance required.
General documents requirements:
- Two recent passport sized photographs
- Minimum 6 months valid passport and previous passports indicating history of travel
- Original plus photocopy of employment certificate showing income, period of employment and approved leave
- A copy of recent personal bank statements showing history of account plus original bank certificate verifying current balance of your accounting
- If you are a business owner, an orginal plus photocopy of business documents
- If you are a student, evidence of enrolement
- Copy of itinerary and hotel booking
- Copy of roundtrip airline booking. (note : do not purchase your airfare tickets is visa has not yet been issued.)
Processing time: minimum 20 working days
