Philippines
Digital Nomad Visa · Manila
A brand-new 2025 visa for the English-speaking, island-hopping nomad: potentially tax-light and ultra-affordable — but still rolling out, so confirm it's live and what it requires before you plan around it.
Flexible
15–45 days
1 year
55/100
95 Mbps
Very high
Tropical
UTC+8
Model your move to Philippines
Set who's coming and what you earn. We'll handle eligibility, taxes, contributions, living costs and what you'd have left — and compare it to home.
Staying more than ~183 days?
Affects tax residency for territorial & exempt regimes.
Your monthly life in Philippines
Pre-filled with typical costs in Cebu. Drag or type to match your life.
A nice place in a popular area
Power, water, gas
Home fibre + data
Food at home
Transit, rideshare, fuel
Private cover nomads usually need
Eating out, coffee, going out
Shopping, gym, subscriptions, misc.
You meet the income requirement
Needs $0/mo.
Your qualifying income
$6,000
Your plan, ready to act on
Get your Philippines Relocation Dossier
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$6,000
$1,327
$4,673
Tax in Philippines
Effective rate
0.0%
- Income tax / mo
- $0
- Social security / mo
- Not charged
- Total deductions / mo
- $0
- Take-home / mo
- $6,000
Under 183 days you stay outside the local system; your home country keeps covering you.
Private health insurance isn't required for this visa, but most nomads carry it — it's already counted in your living costs above.
EO 86 grants no tax exemption (it only directs the BIR to study the matter), so treatment is unsettled. Work done while physically in the Philippines may be treated as Philippine-source income; the 0% shown is a best-case planning assumption.
vs. United States
Tax
22.3% at home → 0.0% here
Same lifestyle costs
$3,586 at home → $1,327 here
Money left over
$1,075 at home → $4,673 here
Estimates for planning only — actual tax depends on treaties, your residency and personal circumstances. Confirm with official sources and a qualified advisor before you move.
What it takes to qualify
Income & savings
- Monthly income (single)
- No fixed minimum
- Basis
- No official minimum published yet
- Combine two incomes?
- Yes
EO 86 only requires 'sufficient income from foreign sources'; no official figure is published yet (third-party estimates cite ~$24,000/yr — treat as unofficial).
The visa
- Program
- Digital Nomad Visa
- Introduced
- 2025
- Duration
- 1 year, renewable
- Max total stay
- 2 years
- Fees
- $150 (approx)
- Who can apply
- Employees, Freelancers, Business owners
- Bring family?
- Yes
No official fee has been published; figures in circulation are unofficial estimates. Created by Executive Order 86 (Apr 2025) and rolling out via pilot; as of Oct 2026 no implementing guidelines, fee schedule or eligible-country list were published and the DFA e-Visa portal has no DNV category. Open to nationals of countries offering reciprocity to Filipinos.
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What you'll actually pay
Income tax
- Treatment
- Foreign income not taxed for nomads
- Headline rate
- 35%
- Tax residency at
- 183 days
- Employee social
- Usually home-covered
EO 86 grants no tax exemption (it only directs the BIR to study the matter), so treatment is unsettled. Work done while physically in the Philippines may be treated as Philippine-source income; the 0% shown is a best-case planning assumption.
Good news
There's effectively no local income tax to worry about on your foreign earnings here.
Reviewed Source: Philippines Bureau of Immigration
Path to residency & citizenship
This is a lifestyle visa: great for living here now, but time on it doesn't count toward permanent residency or a passport.
Not a residency track on its own.
Reviewed Source: Philippines Bureau of Immigration
Typical costs in Cebu
Rent (1-bed)
$550
Rent (family)
$950
Groceries / person
$230
Utilities
$90
Internet
$35
Transport / person
$30
Health insurance
$50
Dining / person
$200
Cost index 37/100 vs New York · prices are about 38% of US levels (PPP). Monthly figures shown in USD.
Highlights & watch-outs
What makes it great
- English is near-universal — almost no friction.
- Possible 0% on foreign income (unconfirmed) and very low costs.
- Thousands of islands and a warm culture.
What to watch
- Implementing rules still pending — confirm with DFA/BI before relying on it.
- No official income threshold published yet.
- Infrastructure and traffic vary widely.
Reviewed Source: Philippines Bureau of Immigration
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