Passport 6 months validity rule

Guys..Good day sir/madam,

Gusto ko lng pong mag inquire regarding sa paguwi ko po ng pinas sa May 7,2018.. ang problem ko po is yung passport ko po will be expiring on nov 5, 2018.. 6 days lang po ang vacation ko sa pinas and by May 12th 2018 babalik na po ako ng Doha Qatar.. magkakaron po ba ng issue and any problem pagpasok ng pinas at pagbalik ko po dto sa Doha with my passport days to less than 6months validity.. and yung visa or Qatar ID or pataka ko po is good upto August 8, 2018 and plano ko po kasi is dyan na po sa pinas magparenew ng passport if possible na marenew at mkuha ko sa express lane within 4days.. if not i will renew it po dito pagbalik ko ng Doha.. please kindly help me sa query ko po.. it will be much appreciated. Thanks Godbless po

Hi guys,need you advice. My passport is valid 7 months from now and my work visa is valid up to 10 months from now, and ill be going back to philippines for 2 months.the question is if i renew my passport in manila and got a new one how about my visa that is attach in my old passport? Can i still present my old passport with valid visa attach?

Sorry for this very late reply, I was too busy to login. But for the benefit of others who from now could get in the same situation, I would say I had no problems at all, cruised thru Qatar Airways check-in counter and the immigration (no questions), arrived in Manila, then renewed my passport the following working day. 20 days later, I'm back in Doha with my new and old passport (with the still valid Qatar visa). So yeah, we don't have to have a (at least) 6-month valid passport if we are coming home to the Philippines.

Good day :) what's the update of this madam/sir? Coz I have the same situation right now my boss wants me to renew in Philippines not here in doha . my flight will be on may12 and validity of my passport will be on june9. Can I still go home to the Philippines? Thankusomuch

Thanks everyone. Wirehead, my only issue is returning to Phils, not leaving. I will renew my passport there the 1st working day after my arrival. Based on my experience in DFA Manila, renewal takes only 3 hours tops and I get my new passport in 1 week. Now, it should be much faster as there are more passport processing centers with the opening of their satellite offices (in Malls, how convenient is that?). So, I should have no problem leaving Phils.

That's complete rubbish! The six month rule only applies when you are entering a country of which you are not a national. You cannot be prevented from leaving for your own country as long as your passport is valid, even if you travelled on the last day of its validity. Your passport is proof of your nationality and your right to enter and reside in your own country. The embassy member if staff doesn't know what she's talking about.

they might allow you to leave doha, but the immigration officials in the philippines might not allow you to leave the philippines if your passport validity's less than six months.

i'm not entirely sure if it takes a lot longer to process here. i got mine in two weeks when i renewed and everything was faster. this is way better than wasting an entire day at the dfa. getting a passport renewed in the philippines takes a lot longer and you'd need to set up an appointment sometimes months ahead. yes it is more expensive here, but are you sure you want to go through hell at the dfa? seriously? but if you're leaving for good then by all means get your passport renewed in manila. or if you're eligible to avail of the courtesy lane.

one option for you would be to get an extension on the validity of your passport. it would be faster

Never heard of it being an issue when exiting the country to return to one's own.