RA 8239, which repeals the Philippine Passport Act of 1996, aims to develop a new generation of Philippine passports at par with international standards. The new law also provides for facilitating ...

The Philippine passport ranked 80th in 2022 and 83rd in 2021, its lowest ranking since 2006. The country’s best performance was from 2007 to 2009, when it ranked 62nd.

The Philippine passport kept its spot at 73rd out of 199 passports globally in the latest Henley Passport Index, a ranking of all the world's passports based on visa-free travel to other countries.