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申請を依頼するeTravel for Children and Infants: The Family Rules (2026)
Updated 2026-10-09
Key Takeaways
- Yes, every arriving child needs eTravel, including infants. There is no minimum age and no family shortcut — one registration per person.
- A parent or legal guardian completes each child's form using the child's own passport details, flight, and health answers.
- Each child receives a separate reference number and a separate QR code. Label them per traveler before you fly.
- The parent's email and phone can be the contact details on every form in the family — one inbox, all the QR codes.
- Registration is free per child at etravel.gov.ph. Our filing service charges $15 per traveler because each child's form is separate work.
- Children traveling without both parents should carry a notarized consent letter — a general Philippine entry practice, not an eTravel field.
Do children need eTravel? The short answer
Yes. eTravel registration is one per person, and the rules include every arriving passenger regardless of age — babies too. A parent or legal guardian fills in the form for children who cannot do it themselves, using the child's own passport details. There is no minimum age, no exemption for toddlers on laps, and no combined family form. Registration is free for every child at etravel.gov.ph; we are an independent filing service that handles family registrations for $15 per traveler, with all QR codes emailed within 24 hours.
The arithmetic is simple: a family of two adults and two children files four registrations. Budget about ten minutes per person — roughly forty minutes of careful typing — or have us do it under one order, with every passport number matched to every record. The departure rule also splits by passport: Filipino children register when leaving the Philippines, foreign children do not.
How a parent registers a child on eTravel
The form is the same for a child as for an adult; only whose details go into it changes. Per child:
Registering a child, step by step
- 1. Have the child's own passport in hand — the bio page carries the name, date of birth, passport number, and expiry you will type.
- 2. Open etravel.gov.ph within 72 hours before the family arrives, and start a new arrival registration for the child.
- 3. Complete the personal and passport blocks from the child's passport — the child's name, sex, date of birth, nationality, passport number, and expiry.
- 4. Enter a parent's email address and phone number as the contact details. One inbox for the whole family works fine.
- 5. Enter the same flight as the adults: the leg that physically lands in the Philippines, with the same arrival date and port of entry.
- 6. Enter the same accommodation as the family — the hotel name and address.
- 7. Answer the health declaration questions for the child, covering the child's own illness history and sick contacts in the past 30 days.
- 8. Submit, screenshot the child's QR code, and save the child's reference number separately from yours.
Whose details go on a child's form
The single most common family error is putting a parent's passport number or name into a child's form. The record must match the child's passport, because the officer at the counter scans the child's passport and matches it to the system. Block by block:
| Form block | Whose information | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Personal information | The child's — name, sex, date of birth, nationality | The record must match the child's passport at the counter |
| Passport details | The child's passport number and expiry | A parent's passport number here is the classic family mistake |
| Contact details | A parent's email and phone | The child's QR code and reference number then arrive in the parent's inbox |
| Travel information | The family flight — airline, flight number, arrival date, port | The leg that physically lands in the Philippines |
| Accommodation and health | The family hotel; the child's own health answers | Honest answers about the child keep the child's QR code clean |
The family checklist before you fly
Run this table the evening before departure. Every row is per traveler, including the baby:
| Task | Applies to | Rough time |
|---|---|---|
| Gather every passport in one place | Whole family | Five minutes |
| One registration per traveler, own passport details | Each adult and each child | About 10 minutes each |
| Reference number saved and labeled per traveler | Each traveler | One minute each |
| QR code screenshotted and emailed to a parent | Each traveler | One minute each |
| Consent letter, if a parent is not traveling | Each affected child | Prepare days in advance — it needs notarizing |
Children flying without both parents
If a child travels with only one parent, or with neither, border officers can ask for a notarized consent letter from the absent parent or parents, plus proof of the parent-child relationship such as a birth certificate. This is a general Philippine entry practice for minors, not a field on the eTravel form — but the moment to learn about it is before you fly, not at the counter in Manila.
The consent letter should name the child, the traveling adult, the travel dates, and the absent parent's contact details, and it should be notarized. Rules are enforced unevenly, but the cost of preparing the letter is an hour, and the cost of not having it can be a long secondary inspection with a tired child.
Timing a family registration
Everything happens inside the 72-hour window before the family arrives, and the practical slot is the evening before departure, after bags are packed and before the flight-day chaos. Work through the family in one sitting — adult one, adult two, then each child — so the flight number and hotel details stay identical across all the records. What each block asks, field by field, is in our eTravel requirements guide, and the full registration walkthrough is in how to register for eTravel.
Or hand the whole evening to us: one order covers the family, every form completed and checked against every passport, all QR codes in one email within 24 hours — $15 per traveler, full refund if we fail to deliver. Start my application. The official form is always free per child at etravel.gov.ph, and the complete system overview lives in our Philippines eTravel flagship guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do babies and infants need eTravel for the Philippines?
Yes. Registration is per person with no minimum age, so even a newborn on a lap needs a registration completed by a parent, using the baby's own passport details.
Can I register all my children on one eTravel form?
No. There is no family or group form — each child is a separate registration with a separate reference number and QR code. A parent completes each one.
Can I use my own email for my child's eTravel registration?
Yes. A parent's email and phone are the natural contact details for a child's form, and using one inbox for the whole family keeps every QR code and reference number in one place.
Does eTravel for children cost anything?
The registration itself is free for every child on the official portal, which never collects payment. Filing services like ours charge per traveler — $15 — because each child's form is a separate registration to complete and verify.
Do children register for eTravel when leaving the Philippines?
Filipino passport holders register on departure, including children. Foreign children, like foreign adults, register for arrival only.
What documents does a child need for eTravel?
Only the child's own passport, plus the family flight and hotel details. Nothing is uploaded — the details are typed into the form by a parent.
My child's other parent is not traveling with us. Do we need anything extra?
Carry a notarized consent letter from the absent parent, and consider a copy of the birth certificate. Officers can ask for these at entry — it is a general border practice for minors rather than an eTravel requirement.
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