Visa and Relevant Information for the PSIL Inaugural Conference

The following are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding seven (7) days, provided they hold valid tickets for their return journey to port of origin or next port of destination and their passports valid for a period of at least six (6) months beyond the contemplated period of stay:

1. Holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative (SAR) passports;
2. Holders of British National Overseas (BNO) passports;
3. Holders of Portuguese Passports issued in Macao;
4. Holders of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) passports.

Nationals from the following countries are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a period of stay of twenty-one (21) days or less, provided they hold valid tickets for their return journey to port of origin or next port of destination and their passports valid for a period of at least six (6) months beyond the contemplated period of stay.The following are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a stay not exceeding fifty-nine (59) days, provided they hold valid tickets for their return journey to port of origin or next port of destination and their passports valid for a period of at least six (6) months beyond the contemplated period of stay:

 

Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil* Brunei DarussalamBulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland Indonesia Ireland Israel* Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi

Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall IslandsMauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Norway Oman Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

1. Holders of Brazil passports; and
2. Holders of Israel passports.

Important Note:

Nationals who are subjects of deportation/blacklist orders of the Department and the Bureau of Immigration shall not be admitted to the Philippines.

Currency and Exchange Rates

The currency of the Philippines is the Philippine Peso.

The US$ Dollar to Peso exchange rate is at  Php 53.41 to US$ 1. Exchange rates will be subject to change depending on the conversion rate on date of check-out. Currency exchange is available at bank branches at the Manila Airport Terminal Lobby and in malls around Metro Manila. Currency conversion at hotels is available but generally at a lower currency exchange rate.

Registration for the PSIL National Conference opens

The registration period for the Philippine Society of International Law  Inaugural National Conference is from August 15-September 1, 2018.  The conference is expected to draw paper presenters from Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and different parts of the Philippines. As the slots for non-paper presenters are limited, the PSIL Secretariat will accept applications for admission to the National Conference on a first-to-register basis.

Please email psil.secretariat (at) gmail.com with the subject hearing “National Conference Registration.” Also indicate if you are attending the Cocktail and Dinner Reception on the 6th of September.

The registration fee of Php 1,500.00 may be paid at the registration tables during  the Cocktail and Dinner Reception or the conference proper. Details of the conference program will be posted soon.

Hotel and other relevant information for foreign and out-of-town participants

There is a hotel on campus, called the University Hotel. The accommodations are basic but  as it is only about five minutes on foot from the Malcolm Hall, the venue of the PSIL National Conference, it is very convenient. A yet cheaper option than the University Hotel is the  UP National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (NISMED) hostel, which is on another  part of the campus, and is a 15-minute walk to the venue, with more sights to see.

There are a couple of other accommodations on campus that may suit you.

Let us know beforehand  through the contact details provided if you intend to stay on campus, so we could help you make arrangements. 

For hotels outside the campus, we recommend the three nearest:

Microtel-Technohub (on another property owned by the university, across the Diliman campus crossing the Commonwealth Avenue, about 30 minutes’ worth of  brisk walking from the UP College of Law via Magsaysay Avenue and then Ylanan Road — though we don’t recommend this mode of traveling to and from the conference!)

And the Sulu Riviera Hotel  (the pricier option).

There’s also the Fersal Inn discount hotel on Kalayaan Avenue, which is very near the Maginhawa food strip (see below) as well as the Matalino food strip just behind city hall (and around a 100 meters away) from Sulu Riviera hotel. The last two hotels are in an area that is between 10-15 minutes away from the UP Campus by taxi or Grab.

Information on the UP Diliman Campus

The University Campus is quite big, at nearly 500 hectares.

There are several museums on campus, notably the UP Vargas Museum, which houses not a few art works from Filipino masters, and seven others that are worth checking out.

There is also a high-end mall on property owned by the University, called the UP Town Center.  It’s quite accessible;  in fact, it’s just a 10-minute leisurely walk from the conference venue. It features great shopping, food, coffee and bars.

More information on the UP Diliman Campus.

Restaurants on campus

While lunch and snacks will be provided at the conference, if you arrive a day or so before the conference and stay on campus, other than your hostel/hotel fare, you may want to try Cafe Via Mare at the Asian Center, which is a restaurant featuring contemporary Filipino cuisine.It is also very near the conference venue, right by the Magsaysay Avenue exit to Katipunan Avenue.

There are also the three restaurants at the UP Bahay ng Alumni (Alumni house) — Chocolate Kiss, ROC and Art Circle.

Too bad the UP Shopping Center burned down just months ago. It was the beehive of readily accessible options for  food, shopping and other services for faculty and students alike.

Outside campus, but nearby, you may also venture into the Maginhawa food strip,

You can take the ikot jeep going to Krus Na Ligas, (where the famous Sarah’s drinking hole is)  and from there, you can reach  Maginhawa after about 10 minutes of leisurely walking.

If you have culinary/eating restrictions, do let us know!

For visa requirement information, click here.