Thank you for replying,
Meaning Manila to South Korea (ICN Airport)
I don't need a transit visit even staying there inside the airport for 10hrs waiting for my next flight?
And if ever, I choose Manila to Tokyo (NRT Airport) I will not be needing a transit visa even staying for 12hours?
Just making sure, I have no idea about it. Thank you so much for your help.
It looks like times have changed for the worse for Filipinos. In the years 1995 - 2002, I had a Filipino gf and she always travelled on a Phils passport. We flew Japan Airlines a few times, Vancouver-Manila return, and it used to involve an overnight in Tokyo. JAL would bus passengers to a hotel in Tokyo and put them up overnight, then back to airport next morning. No visa required.
Flying Asiana Airlines into S. Korea worked the same way. Bus into Seoul to stay over, then bus back to airport in morning to continue the flight. No visa needed.
Both of those JAL and Asiana trips were a nice way to travel. Broke up the flying time and they treated passengers well. Good hotel accommodation, meals provided, etc. There were no direct flights in those days to/from Vancouver. PAL did not fly to Vancouver then. Their first venture into that market, and with direct flights, was a short-lived partnership with Canadian Airlines (anyone remember them?) in the late 90s. The trip Vancouver-Manila would be on aircraft operated by one of those 2 airlines and the return trip would be on aircraft operated by the other.
Like the others have said, don't book via US. Having a Canada passport stamp or COPR won't count for anything. It's the country issuing the passport that counts and you probably would not be allowed to board a flight to US without a transit visa.
Also, unless it too has changed, you can fly Cathay Pacific, Manila-Hong Kong, and layover in Hong Kong (usually only a few hours) without a visa. I have done the trip, as well, on Eva Air via Taipei and China Air via Beijing, but always alone, so I don't know their rules for Filipinos (just, as it seems, I no longer know the rules for a lot of other places).
