New Delhi → Manila · National Capital Region, Philippines
Around 9,800 Indian students are enrolled in the Philippines, most of them in medicine, and Air India has flown Delhi to Manila since 1 October 2025. Every offer, flight and exam date is a message for a student in Manila and a family in India.
For Indian education consultancies, freight forwarders and IT firms with students, consignees and clients in Manila: which updates a student in Manila and a family in India each need, how to send to a city two and a half hours ahead, and what a +63 message costs next to a +91 one.
See it work
An Indian consultancy places a student in a Manila medical school. Walk the file through its states and see which number each update goes to.
The Embassy of India in Manila counts around 9,800 Indian students in the Philippines, most of them studying medicine, and published an advisory on medical education in the Philippines on 17 June 2026. A consultancy that keeps families informed state by state takes fewer anxious calls.
Updates come from your CRM through the developer API; replies from parents and students land in the shared team inbox, where counsellors can transfer a thread or leave a private note.
Step 6 of 6 · end of walk
Enrolled in Manila
Semester and exam reminders now go to the student's +63 number, at the Philippine rate.
Arrived from Flying to Manila via arrives and registers.
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Nothing — this is a final state.
Happy path, step 6 of 6: Enrolled in Manila (via arrives and registers). Semester and exam reminders now go to the student's +63 number, at the Philippine rate.
From the Embassy of India in Manila and the Philippine Ports Authority.
Bilateral trade between India and the Philippines reached US$3.5 billion in 2023-24.[2]
Indian pharmaceutical products accounted for 15.96% of the Philippines' pharmaceutical imports in 2023.[2]
The Indian diaspora in the Philippines is estimated at more than 70,000, most of it in and around Metro Manila, with communities in Davao and Cebu.[2]
Indian investment in the Philippines, valued at around US$5 billion, has been mainly in IT and IT-enabled services.[2]
Air India's inaugural flight from Delhi to Manila flew on 1 October 2025.[1]
Cargo handling at the Manila International Container Terminal and Manila South Harbor is run by ICTSI and ATI, whose tariffs the Philippine Ports Authority revised in 2024.[3]
The four routes the Embassy's figures point to, and what each sends first.
Most of the roughly 9,800 Indian students in the Philippines study medicine, and their families follow every step from India.[2]
Cargo for Metro Manila moves through the Manila International Container Terminal and Manila South Harbor, and consignees want to know where the container is. Medicines stay off WhatsApp under Meta's drug policy.[3]
Indian investment in the Philippines has been mainly in IT and IT-enabled services.[2]
A direct Delhi–Manila service since October 2025 makes the route a booking students, families and tourists can make in one ticket.[1]
Meta approves each template once per language. Match it to the reader, not to the city.
A student's update in English and the parents' version in Hindi are two separate templates, each approved on its own. Replies inside the 24-hour window can be in any language your counsellors write.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| English | en | Universities, students and most businesses in Manila |
| Filipino | fil | Filipino-speaking consumers and staff |
| Hindi | hi | Parents in India who prefer Hindi |
Prices in ₹ and PHP
Meta prices Philippine numbers in its Rest of Asia Pacific group: ₹7.41 for marketing, ₹0.9938 utility, ₹0.9938 authentication and ₹0.9938 per service reply, in rupees before GST. Plans start at ₹999 a month.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ ₱662.27 PHP
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ ₱552.22 PHP
Everything a growing business needs to run WhatsApp properly.
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ ₱1,988.12 PHP
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ ₱1,656.66 PHP
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Manila · Rest of Asia Pacific (regional rate)
| Category | ₹ INR | PHP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹7.4057 | ₱4.91 |
| Utility | ₹0.9938 | ₱0.659 |
| Authentication | ₹0.9938 | ₱0.659 |
| Service | ₹0.9938 | ₱0.659 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | ₱3.60₹5.4352 | ₱1.52₹2.2874 | ₱1.52₹2.2874 | ₱1.52₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | ₱4.27₹6.4397 | ₱0.216₹0.3254 | ₱0.216₹0.3254 | ₱0.216₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | ₱3.64₹5.4970 | ₱0.396₹0.5981 | ₱0.396₹0.5981 | ₱0.396₹0.5981 |
| Chile | ₱5.18₹7.8162 | ₱1.17₹1.7585 | ₱1.17₹1.7585 | ₱1.17₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | ₱0.729₹1.0993 | ₱0.0468₹0.0706 | ₱0.0468₹0.0706 | ₱0.0468₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | ₱3.75₹5.6629 | ₱0.210₹0.3167 | ₱0.210₹0.3167 | ₱0.210₹0.3167 |
| France | ₱5.01₹7.5588 | ₱1.75₹2.6393 | ₱1.75₹2.6393 | ₱1.75₹2.6393 |
| Germany | ₱7.96₹12.0088 | ₱3.21₹4.8386 | ₱3.21₹4.8386 | ₱3.21₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | ₱4.27₹6.4397 | ₱1.52₹2.2867 | ₱1.52₹2.2867 | ₱1.52₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | ₱5.01₹7.5596 | ₱2.04₹3.0700 | ₱2.04₹3.0700 | ₱2.04₹3.0700 |
| India | ₱0.625₹0.9435 | ₱0.129₹0.1941 | ₱0.0929₹0.1402 | ₱0.0961₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | ₱2.40₹3.6133 | ₱1.46₹2.1979 | ₱1.46₹2.1979 | ₱1.46₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | ₱1.99₹2.9992 | ₱0.460₹0.6943 | ₱0.460₹0.6943 | ₱0.460₹0.6943 |
| Israel | ₱2.06₹3.1045 | ₱0.309₹0.4662 | ₱0.309₹0.4662 | ₱0.309₹0.4662 |
| Italy | ₱4.63₹6.9847 | ₱1.75₹2.6369 | ₱1.75₹2.6369 | ₱1.75₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | ₱3.52₹5.3098 | ₱1.05₹1.5824 | ₱1.05₹1.5824 | ₱1.05₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | ₱4.62₹6.9671 | ₱2.56₹3.8671 | ₱2.56₹3.8671 | ₱2.56₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | ₱5.01₹7.5644 | ₱0.816₹1.2314 | ₱0.816₹1.2314 | ₱0.816₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | ₱2.31₹3.4877 | ₱0.495₹0.7471 | ₱0.495₹0.7471 | ₱0.495₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | ₱2.41₹3.6425 | ₱1.34₹2.0218 | ₱1.34₹2.0218 | ₱1.34₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | ₱9.31₹14.0494 | ₱2.92₹4.3987 | ₱2.92₹4.3987 | ₱2.92₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | ₱4.27₹6.4397 | ₱0.198₹0.2990 | ₱0.198₹0.2990 | ₱0.198₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | ₱3.01₹4.5421 | ₱0.391₹0.5898 | ₱0.391₹0.5898 | ₱0.391₹0.5898 |
| Oman | ₱1.99₹2.9992 | ₱1.44₹2.1709 | ₱1.44₹2.1709 | ₱1.44₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | ₱2.76₹4.1620 | ₱0.875₹1.3200 | ₱0.875₹1.3200 | ₱0.875₹1.3200 |
| Peru | ₱4.10₹6.1843 | ₱1.75₹2.6392 | ₱1.75₹2.6392 | ₱1.75₹2.6392 |
| Poland | ₱2.13₹3.2105 | ₱0.709₹1.0702 | ₱0.709₹1.0702 | ₱0.709₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | ₱1.99₹2.9992 | ₱0.699₹1.0547 | ₱0.699₹1.0547 | ₱0.699₹1.0547 |
| Romania | ₱5.01₹7.5596 | ₱1.69₹2.5436 | ₱1.69₹2.5436 | ₱1.69₹2.5436 |
| Russia | ₱4.67₹7.0520 | ₱2.33₹3.5173 | ₱2.33₹3.5173 | ₱2.33₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | ₱3.35₹5.0537 | ₱0.623₹0.9401 | ₱0.623₹0.9401 | ₱0.623₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | ₱4.27₹6.4397 | ₱0.933₹1.4072 | ₱0.933₹1.4072 | ₱0.933₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | ₱2.21₹3.3385 | ₱0.555₹0.8369 | ₱0.555₹0.8369 | ₱0.555₹0.8369 |
| Spain | ₱4.12₹6.2161 | ₱1.17₹1.7578 | ₱1.17₹1.7578 | ₱1.17₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | ₱4.27₹6.4397 | ₱0.117₹0.1759 | ₱0.117₹0.1759 | ₱0.117₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | ₱0.636₹0.9587 | ₱0.0525₹0.0792 | ₱0.0525₹0.0792 | ₱0.0525₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | ₱5.01₹7.5596 | ₱1.73₹2.6138 | ₱1.73₹2.6138 | ₱1.73₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | ₱3.35₹5.0537 | ₱0.916₹1.3811 | ₱0.916₹1.3811 | ₱0.916₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | ₱3.70₹5.5795 | ₱1.28₹1.9346 | ₱1.28₹1.9346 | ₱1.28₹1.9346 |
| North America | ₱1.46₹2.1976 | ₱0.198₹0.2989 | ₱0.198₹0.2989 | ₱0.198₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | ₱1.31₹1.9796 | ₱0.233₹0.3516 | ₱0.233₹0.3516 | ₱0.233₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | ₱4.91₹7.4057 | ₱0.659₹0.9938 | ₱0.659₹0.9938 | ₱0.659₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | ₱5.01₹7.5596 | ₱1.23₹1.8595 | ₱1.23₹1.8595 | ₱1.23₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | ₱4.31₹6.5048 | ₱0.659₹0.9934 | ₱0.659₹0.9934 | ₱0.659₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | ₱2.29₹3.4490 | ₱0.530₹0.7998 | ₱0.530₹0.7998 | ₱0.530₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | ₱3.45₹5.2054 | ₱0.996₹1.5019 | ₱0.996₹1.5019 | ₱0.996₹1.5019 |
| Other | ₱3.52₹5.3098 | ₱0.449₹0.6769 | ₱0.449₹0.6769 | ₱0.449₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. Meta charges by the recipient's country code, so the same exam reminder costs ₹0.9938 to a student's +63 number and ₹0.19 to a parent's +91 number. The peso column is indicative; InfiQ invoices in rupees.
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Built for files that move between two countries and two sets of readers.
Your CRM's status changes trigger the matching template to the student and to the parents, without a counsellor typing either.
Parents in India and students in Manila write to one number; counsellors share the threads with transfers, labels and private notes.
Keep English, Filipino and Hindi versions of the same update and track each through Meta's approval.
The Philippine and India rates are both published in rupees, so a cohort's messages can be budgeted per family.
Nearby
The nearest city guides on this site, in the Philippines and across the region.
The Data Privacy Act, consent rules and the rate group apply nationwide; the Philippines guide covers them in full.
Anything about the student's own application or enrolment: document checklists, offer and deadline notices, visa status, flight and pickup details, semester and exam dates. Each is a utility template. A message promoting another university or a new course to families who have not asked is marketing, at the marketing rate.
At 04:30 IST. Philippine time is UTC+8 all year and India is UTC+5:30, so the gap never changes. Schedule the template the evening before rather than relying on someone to press send before dawn.
Because Meta prices each message by the recipient's country code. The parent's +91 number is charged the India utility rate, ₹0.19, and the student's +63 number the Rest of Asia Pacific rate, ₹0.9938. If the student still uses an Indian SIM in Manila, the India rate applies.
Yes. Filipino (fil) is on Meta's template list, and so is English (en), which universities and most businesses in Manila use. Regional languages such as Cebuano are not template languages, but your agents can reply in them inside the 24-hour window.
Yes. Your system triggers utility templates for arrival, delivery slot and document requests, each at ₹0.9938 to a +63 number. Consignees' questions about a container come back into the team inbox. Promotions to buyers who opted in are marketing, at ₹7.41.
InfiQ serves India-based businesses: it bills in rupees with GST and processes customer data in India. The Indian parent can run a number that writes to +63 customers at the Philippine rate. If the account must belong to the business based in Manila, talk to sales about whether InfiQ fits.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
Start a 7-day Lite trial, no card needed, and send your first en or fil templates once Meta business verification is complete. If your business is based in Manila, talk to sales about whether InfiQ fits.
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