Philippines–Australia Status of Visiting Forces Agreement

Australian-Philippines Status of Visiting Forces Agreement
TypeVisiting forces agreement
SignedMay 31, 2007
EffectiveSeptember 28, 2012
Parties

The Philippines–Australia Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) is a bilateral visiting forces agreement between the governments of the Republic of the Philippines and the Commonwealth of Australia concerning the status of armed forces from each state while in the territory of the other. A visiting forces agreement is a version of a status of forces agreement that only applies to troops temporarily in a country.