Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) About How To Travel, Retire, Work or Start a Business and Live in the Philippines
Why choose the Philippines? That’s a very good question. Why choose the Philippines instead of the nation of Malaysia for retirement, or just an escape from the western world rat race? (if you’re new to this subject, perhaps you missed my kickoff article on Why Choose the Philippines — Intro a few days ago. Go ahead and read it now, take your time, I’ll wait. Why Choose the Philippines --- Ground Rules In order to try to answer this question for the maximum number of readers, … [Read more...]
This original article on Why Choose the Philippines was published some time back. I was not able to follow-up on it. I have updated and corrected errors and will be publishing a separate comparison article on my top choices within the next few days. Enjoy. Why Choose the Philippines One of the questions I have heard many times over the years is “why choose the Philippines”? This is usually in the context of, why not “country X” or “country Y” instead? So far as foreign … [Read more...]
You may think at first this post has little to do with a move to the Philippines. But read it through, with a thoughtful mind, and perhaps you may just see a connection for yourself. Or not. As we say on the ‘Net, YMMV. One of my admittedly obscure heroes was a fellow who designed airplanes, and somewhat wacky flying cars and a great many other unique inventions. In his drafting room, he had a sign which said “SIMPLICATE AND ADD MORE LIGHTNESS.” His name was William Bushnell … [Read more...]
Most of the readers here have a good idea of what Balikbayan Boxs are. (Also written as Balik Bayan Box, either way is correct really, I just like to write it as Balikbayan Box) For our purposes here we'll say it's any box shipped from the USA to the Philippines through one of quite a number of firms out there who offer this service. The name is simply the Tagalog phrase for "Return to the County". Balikbayan Boxes --- Issues If you are not familiar with the process, a person wanting … [Read more...]
Here's a little post under the broad heading of how to Retire in the Philippines I've been meaning to write for some time. It's perhaps 50% rant, and 50% good business idea going to waste, so be forewarned that I'm going to say a few things here about ... how to retire in the Philippines, retirees, foreigners, Filipinos, those living in the Philippines, those retiring in the Philippines and other expats who want to know about visas and technicalities about the question of Philippine … [Read more...]
Day after day they come ... and don't get me wrong, I'm glad they do ... people searching for information about Jobs For Americans in the Philippines. Often they ask me about finding a job in a call center here in the Philippines. After all: The market here is heavily, very heavily English-oriented. (and most of my readers are native English speakers) There's little technical or academic perquisites for the typical call agent's job. It's no secret there are thousands and thousands … [Read more...]
Retire in the Philippines --- Can You? So you want to Retire in the Philippines? Your homework assignment for today is to go and read this excellent article. Go ahead, I'll wait, but do come back, because I have some very specific Retire in the Philippines comments and clarification that you might find interesting. Finding Value in Disillusionment by: Billy and Akaisha Kaderli It’s a wakeup call. These days unpredictability is the theme of the marketplace, and hordes of would-be … [Read more...]
Philippine Retirement --- A Good Thing? Since I am an American retiree in the Philippines, it's not very surprising that I write a lot about Philippine Retirement. I have a number of online friends who are retired in the Philippines as well (and one who is a younger than retirement-age entrepreneur who will probably never 'retire' from earning a living here in the Philippines). There's an old saying about loving your work makes it not work at all ... and that's how I feel about all the … [Read more...]
From time to time I like looking at the keywords or questions about living in the Philippines that people type into Google that lead them to PhilFAQS, the site where I write about the frequently asked questions (FAQS) about living here in the Philippines. I try to put the more common questions on a dedicated FAQS page (it’s right up there on the top menu bar, if you haven’t had a chance to check it out). Here’s a few recent queries that landed people here, where Google ‘sent … [Read more...]
As many of you have already there was another large earthquake/after shock in the sea off Miyagi prefecture, Japan last night, Philippine/Japanese time. This one was much smaller and no significant injuries/damage has been reported. So the work these guys are doing will, I believe, go on unhindered. Sendai airport was not fully open until 28 March following the tsunami on 11 March. The first C-17s, however, were going into Sendai on 20 March after the USAF's 320th special tactics … [Read more...]
Medicare and Living in the Philippines? This is a question that comes in pretty regularly here at PhilFAQS.com, where I try to provide the answers to the frequently asked questions (FAQS) about living in the Philippines. I always tend to write too long ... so here's the answer. No. More extensive answers to the question of using Medicare and Living in the Philippines can be found at the official site, Federal Benefits and Federal Agency Services for American Citizens Abroad as well as … [Read more...]
Yesterday was my friend Bob's birthday and as I was sending him a Happy Birthday email I realized he is part of a growing list of people I know who didn't wait and spend the best years of their lives 'waiting until the time is right' before they retire to the Philippines and started living the life they wanted to, instead of the life that those magical, mystery 'they' folks that hand around the periphery of everyone's life seem concerned with guiding their friends into. (You might also like … [Read more...]
