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Can a US Citizen Move to the Philippines?

16/05/2019 by Dave Starr 10 Comments

Can a US citizen move to the Philippines?

(Updated 16 June 2019)

The answer to that question is a resounding YES.

I’ve been reading about, writing about and actually living a move to the Philippines for nearly 13 years now.

It only struck as strange very recently how complicated and obscure my writing and most others writing on this subject have been, I apologize right now for all those years of making it seem so darn hard. It isn’t.

If You Want To Move To The Philippines You Can.

Can a US citizen move to the Philippines? Tomorrow if you would like and if an airline has an empty seat to sell you.

“But Dave”, I hear you saying, “my head is swimming with all these details of visas, permissions, planning and all sorts of complicated issues people continually write about. It can’t really be that simple, can it”?

Well, The Bottom Line Is, It Absolutely CAN Be that Simple.

Why Choose the Philippines — Is Malaysia a Better Choice?

16/05/2019 by Dave Starr Leave a Comment

Why Choose the Philippines — Is Malaysia a Better Choice?

(last updated 27 April 2019)

I originally wrote this about 8 years ago. It was in response to a lot of mail I was receiving on the subject of what country was “best” to live in for US expats.

At the time, Malaysia was advertising The Malaysia My Second Home program and many expats wondered how that program compared with what was available to retirees in the Philippines.

Significantly updated and corrected. Only a few things have changed in 8 years, mostly making it even easier to stay in the Philippines.

Why choose the Philippines?

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Why Choose The Philippines? Is Thailand a Better Choice?

15/05/2019 by Dave Starr 7 Comments

Why Choose the Philippines — Is Thailand a Better Choice?

(Updated 26 April 2019)

Why choose the Philippines? That’s a very good question. Why choose the Philippines instead of the Kingdom of Thailand for retirement, or just an escape from the western world rat race?

I notice many, many other internet marketing folks as I travel the web who talk extensively about Thailand when the subject of living overseas but earning online comes up.

Mostly the comments are favorable, but the majority come from those who have no real experience with Thailand at all …they just “heard good things” about Thailand.

Experience Counts For Something

I have more experience with this issue than some.