Dave Starr

Home Country Things You Better Hold On To.

29/07/2018 by Dave Starr Leave a Comment

Home Country Things You Better Hold On To.

(Updated 26 July 2018)

Just recently I was telling a reader that writing about moving to the Philippines seemed very boring to me.

I had gotten very old and stale.

But then I just had a conversation with a fellow US military retiree here in the Philippines and I realized there’s a whole raft of things out there I should be writing about.

One thing people always ask about over the years I have been writing about is:

“What to Bring from the US and What to Leave Behind”

Well, I think rather than a blog article someone could write a whole book on that subject. Sorry, that won’t be me.

But one thing that did come up with my retiree friend recently is something many westerners who move to the Philippines don’t think about a lot when packing their moving boxes. [Read more…] about Home Country Things You Better Hold On To.

Why You Can’t Get a Job

25/07/2018 by Dave Starr 2 Comments

Why You Can’t Get a Job.

(Updated 25 July 2018)

From time to time here on PhilFAQS, the destination site for information about living in the Philippines, I actually try to give useful advice.

One query I get often, both in personal contact and via searches that lead people to this site via Google and other search engines is: Finding a job in the Philippines.

Another top topic here and among a large percentage of Filipinos I know who are looking for work is resumes and job qualifications.

So this post series is going to apply pretty much equally to foreigners wanting to find a job in the Philippines and Filipinos wanting to find a job … in the Philippines or. well, anywhere I guess

Finding a Job in the Philippines

Or finding a job anywhere else on earth. It’s a broad and complex subject. More than I can possibly cover adequately in a thousand words or so here.

Both of these issues center around one fact of business life … you are typically one of many applicants and a lot of the initial screening process is done via resumes.
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Destinations Close To Manila

23/07/2018 by Dave Starr 4 Comments

Destinations Close To Manila.

(Updated 23 July 2018)

I don’t want to drift too far into geography here, but there are some good reasons to think about destinations close to the Philippines.

Reason 1, Onward Travel Tickets:

One common reason is a destination for a required “onward travel” ticket. Technically, everyone entering the Philippines as a tourist must have travel booked back home, or to some other destination, within 30 days of their arrival in the Philippines.

The reason I used the word “technically” above is that although that is the law, Philippine Immigration seldom asks people for proof of onward travel. (but they do, sometimes.)

The agency that almost always asks, though, is the airline you are planning to fly to the Philippines.
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