We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programming. (Updated 13 August 2019) I had quite a few more posts drafted for this week and following days but I have been busy with last-minute details of yet another trip back to the Philippines. My wife and I came here to Florida with (again) a half-hearted idea that we …
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A Green Card is Not a Visitor’s Visa. (Updated 25 July 2019) This article was published some years back. I’ve significantly updated it and added material, because the issue has become much more critical, given the focus of the current administration. Many of my readers either already have, or plan in the future to become …
Happy Fourth of July (Updated 4 July 2019) Yes, indeed I have been AWOL from the site here a long time. As we were taught in the military, the “excuse” is, “No Excuse, Sir”. Everything is going well for me, but life has been happening … that’s all I can say Took A Little Vacation/Rejuvenation …
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 …
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 …
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Moving to The Philippines from the USA (Updated 25 April 2019) Why would anyone ever search Google for the phrase”Moving to The Philippines from the USA “? Well, there’s a lot of possible reasons, but one that comes to mind right away is geographic arbitrage. Geographic Arbitrage Geographic Arbitrage (which I’ll call Geotrage from now …
Philippine Senior Citizen Discount Card. (Updated 25 July 2019) IMPORTANT UPDATE AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE Please Read and Watch Basic Question Often Asked is, Can A Foreigner Avail Of The Philippine Senior Discount Program? Basic answer: No. OK, I’m sure many of you living here in the Philippines want to know more than …
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Reader Thoughts on Retiring in the Philippines. (Updated January 11, 2019) Here’s a great comment I received from a reader. I wanted to make some additional comments and a couple of slight corrections, so I did, marked in blue. Food is exempt of the 12% sales tax and many stores in the provinces don’t apply …
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Are you thinking of Moving to the Philippines to Retire? (Updated 8 January 2019) Are you one of those folks who is thinking about moving to the Philippines to retire? Perhaps to stretch that ever-shrinking fixed retirement income. Perhaps to get away from ice and snow and cold forever. Perhaps just for a change of …
Ask Me Anything (Updated 25 December 2018) This post may contain affiliate links. See our affiliate disclaimer above. Recently my blogging colleagues, Heath & Alyssa hosted an AMA on their website. If you haven’t heard of it, AMA stands for Ask Me Anything and the trend started long ago on Reddit. I’ve always wanted to do …
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