Comments on: Choosing your way – Visas

By: Bob Martin » Blog Archive » Honestly, do you really want to live here?

Bob Martin » Blog Archive » Honestly, do you really want to live here? — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:49:34 +0000

[...] what kind of job can I get when I arrive?” Well, first of all, depending on what type of legal status you intend to set up for your stay here, most likely you won’t even have the legal right to [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:01:16 +0000

Hi bubba – Happy to be of assistance. I hope everything works out well for you.

By: bubba

bubba — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:05:32 +0000

bob–thank you for the information –i appreciate the information

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:57:29 +0000

Hi bubba – I know of no “additional papers” you will need to enter the US starting next year. If you are a US Citizen, the only thing you should need to come back in is your passport.

Now, regarding staying in the house for 4 months with your girlfriend. You can stay, but if he wants to the husband could cause serious problems for you, including having you arrested. Since she is still married, the husband can charge her and you with adultery in this situation. Yes, he is doing it too, but when he sees a foreigner boyfriend he will suspect that you are loaded with money, and he may well take steps to try to get a little of that money out of you, and having you charged with a crime is one step he could take.

By: bubba

bubba — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:05:01 +0000

bob i have become friends with a girl in digos–she has been seperated for several years from her husband and he is with someone else– the husband and his gf live together and have a new baby i want to come stay there for 3 or 4 months while the anullment is being processed by the lawyer–he says it will be about 2 months to finish–the husband is willing to give the anullment– i have rented a house for the girl and her son and am sending them support money each month–if i come and stay for up to 4 months –can i live in the house with her. Also somewhere on your post i saw that i need some new paperwork to re-enter the usa in 2008–i have lost that info and am trying to find what i will need to get before i come–any advise will be appreciated– i hope to meet you in december or january–thanks for any help you can offer–james

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:49:47 +0000

Hi Ralph – If you will be coming to stay for 2 weeks, there is no need to apply for any visa, and there is no cost. When you arrive at the airport in Manila, you will be issued a tourist visa free of charge, and that allows up to 21 days stay.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:24:18 +0000

Hello bob,my boyfriend stays in phillipines and i will vist for 2weeks.how will i apply for a phillipine visa and what is the cost of the visa application.note.i’m a usa citizen.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:12:05 +0000

Hi christine – With a regular tourist visa you can stay for up to one year by renewing it at it’s expiration times. After a year you would need to leave, and come back if you like. If you wanted to live here permanently, consider applying for a quota visa, I have been hearing lately that you should have a good chance in getting one.

If you just read the blog, AmericanLola (an American woman, as you ask) gives plenty of opinions that you are asking for. She is a long time resident of the Philippines, and you will find her wisdom in each of her posts, and also throughout the comments on the blog.

I doubt you could get a job here, but if you did the salary you should expect would be between $100 and $200 a month, would you be willing to work at that wage?

You are not eligible for dual citizenship unless you are a former Philippine citizen, and from what you write, I don’t think that is the case.

Good luck in your decision.

By: christine

christine — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:25:11 +0000

hello!

I’d like to ask about retiring to the Philippines – my spouse & I are Americans; we have no ties to the Philippines via family or friends. We have enjoyed travelling worldwide; my husband worked for TWA for a long time. We have thought about retiring to the Hawaiian Islands. We can afford it, due to a thrifty lifestyle when younger & wise investment. However, having met very nice people in the Hawaiian Islands from Vietnam & Philippines, we would like to check out & consider these lands before we decide.

Can you recommend some sites for further info? Is there a type of visa that will allow us to stay for over 59 days? We plan to keep US citizenship, & will consider dual citizenship. Also, do you any American or European women that would be willing to give their input on what cultural differences that I would have to adjust to, being from the USA? …I will say I am most likely not the typical American woman – My grandparents were immigrants from eastern Europe; I’m fairly well educated; & I don’t have a lot of pre-conceived concepts on how life ought to be, ya know???

Last but not least: any reasonably good chance of my employment in nursing, even at an advanced age?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:29:28 +0000

Hi Laurence – I don’t believe there is a requirement for both passports to have the same name. I recommend, however, that you carry a copy of your marriage contract when entering and present it with the passports. Be sure to request that you are issued a Balikbayan visa – kind of put them on the spot to give you one!