ASEAN is the Association of SE Asian Nations. It includes the Philippines. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. ASEAN is sort of like NATO and ANZUS, a treaty organization that bonds the countries involved in many ways. NATO and ANZUS are more military related treaties, wheras ASEAN includes economic ties, cultural […]
What does Canada Know?
I started out to write this article because of an article I saw in the Philippine tar newspaper a few days ago. The Province of Alberta, Canada has a government team here in Manila this week briefing high-ranking Philippine government officials on Canada, Canada’s needs for skilled workers and to work with commercial employment agencies […]
Reminder for foreigners living here
Just wanted to make a quick reminder to any foreigners who are living in the Philippines with any kind of Resident Visa. You must go to the Bureau of Immigration and complete your annual check in any time during January or February. If you do not complete your check-in before the end of February, you […]
My visit to the Bureau of Immigration
Today I went to the Bureau of Immigration here in Davao City to follow up on my son’s I-Card (Permanent residency card). I took the taxi from our house to the BOI. As soon as the taxi pulled in the gate I heard someone was yelling. When I looked up I saw a foreigner near […]
Be careful about your visa!
I hear a lot of people here on various types of visas who don’t really worry much about keeping it up to date. I don’t know why, but they don’t go and take care of the paperwork with BOI as they should, etc. Maybe they are leery of going to the BOI because of the […]
Bureau of Immigration running into trouble vs. Korea
Over the past months on this blog there are two issues that we’ve discussed that are kind of moving together and certainly coming to a head. Remember how I reported that so many Koreans are coming to the Philippines? They come here mostly to study, but for other reasons too. Also, remember how I reported […]