When you are sponsoring your wife or fiance to get a visa to come to the USA, you have to prove your financial capacity to support her. What about if you are moving to the Philippines to be with your spouse, fiance or girlfriend? Will she have to show that she is financially capable of […]
Becoming an expat is not always easy – EAM
When you decide to move to another location in the world, everything is exciting. Well, most everything. Fact is, most people who decide to move to the Philippines have some problems to deal with in addition to having exciting times ahead. One of the biggest issues that causes a problem is often family. For most […]
What kind of business can I have? EAM
Depending on the type of visa you have to live in the Philippines, your options to open a business may be quite limited, or your options may be wide open. Like I say, it depends on your visa, but it also depends on what type of business you want to open. Some types of businesses […]
Business permits – EAM
A while back, I had a podcast about doing business in the Philippines. What kind of visa would you need, what type of business could you do as an expat in the Philippines. Today, based on some follow up questions that I got from that podcast, I want to dig a little deeper into the […]
How do you get clothes that fit? EAM
If you are bigger than the average Filipino, and most of us westerners are, getting clothing that fits can be difficult if you live in the Philippines. If you are a big westerner, and more and more westerners are quite big, getting clothes that you can even get on your body can be impossible in […]
Funds running low? Join the other expats in the same position! EAM
Over my years of living in the Philippines, I have literally met thousands of expats. Some have become friends, others I have only met once or twice. There is one thing, though, that impacts nearly every single expat that I know or have met. That thing is financial. Nearly every expat that I have run […]