Quote Originally Posted by trader dave View Post
i know plenty of ex pats over there who are not realy a resident there so read all the links that have been given before

this is what a lot of them do

leave your money in a uk bank maybe open a account over there with yr lady but dont keep to much in it our atm cards work in the philippines although quite often they run out of money

i believe you can get pension credits from age of 60 ?????
when you arrive in the philippines they give you 21 days before those 21 days have expired you need to get an extension which takes you up to 59 days then you keep renewing every 59 days so basicly every 2 months its going to cost you around £40.00 you can do this up to i believe now 18 months then you have leave maybe a short trip to hong kong??? renter then start again

by that time maybe you can get married then use the balikbiyon route in and out once a year with your philipina wife NO CHARGE


Hi,

Thanks for that info, we knew about the 59 days routine and tried to avoid it!
I dont understand aboutteh over 60 penioner credits...is that a reduction of the 59 day renewal fees???

The other visa I saw was a work visa, where the "employer" offers in writing a job. The blurb says that payment may not need to be in money!
So we are also asking friends who run a primary school and a photographer for wedding and such.

Anyway, we'll keep looking and id any other options crop up...hopefully we can see them here.

thanks all for your help and advice...keep it coming.

TIA

Arturo