Marrying and going to live in Cebu...help please!

[Beacon]

Pete

Thank you for some very sound advice i now have a better idea of what to do when it comes to the "big move".

Very spot on and definitive.

Regards
Beacon

[Beacon]

who wants to live inside an oven everyday, when you can live in a fridge, i wud rather be tooo cold that too hot. as for nhs , well its excellent, my wife works for it, and seeing the government has made it impossible for non european doc's to work for the nhs, i like the nhs even more, at least soon, my wife will have a better chance of working as a doc here for the nhs, with a nice nhs pension, why would you want to live in pinoyland and work as a doc and get paid £100 a month, one month's wage for a SHO in the uk is more than a yrs pay for a doc in pinoyland...

anyway my wife will be using the nhs on sunday when she will give birth to our baby son

anyway what you got to loose you can always come back,,,,,

I just had to comment Well Joe ever heard of aircon? As for the nhs well you may well be biased but I am starting a new life with someone who has her head screwed on the right way.

We know what we want to do. It is not always too hot there, some days are like warm summer days here.

We have met people there who are ex-pats in Cebu and work for multi national companies paying wages equivalent to here. There are a fair few people who do this.

Some things you do for love and life not whether you have a great NHS or job.

I could well look back in 20 years time and think "if only i had gone to live with the love of my life"

Instead of thinking it. I am actually going to get off my and doing it for real.

Joe I have nothing to lose and everything to gain

[joebloggs]

sorry was pulling your leg a bit, yes sure if you get in a taxi with air con, some dont, never seen or heard of a portable air-con i can carry around, when your out and about, its the walking to and from the taxi thats the hard bit, I've been to pinoyland 8 times, the only time its really bad is when the doors open at the exit of the airport and bam! its like putting your head in an oven.. but ive never been so cold for years when we went to bagiuo !! i was shivvvvering.....

hmmm good nhs job, iam supporting myslef, my wife, 2 step kids, and from monday a bb !, and her aunt, who looks after her son, and her cousin, yes money i do need, to give them a chance, that they would never have..


sounds like your trying to convince yourslef, hehehe, am not giving you a hard time, i was thinking of going living there, but for now, i got big debts to pay off and a extended family to get thru another year, but i can see light at end of the tunnel...

my friend married a japanese girl he meet thru the net, she lived here for 2 yrs, and when it was renew visa time, she didnt and he went back to the land of the rising sun with her, he was worried about the unknown, but he went, they struggled for nearly a year, it took him 9 months to find a job, but things are going good now...

its talking the first small step thats the big one.. !! yes you got nothig to lose like i said to my friend, you can always come back if it doesnt work out..

maybe i'll go in 10 yrs, but for now, i got no choice but to stay a carry on

take it easy, and take the risk....

[joebloggs]

oh forgot to mention, somethings you do for love! ? , thats why iam in debt ! because of love ! .. i was well off. and now broke... but i wouldnt change a thing

[joebloggs]

oh nhs again, my wife has a degree in biology and a degree in medicine, she also passed the board exam in manila the 1st time, the pay for a doc in pinoyland is less than £200 a month, some of her professors have and are training to be nurses so they can work here in the UK, when my wife started applying for jobs here in the UK. she had to apply for jobs which she was well over qualidied for, as she has to take exams here to register as a doc.. like an english exam!!, she told them she had a degree in bio and another in medicine, she applied for 100+ jobs, its only when they started saying she was over qualified, she took off her Cv her med degree, and just said she been to med school for 3 yrs, she works for the nhs now, and its is average pay, but shes passed her ielts and will take plab1 and plab2 so she can work as a doc here, thats where the money is, specialised nursing, dentistry and as a doc..

the nhs is a good emplyer if you specialise in an area. a pension ! , pay increase every year, discounts for shops/palces. and up to 35 days hol a yr, well compare to where i work, no pension, no pay increase this year again !, 21 days hol a yr, and not even thanks !!... and lower pay.

[zyra_zzz]

Maybe this will help too. We had a civil wedding here in the Philippines and these is what they ask us to produce. For the woman, Birth certificate from NSO, and witnesses for the wedding. For the foreinger guy, devorce paper if you are devorced,birth certificate and capacity to get married from your embassy. Me and my husband went to the emigration and told them that he intended to stay in the Philippines so they ask him to apply for Permanent resident but before he can have Permanent resident,he will still have to get temporary resident which is good for one year. (That is if the application will be approved) by the way, his application was approved so he was issued CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE(TEMPORARY). Now, we submitted all the paperwork for his application for Permanent Residence. We hope to get the result this January.

Base on what you said, you are really apt to living here in the Philippine soon but be prepared because you will soon notice the difference living here from where you came from: GOOD LUCK

[baboyako]

For the foreinger guy, devorce paper if you are devorced,birth certificate and capacity to get married from your embassy.

there are local rules that apply also.... its not so easy

[Beacon]

Maybe this will help too. We had a civil wedding here in the Philippines and these is what they ask us to produce. For the woman, Birth certificate from NSO, and witnesses for the wedding. For the foreinger guy, devorce paper if you are devorced,birth certificate and capacity to get married from your embassy. Me and my husband went to the emigration and told them that he intended to stay in the Philippines so they ask him to apply for Permanent resident but before he can have Permanent resident,he will still have to get temporary resident which is good for one year. (That is if the application will be approved) by the way, his application was approved so he was issued CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE(TEMPORARY). Now, we submitted all the paperwork for his application for Permanent Residence. We hope to get the result this January.

Base on what you said, you are really apt to living here in the Philippine soon but be prepared because you will soon notice the difference living here from where you came from: GOOD LUCK

Hi Zyra

My G/f read your post. We both agreed that this is some of the best advice we have had soo far...it is very refreshing to hear from a Filipina on here who actually has done what we are setting out to do in PH.

We want to do something similar in terms of marriage. Sadly I have to come back after we marry next year (summer of 2007) and spend a year here to pay off a few debts and continue to save enough money to go back but hopefully by mid 2008 I will be in a position to do this to make the move.

I did appreciate your comment that I seem apt to llive there. Unlike some people here I am interested and respectful of your culture and when I was briely there in the suimmer I did feel that I fitted right in.

I am aware of how different things are.

Once again thank you for your advice.
regards
Beacon

[KeithD]

Unlike some people here I am.....

Glad your not a Lord Justice.........so quick to judge folk

[Beacon]

Glad your not a Lord Justice.........so quick to judge folk

I find this remark very unfair and insulting . Just a few people I have come across who have no interest in other peoples cultures and this is always the way in life.

My g/f read a few posts here in this forum from and she was offended at what this particular person said about her culture and as a Filipina.

Your wrong in fact I don't judge people and never have in my life. So please don't jump to conclusions soo quickly.

I appreciate the good advice people have given and I am very tolerant person.

[Beacon]

Glad your not a Lord Justice.........so quick to judge folk

By the way I was replying to Zyra.

[KeithD]

You seem to find anything insulting...get some humour in your life ya miserable sod

[Beacon]

You seem to find anything insulting...get some humour in your life ya miserable sod

Not at all, but it is nice to respect others and not be insulting. I don't know you and you don't know me, so lets not cause a flame war here

I got a life and I do laugh a lot So don't judge a book by its cover and think before you speak

I have a great sense of humour roared with laughter when I went to see the secret policeman's ball recently

[baboyako]

Another murder in CDO coming right up

[scotsfiancee]

Boss Vs Beacon

Live tonight

Sorry i miz it, busy socializing others

[Chrisirene]

Boss Vs Beacon

Live tonight

Sorry i miz it, busy socializing others

Yeay... i was sleeping that time

to be continued

[KeithD]

Not at all, but it is nice to respect others and not be insulting.

Well as soon as you learn how....get back to me