If you got married to your lady in Hong Kong, and flew into the PI together, you would automatically gat a one year Balikbayan visa. Or even if you married her in the PI and left to go on honeymoon somewhere, you'd get the visa when you returned. Sure makes life simple.
When we moved to the UK getting a settlement visa for my wife was just a question of queuing up and applying, visa granted same day.
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Firstly, thank you so very much for that little snippet of info, i've been chasing loads of stuff latley trying to find this out.
well, house is sold and final payment arrives on november 15th, then i'm off to visit Ecxy, then go to hong kong, buy my business certificate, get my work visa, visit Ecxy again, return to HK, set up my business, either get Ecxy to HK to marry or in PH to marry, then take her to HK to live, if that's possible... i can't see why there should be a problem with that if all the pieces of this huge puzzle fit nicely
i will be setting up a small shop or market stall selling items from UK, will also apply for part time work teaching english, good money in p^laces, up to 300HK dollars an hour.
currently i'm sat in a net cafe in a town called Pontivy in central Brittany, have no electric or phone line in my house any more so roughing it a little for these last few days.
will be back in here on monday to check any updates to this.
thanks so much all
