visa or not

[grahamw48]

Ok, here's my take on it:

It's damned hard trying to stay in the Phils for any length of time unless you have a regular income from the UK....or elsewhere.

Lots of daydreamers making plans and lots of people losing money out there all the time and coming back with their tails between their legs.

When it came to supporting my family in our house in the Phils (wife already had settlement visa) and planning and saving for bringing them all back to the UK, including my 2 stepchildren on dependants' visas, I had to work VERY hard in Hong Kong.

- 7 days a week over a period of 2 years, long hours, appalling conditions with short holiday breaks in the Phils. This is what OFWs do all the time (except for much less money).

You have to decide what you need to earn, what you need to save and direct your life towards that, letting nothing stand in your way, moving location and job if necessary.

YOU will only have to hack it for 6 months.

[gWaPito]

Ok, here's my take on it:

It's damned hard trying to stay in the Phils for any length of time unless you have a regular income from the UK....or elsewhere.

Lots of daydreamers making plans and lots of people losing money out there all the time and coming back with their tails between their legs.

When it came to supporting my family in our house in the Phils (wife already had settlement visa) and planning and saving for bringing them all back to the UK, including my 2 stepchildren on dependants' visas, I had to work VERY hard in Hong Kong.

- 7 days a week over a period of 2 years, long hours, appalling conditions with short holiday breaks in the Phils. This is what OFWs do all the time (except for much less money).

You have to decide what you need to earn, what you need to save and direct your life towards that, letting nothing stand in your way, moving location and job if necessary.

YOU will only have to hack it for 6 months.

Good post Graham...After all, you are a bigger than most authority on this moving here, moving there subject.

I wasn't being flippant in my suggestion Graham....the shock of coming here is enough without having to worry about counting the money each shopping day.

.This is after all the land of milk and honey, which is what many think it is when in fact for many its a daily round of drudgery..far from the thoughts they had on the plane coming over here.

[grahamw48]

I'll tell you something now...for all the people who are getting down about these new rules.
A little of my story:

(Sorry...story deleted...decided it was too personal.)

So there you have it.
If you want something badly enough and certain people mean enough to you, NOTHING will stand in your way.

[imagine]

I'll tell you something now...for all the people who are getting down about these new rules.
A little of my story:
.
If you want something badly enough and certain people mean enough to you, NOTHING will stand in your way.

respect