Moving To The Philippines? I Would Redo It Differently

Welcome to "That Philippines Life" - Moving To The Philippines? I Would Redo It Differently, If you are considering moving to the Philippines there are a bunch of things I would have done differently.
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[@skariarecords]

man i am binge watching since a week everything about the Philippines...I hope I can go in 2025.

[@malapasqua71]

Just got back from Naval, Biliran Philiippines. Spent some tiime in Moal Boal and Cebu city also. 6 weeks vacation with my Filipina wife of over 28 years.

[@FilipinaTravel]

. Its easier to just be quiet (tampo) than to argue in English 😂😂😂

[@careystravels]

your headaches are probably sinus related...

[@ripwff7502]

The band isn't necessary, but if you have a band then there must be some sort of "on the louder end" of music coming on immediately when the band is done at 10PM to let the people know the party isn't over. I would prefer FREE Karaoke until 10 PM followed by music that isn't too loud until close (unless there is a big time sports event on)! ADVERTISED Karaoke should bring in the people.

[@raymondbourque4043]

hi,your neck area shoulders pain,just saying,i noticed your chair and computer,could be what caused it,leaning on your elbow,etc.. try change to standing while your talking and looking at your screen,lap top hight raising it up etc. tks

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

Thanks for the tips!

[@elsawerntz1570]

Mike, Is there anyWells Fargo Bank in Canada? And if there is WellsFargo there in Ilo ilo or any where their that’s the good way to put your money and wedraw Cash.And that’s the easy way.

[@johntaylor4817]

I bank with WF since 1985, no WF here in the Philippines other than a marketing office in Manila as far as I know.

[@nood5712]

I had my cheap samsung phone in my hand walking in side streets of Angeles city. A motorcycle approached me staring at my phone. He decided it was not worth snatching. That warning would not even click for %95 of people.

[@Thomas-y7y5v]

Hello from Norton,Massachusetts, 45 minutes southeast of Boston. I have been watching you and other bloggers living in the Philippines,paul is another blogger i like watching too. Great info on the Philippines and what a foreigner needs to do if visiting or wanting to live there. The places you have shown are so beautiful. thank you Michael. what is your last name by the way if you don't mind me asking? I hope to make it to the Philippines next year. thanks:)

[@bert-bb3cm]

Your audio is off. I feel like I’m watching a Kung-fu movie from the 80’s. The mouth moves behind from the voice 😂😂😂

[@seaweedhero1707]

Nice opening shot. A little slice of paradise!

[@trancemutator5393]

Don’t fix it, your like a character in Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movie.

[@StephenBrown-n9d]

Tim k is head up ass Kulas is an elitist.. Watever all to their own .. you are nice person Michael. You have a genuine quality 🙏

[@aboveitall9600]

Western Union and transfer it to yourself….1500-2000 for the first month.

[@aselvais]

For the banks, I use a Skype US number that I registered to the bank account and redirect the calls to my local number

[@travelwithxavier]

I also did not know that you can go and apply for your visa extention the next day for an other 2 months? what about if you wait a 3 day an apply again that will make it 6 months? anyone try that?

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

That one I want to know too!

[@ripwff7502]

@@ThatPhilippinesLife The band isn't necessary, but if you have a band then there must be some sort of "on the louder end" of music coming on immediately when the band is done at 10PM to let the people know the party isn't over. I would prefer FREE Karaoke until 10 PM followed by music that isn't too loud until close (unless there is a big time sports event on)! ADVERTISED Karaoke should bring in the people.

[@markjones4814]

Dude, only a very small percentage of people are going to go there and spend $50,000 in a year. Most people moving over there are retired and probably only bringing two or $3000 a month. Who the hell are these people you’re talking about?

[@hurleywilson7246]

Awesome video. Very informational.

[@locker1325]

Money belts are still a good idea. The delay problems were terrible.

[@LornaPecaoco]

Lots of Apple 16 Pro max long adds 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@careystravels]

if so, neither tylenol nor ibuprofen will never work on a sinus headache!

[@retca1]

zoom your money

[@raymondhoven2140]

Greetings from Mobile Alabama.

[@cesarhawke9978]

I think you have closer to Kalibo immigration from Roxas , you can extend for 6 months twice , next 1, 2 or 4 months. 4 months they are usually proposing by themself if they will notice that you are living far from immigration. From banks I can recommend Maya Bank Savings account , no need acr card , you need passport + address in your country + address here. About additional interviews in immigration , they are mainly doing it for two nations Chinese and Indians. ps: I'm living currently in Calapan City , Oriental Mindoro but we are planning check Roxas city soon after receiving my permanent residency so maybe see you soon?. 🙂

[@careystravels]

the sound was much better on this video than it ever was with your microphone

[@ednadizon3965]

May I suggest to please separate the area for Karaoke to those who don’t like it especially the singer is out of tune and annoying, people love to relax and unwind and not interested to listen to noisy karaoke, I’m for one .

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

@@ednadizon3965 we don't have karaoke we only had it for one large booked birthday party for them. Haven't had it since

[@careystravels]

there are LOTS of people who have done 6 months!

[@raymondbourque4043]

Hi,just joined from Moncton N.B. Retired 30 year long haul trucker. OLD AGE/CPP 1300.00 mth. plus maybe lets say 50,000+ cash if i sell my stuff. On what level would you put me in,to live in a nice area say in your area. Im a clean cut guy,handyman,,,and ill be looking for my best friend (WIFE).. lol... go easy my friend,no cold weather where you are, strentch it out,i enjoy your videos. tks.

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

Thank you, you'll find everything you are looking for including peace in the Philippines

[@markjones4814]

Yeah, boss, remember who you were talking to. Remember your audience. Most people aren’t going to be buying houses or even buying new cars.

[@markjones4814]

Most people who come to the Philippines do not have $50-$100,000 to waste the first year. Very confusing message.

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

@@markjones4814 I have only met a couple foreigners with monthly pensions less than $2k USD a month and zero savings. Maybe I've just had a different experience than you. The vast majority is $3k to $8k a month and have savings to buy items when they move here

[@BrianHanson-bt8hm]

G'day Mike Cold back here in Perth Western Australia. Wishing I was still there. See you at Christmas mate.

[@johntaylor4817]

@@ThatPhilippinesLife Yeah, I’m in that range, usually spend $5K per month, SS and dividends keep me going.

[@markjones4814]

@@ThatPhilippinesLife I am not referring to savings. The vast majority of people I have met here have a pension of less than $3000 a month. I was not referring to savings or anything else. I have found that most people are paying less than $600 a month just for rent.

[@SimpleDidz42]

Hope you can visit our city too bacolod city 😊

[@wintersojourn9356]

He has🙂 & I hope he visits again soon for more exploring of Bacolod. M. visiting Bacolod vlogs are (I believe) still up on prior /now renamed original TPL channel.

[@SimpleDidz42]

@wintersojourn9356 oh wow and I hope he an interview in me why until now I'm single Filipina 😜🤣

[@wintersojourn9356]

@SimpleDidz42. Sure why not? M. does intermittent full interviews, but they aren’t a major thing on his channel (interviews) in my opinion. Though he converses with people all the time. May I suggest you check out Michael’s friends’ channel, Frank & Fel? Fel is also from Negros, but maybe Negros Oriental…I don’t remember. She’s from La Castellana & her parents were sugarcane & other produce farmers/ranchers. & she found her husband (American), so maybe they wud be a gud resource & fun channel for you. They usually always follow/sub vloggers who follow them. Tell them Ate Winter sent you🌨️❄️🙂

[@markjones4814]

Definitely the worst live stream I’ve seen in a long time. Usually, you care more I’m shocked.

[@NightLetterLondon]

A lot of really useful information in this Live, thank you Michael. Also, it is a shame your neighbour there is so insensitive - does he not think that crazy loud noise might be disturbing his neighbour's business (and anyone else around him)... I can't imagine you doing that, you're considerate of others..

[@johntaylor4817]

I started listening at around 9:30 and lo and behold you’re talking about an issue that just happened to me. My bank, Wells Fargo, locked me out of the online account because they detected fraudulent activity. No amount of begging, giving account numbers, PIN codes or stating that I’ve been a customer since 1985 would persuade them to solve the problem over the phone. I had to fly back to the U.S. at an expense of $3000 to visit a branch. I mean don’t they know about the amazing advances in video conferencing like 15 years ago. Totally pissed off about it.

[@michaelcarpenter9294]

Change Banks Dude.

[@johntaylor4817]

@@michaelcarpenter9294 Yeah, it’s on my mind. The one issue is that I’ve set up the ability to transfer funds from the bank to Mlhuillier here in the Philippines which has worked very well for 7 years now.

[@johntaylor4817]

@@michaelcarpenter9294 Interesting my reply to you was deleted. ?????

[@markjones4814]

90% of your audience is going to be living on $3000 a month or less

[@actionator]

Your audio was synced up in the beginning, then there was dead air for about 5 seconds, then the audio was way off…feels like I’m watching an American movie with Chinese audio overlay. I might need a few beers, like 10, to continue watching. Oh, you’re on it now…Is there a 5 second delay incase someone swears so you can mute it?

[@markjones4814]

Definitely the worst live stream I’ve seen in a long time. Usually, you care more I’m shocked.

[@jamesortega8681]

my image of kulas from becoming filipno as the super nice guy ultra helpful goodwill ambassador top tier humanitarian god has been tarnished forever

[@edmor127]

I see alot of Japanese and Chinese banks in NYC......do you know if there are any Big Filipine banks in America where you can open an account and just transfer funds

[@elsawerntz1570]

Mike if you go to Botongan in Estancia, my first cousin own the Loveres Inn. Her name is Nena and Randy Loveres. That is my cousin.Tell them Elsa Send you.

[@paulsandford3345]

Can I ask? Did you decide that you need to have an amount of money in an account beforehand and what was that amount that you think someone should have, as sensible amount? 😊

[@JayJay-mw5ur]

Do you have to do a tax return for your world wide income when you have been in Phils more than 6 or 12 months ? That is, are you a tax resident?

[@needPeace6]

Chase Bank is International,I think There's Chase in Makati?

[@robertp.7090]

We found Advil and Tylenol in S&R here.

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

Does it seem to work the same?

[@robertp.7090]

@@ThatPhilippinesLife Of course, it's imported from the US.

[@FrankSouza-ss7cz]

Most banks have global money transfer at no fees to the Philippines, however the rate sucks. Its always about 1 peso less than the posted rate. So far I have found W.U to be the best option. They have a service fee of 2.50 cad per 1000c ad, but their rates are very close to the posted rate. Anyone else has any good advise on trying to get the best bang for buck.

[@Dzambhala1]

I use Xoom, and money comes out of my bank account at a cost of $1.99 cdn. And it doesn’t matter on the amount… Xoom is a part of PayPal

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

My bank is very close to bank rate and just $1.99 no matter the amount (I'm Canadian tho)

[@FrankSouza-ss7cz]

@@ThatPhilippinesLife ...Im Canadian too, banks here suck. Which bank were you referring to when you said their rate is very close to the posted rate

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

@@FrankSouza-ss7cz Scotia bank, right now it shows 41.788 per dollar on international transfer. I usually wait for 42.3 or higher to exchange

[@FrankSouza-ss7cz]

@@ThatPhilippinesLife .... I need to check this out as if this is true I have been losing out. Right now CIBC global transfer rate is 40.716. That is less that a whole peso

[@KeithGoobie]

For audio delay reset your internet limk. See you in Nov-dec

[@lornapecaoco6468]

Like and no Skipping long Adds 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@kevinrosenkrans]

This started off as a great video with lots of great information. Then it devolved into a look at me session. You spent 100k your first year. Come on Michael. You should have spread your millions of dollars out into all the banks in Canada lol. You have a whole team of people working on your social media. LMFAO. Your killing me with this crap man

[@markjones4814]

6 second delay SAD

[@alexburrows-gd4th]

You are a goid man

[@BrentsWorldChannel]

Sir can i ask what brand and model is the camera you are using ?

[@TvShots]

DJI Action 4

[@loyangvlog3638]

Very nice ser the places

[@alexburrows-gd4th]

Good man

[@thomasfaughender7679]

Good Daysounds good!

[@Want2Banexpat]

Thank you.

[@loyangvlog3638]

Nice place sir enjoy vacation here in the pillipines

[@andimanila]

Mars, he LIVES in Roxas City, Capiz. He owns the bar and the channel is all about his life here with his Filipina partner.

[@elsawerntz1570]

Also , maybe you should not give them so much info about you and your finances. And if you are a foreigner you only allowed $10,000:00 . Listen you might get scammed so soon.I have family in the Philippines and they are American citizens and they live there. And I’m American citizens and a land owner their in my town and I been here in States and go back and forth. What you have to do is set the Bank that have connected to the Bank their.

[@ricksivley7047]

I agree you're going to spend a lot more money here than you think. I don't believe these people that come here and they live on 1,000 or maybe even 1500 a month because it's impossible. I have been here since october and i've already spent just over $50,000 panda haven't even dated yet but i will say i am here with my mother so i will say i am paying for two people for the most part. I did travel just a little bit at a dead by a car for 13,000 dollars. I live in a hotel for the first three months but now i'm paying $675 a month rent. But no means do i live extravagant and i also don't drink or spend money on wild women. You need more money if you're going to live in the philippines..

[@PavolKosik-b3u]

Nothing is impossible. If you pay more in rent than average salary than thats the problem.

[@BX_Staff-Home]

I must say, there is very little reason for me to live in the Philippines. The noise the trash the weather. Nope.

[@BlackhawkCO]

Hold On! WHY CANT U OPEN AN ACCOUNT @ the Bank of the Philippines????? You don’t make any sense you’re telling us that you had all kinds of problems with banks why couldn’t you just open an account there? Then your problems are over with I don’t get it. Is there some Law that says you can’t do that?

[@Munlit]

WRONG. You havent lived in other provinces yet. I myself feels concerned bout our security (at times) when we are back home. You havent lived or grew up in a province where now - its not anymore the locals living on it but people from different cities, provinces etc even other Asians whom Im pretty sure you already know what particular Asian Im talkin bout cause they are all over the news- human trafficking, dealing drugs and other stuff. Id love to have you live in Pampanga or Cavite start a business there and then let us know if safety and security is still not an issue to you. Security will always be my topnotch or on the above my list if we are to retire back there in the Phils. I know youve been to places, ‘tourist spots’ in the Phils but youve never lived in different provinces and made a real time navigation of what and how is it to live and have a business. Youre just lucky that you’re probably in a town where the crime rate is rampant.

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

@@Munlit I haven't? I sure have I just moved here 2 months ago

[@ThatPhilippinesLife]

@@Munlit the first place I went when moving there was Angeles City. Never felt unsafe

[@Munlit]

@@ThatPhilippinesLife I meant ‘havent lived long enough’ .

[@albeenog2432]

don't know about lawsuits in the philippines but that white wall without a railing next to those tables is a sure fire high dollar lawsuit back here if someone falls off,- even if they did have a few drinks- Just sayin'

[@albeenog2432]

@@mrrobert177 and i see u don't (or can't) read- That was the first thing i stated- _I don't Know about the philippines..."

[@artvandelay409]

personal injury lawsuits are not common in the Phils.

[@albeenog2432]

@@artvandelay409 understood- not as greedy as us over here, that's nice - thanks man

[@thomasedison2007]

3 times in philippines, i had my bag slashed or picked.. on a bus, tricycle and once in a port. none were in night club areas. wear a money belt

[@Munlit]

@@thomasedison2007 thats why I made a comment where he hasnt been in ‘real places’ or lived on different provinces to see the other reality of living in the Phils. A lot of foreigners who hasn’t visited Phils might think its super safe only to find out its the total opposite. Hes just lucky I guess.. real lucky.