Buzzardman
English expat in the Philippines
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About me
English, Single
Lives in Cebu City, Central Visayas
Speaks English, Thai, French
Registration: 21 January 2017
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Self-storage Cebu City
I have to return to UK in a couple of months and will be away from Cebu anywhere from 6 to 9 months. I am looking for a secure place to store my stuff while away. Nothing major literally a couple of bits of furniture and a few boxes. Have googled ... Read More
Water Outage in Metro Manila by kindawn
Obviously, there's a shortage of water right now in metro manila. Just want to ask if anyone has any experience dealing with this before? My condo in mandaluyong already doing rationing water through fire trucks, 2 buckets per day. Can't ...
You do seem to spoil you argument by suggesting that airplane contrails are purposely produced in order to cause earthquakes and tsunamis. Even a few seconds thought would show that the few grams of water vapour in a plane's contrail could lift ... Read More
Amazon Kindle in the Philippines by Non-Monogamous Mark
My girlfriend lives in Lucena, Quezon Province. Like much of the Philippines there is no library there to read good books. If I give her a Kindle can she purchase books to keep and read on it from the Philippines? I know in many countries the books ...
I use my kindle here. It is registered to my UK account Read More
Good Reading Books by Peter Clark
Not many book readers in the Philippines myself included, mostly it was Haynes car manuals, Hank Jansons, technical mags and Dennis Wheatley, but spending hours in Airports waiting for your flight got me curious about books and spending my ...
"Good Book" Depends very much on personal taste. But I agree with some of your selection, so our tastes must overlap somewhat. Pete Brassett UK Scottish Crime stories I binge read the whole series Will dig down a bit and get a list ... Read More
Exit Clearance by Buzzardman
Maybe I'm just being stupid here. I am on a SRRV, before I used to pop back to UK or go on foreign holidays every now and again, so never considered Exit Clearance certificates. But later on this yesr I intend to go to UK for a visit and I will, ...
Thanks. I don't need one then Read More
Problem with return trip from Philippines to Hong Kong by MikeHall
Hi, This is my first post. I’m am a retired British person currently on an extended tourist visa here in the Philippines. I have been here just over 6 months and also have a Tourist class ACR1 card. It is my intention to retire here. I have ...
I have been asked 2 or 3 times at Heathrow. Not a problem for me though as I get them to look at my visa - SRRV Read More
Exit Clearance
Maybe I'm just being stupid here. I am on a SRRV, before I used to pop back to UK or go on foreign holidays every now and again, so never considered Exit Clearance certificates. But later on this yesr I intend to go to UK for a visit and I will, ... Read More
SRRV some basic questions by Buzzardman
I live in UK and am looking to move out to Philippines on a SRRV. I have been googling away for information on the details of the procedures and have a couple of questions that I am not clear about. Sorry if they seem a bit simplistic, but I would ...
That makes a lot of sense Read More
PRA SRRV US $ Deposit by Guestposter8964
Will soon be on the way to Philippine and hope I will get a Retirement Visa without to much hassle as soon I get my Medical examination done. I have a couple of questions that I am not clear about, already asked PRA by e-mail but never got an ...
They just gave me the stereotyped letter as I was doing the paperwork stuff at PRA. Lots of bits of paper change hands Read More
PRA SRRV US $ Deposit by Guestposter8964
Will soon be on the way to Philippine and hope I will get a Retirement Visa without to much hassle as soon I get my Medical examination done. I have a couple of questions that I am not clear about, already asked PRA by e-mail but never got an ...
Oh another point, 25th September, well realistically 24th, is very achievable, with time to spare. The long wait is for the SRRV and passport etc to arrive. But you can use UK driving licence as an ID for flying in country and for most purposes. ... Read More
PRA SRRV US $ Deposit by Guestposter8964
Will soon be on the way to Philippine and hope I will get a Retirement Visa without to much hassle as soon I get my Medical examination done. I have a couple of questions that I am not clear about, already asked PRA by e-mail but never got an ...
Copy of a couple of emails from bank and me explaining how it is done, well was done in my case are winging their way to Sunny Fenny for you. By the way my marketer advised me against sending the money in that way, but it seemed there was no other ... Read More
PRA SRRV US $ Deposit by Guestposter8964
Will soon be on the way to Philippine and hope I will get a Retirement Visa without to much hassle as soon I get my Medical examination done. I have a couple of questions that I am not clear about, already asked PRA by e-mail but never got an ...
Hi, That sounds like the typical Catch-22 of bureaucracy. I opened my account with BDO. There is only one branch that was authorised to hold the deposit, it is in Makati not too far from PRA main office. I was not sure how to do it and so I ... Read More
SRRV some basic questions by Buzzardman
I live in UK and am looking to move out to Philippines on a SRRV. I have been googling away for information on the details of the procedures and have a couple of questions that I am not clear about. Sorry if they seem a bit simplistic, but I would ...
Jack you have posted exactly the same comment on 3 different threads. I just went to the branch with my SRRV card, passport and copy of lease to prove address and opened an account in minutes Read More
PRA SRRV US $ Deposit by Guestposter8964
Will soon be on the way to Philippine and hope I will get a Retirement Visa without to much hassle as soon I get my Medical examination done. I have a couple of questions that I am not clear about, already asked PRA by e-mail but never got an ...
Not my experience at all, opened an account easy and quickly Read More
SRRV/SIRV bank, criminal bacground questions by luisEUCN
Hi We, a family of 4, are thinking of moving to Philippines (more exactly BGC/ Mc Kinley Hills), I can either apply for a SRRV or SIRV visa by investing a little 100k usd it appears . The documents requested don’t look too hard to come up ...
That is strange. I went to the bank with my SRRV, passport and copy of lease and within minutes had an account opened. BDO Read More