gregparker6201
American expat in the Philippines
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Registration: 25 January 2023
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Expat expertise needed by Travelnman59
I'm going to relocate to the Philippines as soon as my house sells and I need some expert advice on what I need to do about banking and how you get government business conducted like income taxes and how to transfer money for possibly ...
I made a mistake in stating I could see the funds in both currencies. Haven鈥檛 used the PNB app in a while I just have a single $ balance showing when we get the actual money from the bank it鈥檚 converted at current exchange rate Read More
Owning rental property to satisfy physical address proof by mati_steve
I am a retired US citizen currently living in Texas, and plan to move to the Philippines in 2026. One of the 鈥済otchas鈥� that I keep hearing about is how to keep a physical address in the US in order to keep the financial institutions ...
Have you asked your financial institutions about this?I do not have a physical US address both my bank and Charles Schwab know I do not live in the US and it causes no issues ask your bank, get a straight answer Read More
Expat expertise needed by Travelnman59
I'm going to relocate to the Philippines as soon as my house sells and I need some expert advice on what I need to do about banking and how you get government business conducted like income taxes and how to transfer money for possibly ...
@FindlayMacDwe have had no issues with our PNB account On the app I can see the balance in New York in Dollars and locally in pesos. The difference in banking laws between US and European may be the reason for this Read More
Expat expertise needed by Travelnman59
I'm going to relocate to the Philippines as soon as my house sells and I need some expert advice on what I need to do about banking and how you get government business conducted like income taxes and how to transfer money for possibly ...
Since you are still in the US you may consider opening an account with Philippine National Bank or Metro Bank We have an account with PNB New York City which was set up via Zoom call. But you must be physically in the US to do this. Google PNB New ... Read More
Depositing monthly social security payments linto WISE by danfinn
I recall reading WISE advertisements a few years ago suggesting that Americans deposit their SSA payments directly into WISE. But when I checked recently, I can see that WISE has stopped recommending this. Perhaps there wasn't enough response from ...
@danfinn Thanks for the MAYA infoI agree the 2 day wait via SWIFT is not ideal, since wehave a G cash account might try same with $10 or soif it works I might do a weekly transfer Read More
Depositing monthly social security payments linto WISE by danfinn
I recall reading WISE advertisements a few years ago suggesting that Americans deposit their SSA payments directly into WISE. But when I checked recently, I can see that WISE has stopped recommending this. Perhaps there wasn't enough response from ...
@Twlk123Maybe the combo of US Bank and Philippine physical address is unacceptable, no problem I found a way around it that works for me Read More
Depositing monthly social security payments linto WISE by danfinn
I recall reading WISE advertisements a few years ago suggesting that Americans deposit their SSA payments directly into WISE. But when I checked recently, I can see that WISE has stopped recommending this. Perhaps there wasn't enough response from ...
@danfinn Wife is a dual citizen We keep the local account balance below $2K to avoid the reporting requirements Navy Federal charges $25 per transfer. Money available locally at China Bank Savings in 2 days price per transfer not as cheap as Wise or ... Read More
Depositing monthly social security payments linto WISE by danfinn
I recall reading WISE advertisements a few years ago suggesting that Americans deposit their SSA payments directly into WISE. But when I checked recently, I can see that WISE has stopped recommending this. Perhaps there wasn't enough response from ...
My Wise account was closed because I do not have a US physical address. They will not accept My Traveling Mail Box address as a legitimate US address Luckily I bank with Navy Federal Credit Union, they have many other members that live in various ... Read More
Photographers and photography group and other hobbies. by teesquared
Greetings,I haven't made the move yet but I am intending to retire in the Davao area initially next year. I recently took up a hobby that I had as a teenager, photography. I was just wondering if there are any keen photographers in the expat ...
there is a group called 鈥淒avao City Expats 鈥� on Facebook, people with varied interests post different activities and questions on this page I live in Davao and enjoy it here Read More
Propane tankless water heater by flyrite777
Does anyone have any information on where to buy a propane tankless whole house water heater?聽 I bought one 20 years ago at Handyman but now I cannot find any.聽 I know they have to be in the Manila area but I am not having any luck.Greg
Lazada is not a manufacturer of anything. They are a reseller like AmazonThey have both legitimate and questionable products. You need to research any potential product Read More
Propane tankless water heater by flyrite777
Does anyone have any information on where to buy a propane tankless whole house water heater?聽 I bought one 20 years ago at Handyman but now I cannot find any.聽 I know they have to be in the Manila area but I am not having any luck.Greg
There are some on Lazada, tank and tankless Read More
Anyone using Starlink? by Enzyte Bob
This is the third day of outage from Sky. I would like to pull the plug on them.Is anyone using Starlink or some other satellite system? Years ago I switch from PDLT to Sky for being unresponsive.Year by year Sky service has fallen off. Converge is ...
After trying most if not all of the local internet providers on Davao. I got StarLink about 18 months ago we may have had 10 minutes of no service in total!highly recommended! The monthly cost is about the same, 2700 pesos/monthi think initial ... Read More
Auto Insurance by Larry Fisher
I never buy auto insurance through the dealer. I paid cash for my car. Now I want to find insurance. What's the lowdown ?
Toyota and other manufacturers dealers offer legitimate collision insurance If your financing the bank will offer it also We use Standard Insurance for Home, auto and scooter, application and payment done online Read More
American ex-pats social security payments. by FindlayMacD
Now that Elon Musk has taken over the US Treasury Payments System and installed his own people in there to run it, his own people being a bunch of 6 kids he calls IT Specialists, all aged between 18 to 24, are any of the American ex-pats on here ...
Suggest you limit you intake of US based news reports I believe very little of what they say anyway! My SS check arrived as always on 1st of the month Read More
Philippine Travel updates by Lotus Eater
Some interesting developments on new flight routings to and from the Philippines with our favourite Filipina correspondent the gorgeous Miss Jennifer (if only all Filipina's had 10% of her common sense) Terri. Of particular interest are new direct ...
Last 2 trips to the US I flew Davao-Hongkong-LAor Davao-Cebu-Taiwan-LAwill gladly pay more to avoid Manila!No problem with Philippine Airlines just that disgusting excuse for an airport Read More