US$4k in Ph is everything you need with plenty of change. There are investments in Ph returning 7% p.a. tax free (like the pagibig MP2, no tax on capital gains, 100% guaranteed capital preservation, there are ways to get around the req of being a Fil citizen)
Ok so to stay in Philippines on tourist visas you are looking at around 25,000 pesos. It seems the only advantage of the digital nomad visa is that you don’t have to extend every 2 months which isn’t that much of an inconvenience unless you live in the middle of nowhere.
@@NSAKEY they are making life more difficult for people on extended tourist visas ie harder to open a bank account get a driving licence. Trouble is they want a lenient visa policy as it encourages expats which is good for the economy. Luckily it doesn’t apply to me as I’ll get Balikbayan privileges when I go.
The maximum amount of time you can extend is 6 months but of course it costs more in fees. You can keep extending up to your 3rd year at which time you have to do a 24 hour visa run then come back the next day to repeat the process.
Honestly, why would anyone do this when you can just extend a tourist visa for 6 months at a time for like $25 per month? No need to prove income, criminal history, or anything
@@Carosmyr Yup, you’re just visiting. If you haven’t arrived yet look into whether you still need to show a return ticket to enter. If you do get a fully refundable with insurance within the 30 days and cancel. Some credit cards already have the insurance for cancellations. Just make sure you keep your visa renewed and don’t over stay.
I think it's a great step but the big issue in the PI IMO was never the visa it's the internet quality and keeping the power on (brownouts). I think Starlink will fix much of this but so far every nice destination in the PI I have been to had unreliable internet often with power cuts.
Not acknowledging that a robust internet system is a critical concern for the digital nomad and reflects the ongoing fallacies throughout the Philippines. What good is a 2 year visa if your internet throughput sucks for the duration of your stay? Classic case of cart before the horse. Classic Philippines 😢
StarLink is the only reliable internet option in the Philippines. Easy to order and setup. Every serious hotel, cafe, bar…etc that is outside the main metropolitan cities should invest in StarLink, otherwise the digital nomad experience will be worse than hell.
The Philippines definitely offers the best options for longterm visas in SE Asia. If the Nomad Visa comes through, it could pump it up even more. But... I'm on a 9G work visa, I pay taxes in the Philippines. Will the nomad visa require any taxation requirements? Maybe I should watch the whole video. I'm just checking it after meeting you in Forbestown... thanks again for saying hi.
Remote workers are being taxed by the nations where their companies are based. The DN Visa is to document remote workers. There are too many digital nomads hiding under the guise of tourists so they should be documented and be made to acquire and pay the proper visa for their category.
I'm wondering if this is even worth it. Both in terms of cost and time spent. Not a bad idea to have health insurance regardless... But I would be curious if people are actually saving money by going the digital nomad visa route. Cost Tourist Visa: Renewal fees, ACR fees Digital Nomad: Health insurance, Application fee, ID fees? Time spent Tourist Visa: After your initial renewals, only need to renew every 6 months. (Took me less than 30 minutes to renew in Baguio fyi... The fastest I've ever experienced by far) Digital Nomad: Document gathering, Processing times, Home embassy visit Also, I might have missed it in the video... Can you leave and re-enter as you please during the 2 years?
quick question. So you have to renew your tourist visa every 6 months up to 3 years. Do you have to leave the country after 3 years and come back? or if you left the PH within your 3 years for a vacation does that count? thanks
@@armenpetrosyan425 Yes, you would need to physically leave the country but you could immediately come back and restart the 3 year limit. So basically, you can stay here indefinitely by simply leaving for a day and returning.
thank you were moving to bgc in july, is there a reason they would deny a tourist visa if im dual citizen? US and Armenia or that shouldnt matter?@@stevem437
@@lextor4712 Most digital nomad gigs wouldn’t be liable because the income technically is not sourced in-country. Not to mention, most countries have a tax treaty with the Philippines to prevent double taxation.
@@pentrubarbati Yup you can and just extend for 2 or 6 months. You can stay up to 36 months. Go2 the immigration and just pay your 2 or 6 months visa extensions.
You can no longer stay here for too long without explaining on how you are surviving and the sources of your funds. If you can't show any proof of pensions and social security, you will be exposed as an illegal digital nomad. You will be required to apply for a DN VISA since obviously you are earning income form some sources. If you don't like or can't afford it, you will be deported.
Yes, of course. You will now need to stay here as a legitimate tourist for three years without showing any signs that you are making a living. Any hint of making a living online, you can be reported and would be investigated. If you have no DNV or not interested in applying for one, you have to be deported.
IMO The Phils needs to improve its accomodation quality, infrastructure, and a few other things to compete with Thailand & Bali. The people are great but the quality and value you get in Thailand & Bali is much higher quality than PH can provide right now. The competitive edge and asset of The Philippines is the people. How nice they are, how welcoming, and the fact they speak English and that things are still relatively cheap there for nomads is why it’s still popular, if they improved their accommodations for condos & villas that rival Thailand & Bali in terms of qualityat a similar price it would be great. But, since they haven’t mastered that outside of overly priced locations like Makati & BGC eh idk… I’m still going there often but I wouldn’t want to stay long term yet. Eventually when I slow down the rate of my travel yeah sure… but not right now.
Well guess what? Thank you for doing the Philippines a favor. Stay where you are, we dont want to be Thailand or Bali that is overcrowded with shirtless westerners. 😂
@@philph3592 I agree, it will come! I think The Philippines will get there over the next decade or two if trade continues with the USA. There are a lot of shifting of sands as we say on the global trade front with the USA moving away from China. I wonder if we plan to setup shop and do more trade in The PH as we are doing with Vietnam.
Bali is a scam city, the internet is not reliable and many Balinese will try to scam you and horrible traffic. Thailand is the best country on earth right now. It already has 5G and internet, condo, infrastructure, everything top class. It will take another 100 years for Bali and Philippines to catch up with Thailand aka read between the lines NEVER
100% VA disability rating with over 4K tax free monthly pay plus I work but looking for remote job. I qualify alone on a remote part time minimum wage job. Would love a remote nursing job though.
I don't understand '''why''' the powers that be don't want them in the country all the time ? --- Continuas & ongoing ? -- Why not ? -- Only a year or two ? - - - I'm not real savvy @ 74 anymore but it makes no sense to me for imposing such restrictions ? 🤔 People go where they are treated best. Cambodia has attracted 250,000 US expats in the last decade ! Both 'digital nomads' and retired people. 🤗
Having to renew brings in more revenue for the country, and it will ensure that those that want to continue staying in the Phils can still satisfy the requirements, to avoid having broke, digital nomads roaming around that have no way to get back home etc..
@@808pineapple Jungle mode? I presume having foreigners invading my country means making my country progress? If you are a foreigner, you have a bloated opinion of yourself!
More BGC/Makati snobbery ! Here in Tondo my fiber broadband is rock solid with no outage in more than a year. I also have Starlink at my out of town location in Cavite which is typically 200Mbps down, 20Mbps up.
PH has the worst internet infrastructure in Asia including all of SE Asia. 200 down 20 up is a joke. Thailand has 1 Gigabit internet as standard for $25 USD a month. That plan is $200/mo. in PH and you will not even get 500 mbit most of the time 😂
@@wanderingdoc5075they speak from in country comparisons. Where in the Philippines a good day for the average user is 25 mbps down and 10 mbps uplink, lol! For real! 😂
If you live in the Philippines under the tourist visa for the past 2 years, where would you get the police clearance for the SRRV visa? Would it be from Philippines police or your home country. The regulation states that it should be your current residency whether that be home country or any other country. But what about if you’ve been living in the Philippines as a tourist?
You're definitely going to be on the higher end of that budget. The 2BR isn't going to be large or that nice for that price. You'll probably want to look at the different Avida buildings here.
No brownouts? Is this actually true? According to reddit if so much as a spider farts, it knocks all the internet cable poles over and takes them a week to fix no matter what plan you have. Is remote help desk/customer service actually feasible without a high possibility of losing your job?
I thought digital nomads were people with a CZcams site, not people working remotely for companies. Most I've seen are guys telling their adventures, the good and the bad.
@@808pineapple all one sees are CZcamsrs telling their experiences in foreign lands. "Hey, boss, let me work remotely from the Philippines." You're joking right?
They should offer 2 years for tourist visa and the only requirements is no criminal record and $3000 in a Philippine bank account in case that foreigner goes broke then Philippines can send him home. I think tourism would boom in Philippines.
Tourism won't boom until PH catches up to even Thailand Malaysia Vietnam in terms of transportation infrastructure, health care, food quality, and internet infrastructure which the PH is massively falling behind the last 20 years
@@808pineapple You better move to another country or don't go here anymore. It's obvious you're not a Filipino anyway. Maybe you are a pseudo-digital nomad who would not qualify based on the requirements.
hi savvy thx for your great videos, i have one question if i understood this right, if i have a full remote job, im also allowed to come and work that job in the philippines with a free visa on arrival plus the 1 2 6 months extensions ?
Wouldn't this give visibility of my income (however its sourced) to the Philippine tax authorities? 10K-15K in Visa extentions a year is chump change compared with potentially having to pay taxes to PH govt.
As of today's date, there is no option for the Digital Nomad Visa on the Philippine Visa Application website unless I am missing something? anyone have a link? is it available yet??
As long as you are trading with an offshore (non-Philippines) broker, then it should not be a problem, so long as you meet the other requirements. I trade indices, and my LLC has been set up in the US. I technically work for my LLC and file taxes as an S-corp. The issue, as mentioned, will be finding reliable internet.
Thailand also drew large numbers of digital nomads until they changed the tax law this year and many are now moving to the Philippines, which has been talking about taxing foreign income several times. Maybe coincidental but the nomad visa does not offer any real perks when a tourist visa that is easier to get and not expensive or a hassle to renew. I have not had any issues with renewing mine and it’s too beautiful not to leave Philippines and visit the areas nearby, and returning with a “new” tourist visa. It might be a bad idea to show the numbers of people working that could be an added income tax stream 🤷♂️
@@1977-i1h they already are taxed by the country where the company they work for is located, no different than the call centres in the PH that collect income taxes off foreign workers. 62% of Philippines GDP is service industry so without foreigners almost 3/4 of jobs would disappear and you would go back to a poverty rate of almost half like in 1985. What local remote jobs are you referring to that are in competition? That is not how taxation or economics works. Although your other comments make it pretty clear you don’t have a real point to make, you just don’t like foreigners. So run for government office, make changes and watch Vietnam and Cambodia leap right past the Philippines. 😅
@@Chr1s-fm6biI also worked for a BPO company and I'm currently a freelance remote worker so you don't have to teach me about that. The DNV fees are the taxes that I'm talking about. There will be no more secret DNs who hide under the guise of long-term tourists. You will now be regulated, policed, and will be required to apply for the appropriate visa. We will help the government in identifying illegal remote workers. You may spread your digital anarchy livelihood gimmicks in other SEA countries since they're not among the Top 10 Freelancing countries like the PH. Finally, we would easily get rid of fake tourists.
@@Chr1s-fm6bi To offset the loss of jobs in the hospitality sector our government will need to become close again with China. China is the one offering Manufacturing FDIs. They will give jobs to the displaced hospitality workers. Remote workers like me can survive on our own. We are always favored by the Middle Eastern companies since many of us have worked extensively in the Middle East. Industrialization is what we need for our citizens who are unqualified to work for BPOs. Reduction of Western tourists will reduce white worshipping and our uninformed people will no longer be fooled by Western leftists agendas of replacement of citizens and reverse immigration.
@@1977-i1h if you know why are you talking so much nonsense? It’s funny you talk about fake tourists while riding China’s 🍆 considering the mayoral scandal of a Chinese national, the continued harassment of Filipino soldiers by Chinese coast guard, the POGO off-shore gambling, money laundering from Chinese nationals…this is what you support? By most standards you’d be considered a traitor to the Philippines. You don’t seem to mind the mutual defence pact that protects you from China. 😅 China has an economy that is in free fall, a net importer of food and energy, western companies moving their manufacturing off site, the fastest aging population in human history, record youth unemployment, aligned with failing autocracies like Russia, who provides arms and technologies that have proven to be utterly useless against Ukraine, a leader that has purged the system of anyone who could replace him, vacant housing crisis that could house 1.4 billion people that most Chinese nationals have all their savings tied to….the list goes on and on. It’s comical that you say western agendas and replacement of citizen while supporting China who unlike any western countries is telling the Philippines that parts it’s land belongs to them. 🤣🤡
Can I set up a Trust for myself that will pay out whatever the minimum amount required for passive income work? From usa. 33yrs old to young for SRRV and dont want to invest 75k into the stock market there with SIRV. Could also have parents setup trust and I'll just put my money into it and make the terms say it will do PH required monthly income passively forever.
yeah but countries are changing this all the time. dont want to buy a property and use the tourist visa for 3yrs then it disappears and ive now got a house and no way to stay in country @@808pineapple
Too many bull crap! Just go home, work, and retire in your country and stop squeezing yourself to other races and country where you look totally different.
That will be good for the Ph economy. I think they're looking at the amount that will go into the economy, which is everything spent in the Ph coming from outside the Ph. Good move from Philippines. They are also pushing to allow foreign ownership of real property.
Foreign ownership of land my ass!!! Where did you get that fake news? Filipinos regardless of political color will unite temporarily just to fight that law that will allow foreigners to own land in our country. Stop your bull crap dreams as we will not allow that to happen. We would never allow foreigners to gain any power here. They will never be allowed to vote, own lands, own guns, etc. If Western people really want land in SE Asia, I suggest they settle in Malaysia where it is allowed. If in the Philippine they dread the neighbor's karaoke, in Malaysia they should get used with the daily Muslim prayers and chanting of Allahu Akbar!!!!
What are you talking about? For decades, 100% foreign ownership of business is allowed here as long as it is export-oriented and based in a PEZA economic zone. In 2022, Duterte allowed 100% foreign ownership of large-scale businesses like telecoms, operations of tollways, airport, railways, subways, and shipping. What kind of business are you planning btw? Is it a sari sari store or banana que stand?
Say what?! I live in a village in Cavite with 24 hour security. I have an excellent internet through PLDT. I’ve had it since 2018. It comes with a landline also. I don’t have power outages and water interruptions. Maybe once in a blue moon. No blackouts/brownouts even if there’s typhoons.
LOL...Philippines is kidding. What would digital nomad do without fast internet connection and lack of internet in remote locations. It just copied whets in trend which is the word "DIGITAL NOMAD", if after few years some new terms comes like "AI NOMAD" gains ground. Philippines will latch on to it. If you are a serious remote worker, SKIP PHILIPPINES, but 90% of so called "Digital Nomads" are for name sake, so no issues there. Philippines has some of the worst internet in whole world and its damn expensive. Other pretentious countries picking on this digital nomad fad are UAE and Japan, what really could Japan offer with high cost of living, it will eat away all your savings. The best country for Digital Nomad in the whole world is THAILAND. Period.
We are among the Top 10 in the World for online freelancers. We are 6th and India is the only Asian country ahead of us. It means we are capable of becoming remote workers despite the slow internet. We can work for Arab companies as many of us have worked as professionals in Arab countries. It means less competition from illegals who compete against us in remote work. Fake DNs will be reported and policed like the bum vloggers and young expats who obviously don't have pensions and social security yet, stay here too long as illegals.
@@808pineapple White people are the illegals in the whole Americas, Australia, NZ, Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands. Their real home is Europe particularly in the Caucasus.
You can't get dual citizenship by simply marrying a Filipino. You can only get it if you have Filipino heritage. It means one of your parents is a natural born Filipino and citizen during your birth. If you have zero Filipino blood/heritage, you can only gain citizenship through naturalization. And it means you have to renounce your original citizenship.
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Hey. Are you looking for people to work with u?
Looks like I will need the SSRV because I will be retiring there ☺️ with approximately $4K in pensions. I ❤️ the Philippines 🇵🇭
Congratulations. You certainly won't be hurting for money there with 4k monthly.
Stiil, the SRRV serves as the best option for retirees 🙂.
thanks David for choosing Philippines as y our place of retirement... Goodluck and God Bless
US$4k in Ph is everything you need with plenty of change. There are investments in Ph returning 7% p.a. tax free (like the pagibig MP2, no tax on capital gains, 100% guaranteed capital preservation, there are ways to get around the req of being a Fil citizen)
Ok so to stay in Philippines on tourist visas you are looking at around 25,000 pesos. It seems the only advantage of the digital nomad visa is that you don’t have to extend every 2 months which isn’t that much of an inconvenience unless you live in the middle of nowhere.
Good point. Perhaps having that guaranteed, 1-year duration can bring peace of mind for some expats.
@@NSAKEY they are making life more difficult for people on extended tourist visas ie harder to open a bank account get a driving licence. Trouble is they want a lenient visa policy as it encourages expats which is good for the economy.
Luckily it doesn’t apply to me as I’ll get Balikbayan privileges when I go.
@@nomadinthemakingPerhaps this will be another option to consider then, for those that do not have the capital to throw into a bank. Cheers.
You can extend your visa now online anyway so, I just extend mine
The maximum amount of time you can extend is 6 months but of course it costs more in fees. You can keep extending up to your 3rd year at which time you have to do a 24 hour visa run then come back the next day to repeat the process.
Honestly, why would anyone do this when you can just extend a tourist visa for 6 months at a time for like $25 per month? No need to prove income, criminal history, or anything
Ikr…common sense.
BI checks your police records here in the Philippines, but not in your country of origin.
It’s going to result in income taxes being added just like what happened in Thailand this year. Tourist visa is better in every way.
New guy here - want to confirm that the standard tourist visa is good enough for me to work for my US employer while in the US.
@@Carosmyr Yup, you’re just visiting. If you haven’t arrived yet look into whether you still need to show a return ticket to enter. If you do get a fully refundable with insurance within the 30 days and cancel. Some credit cards already have the insurance for cancellations.
Just make sure you keep your visa renewed and don’t over stay.
I think it's a great step but the big issue in the PI IMO was never the visa it's the internet quality and keeping the power on (brownouts). I think Starlink will fix much of this but so far every nice destination in the PI I have been to had unreliable internet often with power cuts.
Not acknowledging that a robust internet system is a critical concern for the digital nomad and reflects the ongoing fallacies throughout the Philippines.
What good is a 2 year visa if your internet throughput sucks for the duration of your stay?
Classic case of cart before the horse.
Classic Philippines 😢
StarLink is the only reliable internet option in the Philippines. Easy to order and setup. Every serious hotel, cafe, bar…etc that is outside the main metropolitan cities should invest in StarLink, otherwise the digital nomad experience will be worse than hell.
Starlink is expensive as fuck
@@leotravel85 Digital nomads who can't afford Starlink should stop being digital nomads.
@@808pineapple That's why Duterte allowed 100% foreign ownership of telecom to make other players like DITO and Starlink enter the PH.
Interesting! I am seriously considering moving to the Ph later this year 😁, fingers crossed this visa will be released soon
The Philippines definitely offers the best options for longterm visas in SE Asia. If the Nomad Visa comes through, it could pump it up even more. But... I'm on a 9G work visa, I pay taxes in the Philippines. Will the nomad visa require any taxation requirements? Maybe I should watch the whole video. I'm just checking it after meeting you in Forbestown... thanks again for saying hi.
Remote workers are being taxed by the nations where their companies are based. The DN Visa is to document remote workers. There are too many digital nomads hiding under the guise of tourists so they should be documented and be made to acquire and pay the proper visa for their category.
Wonder how strict it is. You could potentially set up a holding company and just pay your self your own money.
Or maybe get a LLC "limited liability company".
I'm wondering if this is even worth it. Both in terms of cost and time spent.
Not a bad idea to have health insurance regardless... But I would be curious if people are actually saving money by going the digital nomad visa route.
Cost
Tourist Visa: Renewal fees, ACR fees
Digital Nomad: Health insurance, Application fee, ID fees?
Time spent
Tourist Visa: After your initial renewals, only need to renew every 6 months. (Took me less than 30 minutes to renew in Baguio fyi... The fastest I've ever experienced by far)
Digital Nomad: Document gathering, Processing times, Home embassy visit
Also, I might have missed it in the video... Can you leave and re-enter as you please during the 2 years?
quick question. So you have to renew your tourist visa every 6 months up to 3 years. Do you have to leave the country after 3 years and come back? or if you left the PH within your 3 years for a vacation does that count? thanks
@@armenpetrosyan425 Yes, you would need to physically leave the country but you could immediately come back and restart the 3 year limit. So basically, you can stay here indefinitely by simply leaving for a day and returning.
thank you were moving to bgc in july, is there a reason they would deny a tourist visa if im dual citizen? US and Armenia or that shouldnt matter?@@stevem437
@@stevem437Good thinking. But isn't the main advantage of the digital nomad visa that you're officially not liable for any taxes in PH?
@@lextor4712 Most digital nomad gigs wouldn’t be liable because the income technically is not sourced in-country. Not to mention, most countries have a tax treaty with the Philippines to prevent double taxation.
God, i needed this video 💯
Gotchu bro 🤝
Seems like alot of extra money and paperwork when you can already stay in the country for 3 years as a tourist.
how can you stay as a tourist for 3 years ?
@@pentrubarbati Yup you can and just extend for 2 or 6 months. You can stay up to 36 months. Go2 the immigration and just pay your 2 or 6 months visa extensions.
@@amaliahightower thanks hope this works as i am romanian
You can no longer stay here for too long without explaining on how you are surviving and the sources of your funds. If you can't show any proof of pensions and social security, you will be exposed as an illegal digital nomad. You will be required to apply for a DN VISA since obviously you are earning income form some sources. If you don't like or can't afford it, you will be deported.
Yes, of course. You will now need to stay here as a legitimate tourist for three years without showing any signs that you are making a living. Any hint of making a living online, you can be reported and would be investigated. If you have no DNV or not interested in applying for one, you have to be deported.
IMO The Phils needs to improve its accomodation quality, infrastructure, and a few other things to compete with Thailand & Bali. The people are great but the quality and value you get in Thailand & Bali is much higher quality than PH can provide right now. The competitive edge and asset of The Philippines is the people. How nice they are, how welcoming, and the fact they speak English and that things are still relatively cheap there for nomads is why it’s still popular, if they improved their accommodations for condos & villas that rival Thailand & Bali in terms of qualityat a similar price it would be great. But, since they haven’t mastered that outside of overly priced locations like Makati & BGC eh idk… I’m still going there often but I wouldn’t want to stay long term yet. Eventually when I slow down the rate of my travel yeah sure… but not right now.
Well guess what? Thank you for doing the Philippines a favor. Stay where you are, we dont want to be Thailand or Bali that is overcrowded with shirtless westerners. 😂
I agree and I am a Filipino. We deserve better!
@@philph3592 I agree, it will come! I think The Philippines will get there over the next decade or two if trade continues with the USA. There are a lot of shifting of sands as we say on the global trade front with the USA moving away from China. I wonder if we plan to setup shop and do more trade in The PH as we are doing with Vietnam.
@@LifeWithRillaUncle Sam is there for a single purpose, geopolitical strategic positioning 🇺🇸
Bali is a scam city, the internet is not reliable and many Balinese will try to scam you and horrible traffic. Thailand is the best country on earth right now. It already has 5G and internet, condo, infrastructure, everything top class. It will take another 100 years for Bali and Philippines to catch up with Thailand aka read between the lines NEVER
The second best way to stay in the Philippines! The first being to marry a Filipina women; my god are they amazing 😅
Another brilliant Video, Evan!! 🤝
Thanks Taka!
100% VA disability rating with over 4K tax free monthly pay plus I work but looking for remote job. I qualify alone on a remote part time minimum wage job. Would love a remote nursing job though.
This feels game-changing.
Sure is!
I don't understand '''why''' the powers that be don't want them in the country all the time ? --- Continuas & ongoing ? -- Why not ? -- Only a year or two ? - - - I'm not real savvy @ 74 anymore but it makes no sense to me for imposing such restrictions ? 🤔 People go where they are treated best. Cambodia has attracted 250,000 US expats in the last decade ! Both 'digital nomads' and retired people. 🤗
Who says we true Filipinos, the real native born Filipinos, want you here?
@@LantangKaturaygood answer, explains why you are still in jungle mode 😢
Having to renew brings in more revenue for the country, and it will ensure that those that want to continue staying in the Phils can still satisfy the requirements, to avoid having broke, digital nomads roaming around that have no way to get back home etc..
@@808pineapple Jungle mode? I presume having foreigners invading my country means making my country progress? If you are a foreigner, you have a bloated opinion of yourself!
CZcams is technically in California I wonder if that counts
Let's see how it is when it's released. Seems a bit premature to make videos about something that isn't finalized yet.
Does it include high speed internet throughout the country?
lol. you'd be lucky to get it throughout Manila, let alone everywhere.
NOPE. Its a JOKE. Philippines has some of the worst internet in the whole wide world.
This one seems like a hard pass for everyone unless they cancel the renewable tourist visa.
Which could happen. Probably, they need to incentivize this better for it to gain traction and justify the insurance requirement.
This would stop bums from claiming they are digital nomads when in reality, they are just money flippers and e-beggars on social media.
More BGC/Makati snobbery ! Here in Tondo my fiber broadband is rock solid with no outage in more than a year. I also have Starlink at my out of town location in Cavite which is typically 200Mbps down, 20Mbps up.
PH has the worst internet infrastructure in Asia including all of SE Asia. 200 down 20 up is a joke. Thailand has 1 Gigabit internet as standard for $25 USD a month. That plan is $200/mo. in PH and you will not even get 500 mbit most of the time 😂
Fuck yeah Tondo
@@wanderingdoc5075they speak from in country comparisons. Where in the Philippines a good day for the average user is 25 mbps down and 10 mbps uplink, lol! For real! 😂
@@iartollol!
@@wanderingdoc5075 True, that's why you drifters should GTFO the Philippines.
I hope that the requirements will be reasonable.
If you live in the Philippines under the tourist visa for the past 2 years, where would you get the police clearance for the SRRV visa?
Would it be from Philippines police or your home country. The regulation states that it should be your current residency whether that be home country or any other country. But what about if you’ve been living in the Philippines as a tourist?
I’m coming over soon. Do you have connections for a condo in BGC? My budget is US$500-US$1000 and prefer a two bedroom.
You're definitely going to be on the higher end of that budget. The 2BR isn't going to be large or that nice for that price. You'll probably want to look at the different Avida buildings here.
I can help
You could check Lamudi for condos. There are thousands. 1 year contracts are preferred by owners.
No brownouts? Is this actually true? According to reddit if so much as a spider farts, it knocks all the internet cable poles over and takes them a week to fix no matter what plan you have. Is remote help desk/customer service actually feasible without a high possibility of losing your job?
I thought digital nomads were people with a CZcams site, not people working remotely for companies. Most I've seen are guys telling their adventures, the good and the bad.
You’re joking right?
@@808pineapple all one sees are CZcamsrs telling their experiences in foreign lands. "Hey, boss, let me work remotely from the Philippines." You're joking right?
@@tomriddle6968 we’re done, you’re an idiot 😢
They should offer 2 years for tourist visa and the only requirements is no criminal record and $3000 in a Philippine bank account in case that foreigner goes broke then Philippines can send him home. I think tourism would boom in Philippines.
Tourism won't boom until PH catches up to even Thailand Malaysia Vietnam in terms of transportation infrastructure, health care, food quality, and internet infrastructure which the PH is massively falling behind the last 20 years
Most people who travel and move here are doing it mainly to get laid and the friendly Visa let's be honest here
@@wanderingdoc5075 They should make it easier for foreigners to go there. Even 90 day free visa at airport would help.
@@wanderingdoc5075Philippines worst enemy, themselves 😢
@@808pineapple The biggest enemy of the Philippines is the USA and their NATO Allies.
WooHoo! About time.
Multi entry? ....and.... What happens after 2 years?
Good question, the Philippines government is best known for knee jerk reactions and very little thought out planning. 😢
@@808pineapple You better move to another country or don't go here anymore. It's obvious you're not a Filipino anyway. Maybe you are a pseudo-digital nomad who would not qualify based on the requirements.
hi savvy thx for your great videos, i have one question if i understood this right, if i have a full remote job, im also allowed to come and work that job in the philippines with a free visa on arrival plus the 1 2 6 months extensions ?
Wouldn't this give visibility of my income (however its sourced) to the Philippine tax authorities?
10K-15K in Visa extentions a year is chump change compared with potentially having to pay taxes to PH govt.
It's a no-tax option.
if it's actually implemented, been talked about by vloggers but i've seen no movement on the actual bill....
As of today's date, there is no option for the Digital Nomad Visa on the Philippine Visa Application website unless I am missing something? anyone have a link? is it available yet??
Feel free to watch the video haha.
lil bro has definitely jumped the shark. Sad days
What about forex traders since they are self employed
As long as you are trading with an offshore (non-Philippines) broker, then it should not be a problem, so long as you meet the other requirements. I trade indices, and my LLC has been set up in the US. I technically work for my LLC and file taxes as an S-corp. The issue, as mentioned, will be finding reliable internet.
Great video!
I mine crypto on my phone. Not interested in citizenship anywhere. Digital climate nomad.
Nice 😮
So do you help with the SSRV
What if you have an arrest over 15 years ago but it was a criminal mischief instead of a felony
You can no longer enter the Philippines.
I have a criminal record but not been in trouble for over 15 years would that stop me moving over to the Philippines thx Michael
You do not need to go for the digital nomad visa.
YES!
Then forget about moving to the Philippines Go to Siberia.
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Thailand also drew large numbers of digital nomads until they changed the tax law this year and many are now moving to the Philippines, which has been talking about taxing foreign income several times. Maybe coincidental but the nomad visa does not offer any real perks when a tourist visa that is easier to get and not expensive or a hassle to renew. I have not had any issues with renewing mine and it’s too beautiful not to leave Philippines and visit the areas nearby, and returning with a “new” tourist visa.
It might be a bad idea to show the numbers of people working that could be an added income tax stream 🤷♂️
It's about time that you foreign digital nomads are taxed by the government. You are competing against our local remote workers.
@@1977-i1h they already are taxed by the country where the company they work for is located, no different than the call centres in the PH that collect income taxes off foreign workers.
62% of Philippines GDP is service industry so without foreigners almost 3/4 of jobs would disappear and you would go back to a poverty rate of almost half like in 1985.
What local remote jobs are you referring to that are in competition? That is not how taxation or economics works.
Although your other comments make it pretty clear you don’t have a real point to make, you just don’t like foreigners. So run for government office, make changes and watch Vietnam and Cambodia leap right past the Philippines. 😅
@@Chr1s-fm6biI also worked for a BPO company and I'm currently a freelance remote worker so you don't have to teach me about that. The DNV fees are the taxes that I'm talking about. There will be no more secret DNs who hide under the guise of long-term tourists. You will now be regulated, policed, and will be required to apply for the appropriate visa. We will help the government in identifying illegal remote workers. You may spread your digital anarchy livelihood gimmicks in other SEA countries since they're not among the Top 10 Freelancing countries like the PH. Finally, we would easily get rid of fake tourists.
@@Chr1s-fm6bi To offset the loss of jobs in the hospitality sector our government will need to become close again with China. China is the one offering Manufacturing FDIs. They will give jobs to the displaced hospitality workers. Remote workers like me can survive on our own. We are always favored by the Middle Eastern companies since many of us have worked extensively in the Middle East. Industrialization is what we need for our citizens who are unqualified to work for BPOs. Reduction of Western tourists will reduce white worshipping and our uninformed people will no longer be fooled by Western leftists agendas of replacement of citizens and reverse immigration.
@@1977-i1h if you know why are you talking so much nonsense? It’s funny you talk about fake tourists while riding China’s 🍆 considering the mayoral scandal of a Chinese national, the continued harassment of Filipino soldiers by Chinese coast guard, the POGO off-shore gambling, money laundering from Chinese nationals…this is what you support? By most standards you’d be considered a traitor to the Philippines. You don’t seem to mind the mutual defence pact that protects you from China. 😅
China has an economy that is in free fall, a net importer of food and energy, western companies moving their manufacturing off site, the fastest aging population in human history, record youth unemployment, aligned with failing autocracies like Russia, who provides arms and technologies that have proven to be utterly useless against Ukraine, a leader that has purged the system of anyone who could replace him, vacant housing crisis that could house 1.4 billion people that most Chinese nationals have all their savings tied to….the list goes on and on.
It’s comical that you say western agendas and replacement of citizen while supporting China who unlike any western countries is telling the Philippines that parts it’s land belongs to them. 🤣🤡
Can you buy land with this visa? No? Then WHY??? lol just kidding
Can I set up a Trust for myself that will pay out whatever the minimum amount required for passive income work? From usa. 33yrs old to young for SRRV and dont want to invest 75k into the stock market there with SIRV. Could also have parents setup trust and I'll just put my money into it and make the terms say it will do PH required monthly income passively forever.
Just stay on renewed tourist visas 🤙🏼
Doesn’t require rocket science and funding 😂
yeah but countries are changing this all the time. dont want to buy a property and use the tourist visa for 3yrs then it disappears and ive now got a house and no way to stay in country @@808pineapple
Too many bull crap! Just go home, work, and retire in your country and stop squeezing yourself to other races and country where you look totally different.
That will be good for the Ph economy. I think they're looking at the amount that will go into the economy, which is everything spent in the Ph coming from outside the Ph. Good move from Philippines. They are also pushing to allow foreign ownership of real property.
They're almost there with the divorce law as well. May be interesting for those foreigners married to locals who want out.
NO! There is no one pushing here for foreign ownership of property.
In your dreams! We will never allow land ownership for foreigners.
Foreign ownership of land my ass!!! Where did you get that fake news? Filipinos regardless of political color will unite temporarily just to fight that law that will allow foreigners to own land in our country. Stop your bull crap dreams as we will not allow that to happen. We would never allow foreigners to gain any power here. They will never be allowed to vote, own lands, own guns, etc. If Western people really want land in SE Asia, I suggest they settle in Malaysia where it is allowed. If in the Philippine they dread the neighbor's karaoke, in Malaysia they should get used with the daily Muslim prayers and chanting of Allahu Akbar!!!!
Not open for investors then?
What are you talking about? For decades, 100% foreign ownership of business is allowed here as long as it is export-oriented and based in a PEZA economic zone. In 2022, Duterte allowed 100% foreign ownership of large-scale businesses like telecoms, operations of tollways, airport, railways, subways, and shipping. What kind of business are you planning btw? Is it a sari sari store or banana que stand?
Tourist visas are easier.
For now, the tourist visa is a better option for most, probably. But, things could change.
Bum expats can no longer vlog here without a DN-VISA. The happy days of bum sexpat vloggers will end soon.
You need reliable Internet to be a digital nomad. Philippines doesn't have a very reliable power access outside of BGC.
Yeah, I beg to differ there
Absolute nonsense !!! There is nothing special about BGC other than the expense and trying to look like a fake Singapore !
Say what?! I live in a village in Cavite with 24 hour security. I have an excellent internet through PLDT. I’ve had it since 2018. It comes with a landline also. I don’t have power outages and water interruptions. Maybe once in a blue moon. No blackouts/brownouts even if there’s typhoons.
Coming from someone who hasnt been here? Oh boy, get a layffff
@@henryyoung7184lol!
Wrong
"soon to launch"... 😂😂😂
LOL...Philippines is kidding. What would digital nomad do without fast internet connection and lack of internet in remote locations. It just copied whets in trend which is the word "DIGITAL NOMAD", if after few years some new terms comes like "AI NOMAD" gains ground. Philippines will latch on to it.
If you are a serious remote worker, SKIP PHILIPPINES, but 90% of so called "Digital Nomads" are for name sake, so no issues there. Philippines has some of the worst internet in whole world and its damn expensive. Other pretentious countries picking on this digital nomad fad are UAE and Japan, what really could Japan offer with high cost of living, it will eat away all your savings. The best country for Digital Nomad in the whole world is THAILAND. Period.
Bad or slow internet is a problem. One can purchase only 80% ADSL. But you can upload and download using slower speeds also.
We are among the Top 10 in the World for online freelancers. We are 6th and India is the only Asian country ahead of us. It means we are capable of becoming remote workers despite the slow internet. We can work for Arab companies as many of us have worked as professionals in Arab countries. It means less competition from illegals who compete against us in remote work. Fake DNs will be reported and policed like the bum vloggers and young expats who obviously don't have pensions and social security yet, stay here too long as illegals.
@@jeanmoralles977 Are you speaking into a mirror, illegals is a Filipino middle name. Lol!
@@808pineapple No, Westoid remote workers here hiding under the guise of tourists are the ILLEGALS.
@@808pineapple White people are the illegals in the whole Americas, Australia, NZ, Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands. Their real home is Europe particularly in the Caucasus.
To much nothing talking ..and wasting time young man
Mary a filipino and get dual citizen. 😂 unlimited visa😂
and unlimited pain 😏
You can't get dual citizenship by simply marrying a Filipino. You can only get it if you have Filipino heritage. It means one of your parents is a natural born Filipino and citizen during your birth. If you have zero Filipino blood/heritage, you can only gain citizenship through naturalization. And it means you have to renounce your original citizenship.