- deposit bancaire de 20000 US$
- Frais de traitement de la demande : 800 US$
- service fee annuel : 500 US$
- en sus : frais de traitement NBI, et examen médical
- accessible dès 35 ans
- le coût inclut une épouse ( une seule!) et un enfant dépendant. Chaque enfant en plus = 15000 US$ de deposit supplémentaire
- Visa de durée illimitée, multiple entrées.
Ami filiber
Il y a des bonnes bières au coucou....... et le patron ??n est il pas sympa??
LE RESTO aussi, quand à la patronne ...un délice
Bises a Riezel😉
Salut à toi et Denis
Phil
tout a fait, la SMB light y est fraiche et delicieuse (j' ai oublie le nom de l' auteur de cet essai sur l' hedonisme intitule , titre explicite, ), la cuisine excellente, (j' ai surtout apprecie la formule combo), la musique est bonne, Denis est super sympa, cordial, helpful, arrangeant.....je ne taris pas d' eloges au sujet du coucou, et c' est vraiment sincere...
pour etre pleinement objectif, reconnaissons que les coupures d' electricite et d' eau, etaient un peu frequentes, malgre le generateur de secours, mais j' ecris a l' imparfait, tout va sans doutes bien mieux a l' heure actuelle ...et meme, ce n' etait pas bien grave, un peu deplaisant tout au +....
pas tres interessant, cela depend du point de vue dans lequel on se place....vu du cote des fonctionnaires phils, l' affaire pourrait etre juteuse (j' espere au passage que Noynoy, le nouveau president , s' insurge contre la corruption ds son pays) et considerons l' auteur de ces reformes , sous le jour de l' empathie-boomerang, cad mettons nous a sa place pr tacher d' estimer comment il se met a la place des candidats eventuels, retraites expats aux phils de cette formule........indubitablement, il se dit que les gringos retraitables en question sont immensement riches, et c' est bien connu, la fortune amene la paresse....afin de ne + avoir de petits soucis, du genre renouveler son visa, la solution de facilite, effectivement, consiste a banquer, les yeux fermes, adherer au SMILE, meme s' il est un peu Yellow, ....
quand on a un certain age, ca va encore, on est pret a aller frequemment a l' Immigration Office du coin, voire a sortir du pays de temps en temps, mais quand on atteint un age certain, on n' en a + guere trop envie, et selon moi, c' est sur ce point precis que mise le SMILE ou SRRV, ne crois-tu pas ?
e ne sais pas sur quoi ils comptent, ce que je sais c'est que les " redevances" administratives pour les expats sont avec beaucoup de créativité, de plus en plus gonflées. Par exemple, cette mascarade de " express lane" pour laquelle on te pique non seulement 500 pesos lors du renouvellement de visa, mais aussi 500 pesos pour la " NBI clearance" devenue aussi obligatoire qu' inutile depuis un an ou deux....Donc pour un traitement " rapide" de ton cas ( à noter que le ttraitement " pas rapide" n'existe pas et n'est pas une option proposée) , on te pique 1000 pesos à chaque visite du bureau de l' immigration.
Dans un autre domaine, exemple : je commande un machin électronique en Chine. Valeur 45$, frais d'envoi FEDEX 25 $, soit au total 70$ ou 3000 pesos.
Je m'attends bien entendu à payer des droits de douane et la TVA, soit d'après le TARIFF ( code des douanes) , 30% à peu près.
Effectivement, le colis expédié de Chine le vendredi arrive le lundi matin aux Philippines. Et FEDEX me téléphone: " Nous avons un colis à vous livrer, les droits de douane sont de 1016 pesos, accepterez-vous de payer? "
Je réponds positivement, bien sûr.
- " Ok, nous livrerons demain".
Le lendemain le livreur se pointe, et me réclame......1850 pesos!
Je m'étonne, je m' indigne, je m'énerve et je lui demande pourquoi cette différence.
Il me tend les documents : "frais de stockage" en douane ( pour un colis arrivé la veille) = 650 pesos, " droit de timbre" = 184 pesos!!!!!
Et le livreur me dit : " Sorry Sir mais ils sont tous corrompus".................
Pour en revenir à l' immigration, les efforts de Marcelo Libanan pour juguler la corruption dans son administration sont réels et louuables. IL a installé des brouilleurs de téléphones mobiles dans la zone immigration de l'aéroport, pour éviter que certains officiers véreux ne reçoivent des messages de visiteurs bien informés, qui moyennant finances, obtenaient n' importe quel type de visa " à la minute".....IL a instauré une mobilité des fonctionnaires de l' immigration, les faisant changer d'affectation régulièrement, pour éviter que des liens " privilégiés" ne se créent avec le temps, et il a recentralisé la plupart des opérations importantes à MAnille exclusivement, allant même récement jusqu' à fermer pas mal de bureaux de province.
Tout ça c'est bien. Mais malheureusement, ça ne fait vraziment pas l'affaire des expats ni des touristes.
Comme quoi l'enfer, fut-il Filipino, est pavé de bonnes intentions.....
C'est bien ennuyeux tout cela, oui derangeant, >>>.....................
Etne parlons surtout pas de la corruption ou ???
Charleroi, PS Liege aeroport, Namur gouvernement de tout bord politiaue, en Flandre, mais je connais moins, en France ? au Portugal ou encore en Espagne ?
Ne parlons bien sur pas de l'Italie....
Pouquoi sommes-nous donc ici ?
C'est vrai chez nous le racquet est peut-etre mieux organise et moins ostentatoire...
Allez, bonne anne a tous...
😉😉😉
CouCou d'une perle des Philippines, Bantayan Island
saLUT nAV
philippe Delerm, donc.....l' as-tu lu ? moi pas, je citais son titre pour l' effet d' annonce. Est-il convaincant ? Ecrit-il bien ? (afin que fond et forme -once again- communient dans un feu d' artifice jouissif...)
Best wishes
Bonjour,
Le nouveau bouquin de nouvelles de Philippe Delerm "Le trottoir au soleil" semble intéressant, mais je ne l'ai pas encore lu.
On vous envie vos degrés, profitez ...
Bonjour,
Ceci est il valable également lorsque l'épouse est Philippines? Nous souhaitons virvre notre retraite à Romblon. Lors de notre derniéer séjour ( juillet/Aout2010) nous n'avions pas réussi à obtenir de réponses trés claires à ce sujet.
Merci
Non, si votre épouse est Filipina, vous arrivez en même temps qu'elle, sur le même vol, et vous recevez un " Balikbayan visa" valable un an.
Puis soit vous introduisez une demande de résidence ( visa 13A) en faisant les démarches vous-même ( un peu fastidieux mais facile, et cela évite de payer des intermédiaires ), soit au bout d' un an, vous allez -avec votre épouse- passer deux ou trois jours à Hong Kong ou ailleurs, vous revenez et c'est reparti pour un an.
Merci pour cette réponse très claire. Je profite du fait que vous viviez la bas depuis 5 ans pour vous poser une nouvelle question qui a déja été argumentée plusieurs fois sur le forum mais dont les réponses restent plutôt contradictoires. Quel est non pas la solution mais les conseils que vous donneriez au niveau "banques, transferts, ouvertures de compte....?. Nous voyons un peu tout et son contraire. A Manille aprés renseignements pris dans à la banque même l'an dernier je pouvais ouvrir un compte en € moyennant un minimum bloqué. Dans la même banque à ROMBLON la réponse était négative. Qu'en est il réellement ?
Cordialement
Plutôt rares sont les banques qui ouvrent des comptes en €. Par contre en US$, aucun problème.
Et les banques situées à Makati ou Alabang sont évidemment plus ouvertes à cette question car l'activité économique est fortement concentrée autour de Manille et les foreigners y sont plus nombreux.
Ma solution personnelle n'est pas valable pour tout le monde, bien sûr, mais je travaille avec la HSBC qui a l'avantage d' être une banque internationale, présente partout. Et j' utilise une carte ATM de HSBC, à partir de mes comptes situés à l'étranger.
L'ennui c'est que HSBC n'a pas beaucoup de " branches" aux Philippines.
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