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Answer 2 to 4 questions and get a roadmap: status, budget in pesos, deadlines, the 3 things to do, the documents to bring, and the traps to avoid.
Immigration
ACR I-Card, Annual Report and ECC: staying registered and leaving cleanly
File the Annual Report on time or settle a late one, get, replace or update your ACR I-Card, and obtain the right exit clearance (ECC-A, ECC-B with Re-entry Permit) before you fly out.
SRRV retirement visa: apply and keep it
Check your eligibility from age 40, know the deposit for your profile, convert the deposit, pay the annual fee, cancel or handle a death.
Working in the Philippines: AEP, 9(g) visa and the alternatives
Find out which permit your job needs, get the AEP and the 9(g) work visa in the right order, renew, change position or employer, leave cleanly, and avoid working on a tourist visa.
47(a)(2) and PEZA visas: get, renew, downgrade, and fix an expiry or overstay
Know which special non-immigrant visa applies to you (DOJ 47(a)(2) or PEZA visa), renew it on time, downgrade when the job ends, and regularize a visa that expired or an overstay.
Spouse visa 13(a): getting it, keeping it, losing it
Apply for the 13(a) as the spouse of a Filipino, switch from probationary to permanent, travel and stay compliant, and know what happens after a separation or a death.
Tourist visa 9(a): problems and solutions
Extend your stay, fix an overstay, get your ECC before leaving, deal with a lost passport or a blacklist.
Business
Property
Renting in the Philippines: lease, deposit, rent increases and eviction
Sign a lease that protects you, get your deposit back, check whether a rent increase is legal, react to a lockout or an eviction case, and, as a landlord, recover your unit lawfully.
Buying property as a foreigner: what you can really own
Condo, house and lot, long lease, property in your spouse's or partner's name, inheritance: what the law allows, what it costs and the traps that void a purchase.
Vehicles
Family
Divorce, annulment and separation: ending a marriage linked to the Philippines
Have a foreign divorce recognized, choose between nullity, annulment and legal separation, remarry without committing bigamy, and handle children, property, support complaints and your visa.
Household staff and family drivers: contracts, rights and procedures
Hire a kasambahay (helper, yaya, cook, gardener) or a family driver lawfully: written contract, minimum wage by region, SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG, rest days, ending the job and handling a DOLE complaint.
Child born in the Philippines: birth registration, nationality, surname, passport
Register the birth within 30 days, know whether your child is Filipino, choose the surname, get a passport and travel with a minor without being stopped at the airport.
Getting married in the Philippines as a foreigner
Legal capacity certificate, marriage license, ceremony, previous marriages, special cases and the steps after the wedding: what makes a marriage valid, and what makes it void.
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Ready-to-sign documents
Acknowledgment Receipt
Proof that money was received: deposit, advance rent, reservation fee, down payment, full payment or loan, with the purpose and any remaining balance.
Affidavit of Loss
Sworn statement for a lost ACR I-Card, passport, driver's license, OR/CR, plate or ID card, to support the request for a replacement.
Affidavit of One and the Same Person
Your name is written differently from one document to another (passport, PSA certificate, bank, school records): a sworn statement that all the versions refer to you.
Affidavit of Support and Consent (minor travelling abroad)
The parent or parents authorize a minor to travel abroad with a named companion and state who pays for the trip: a supporting document for the DSWD travel clearance and for the airport.
Certificate of employment
A certificate stating the nature and duration of the service and the worker's conduct, which a kasambahay can demand within 5 days and a family driver at the end of the service.
Residential lease contract
Fill in the form and download a complete lease for a condo, house, apartment or room, with rent, deposit, repairs, pre-termination and the Rent Control Act limits checked for you.