Soon i will leave for the Philippines, it has only taken me six years to finally find the right girl. I don't need to apply for a visa as you all may know as at the airport they stamp your passport with a 21 day visa and that is a short time, so i am also allowed to purchase a 38 day extension, it's amazing what you learn if you do ask.

Before the 59 days is up i have to fly to Mindanao at tremendous cost to go to the Bureau of Immigration to extend my visa again, so i have rather decided to marry sweet_marsha25 before the 59 days is up and then fly to Mindanao and apply for permanent residency.
We will look for an apartment to rent as i want to take my time in buying my wife a house for a wedding gift, but it takes time. So guys i will stay in touch and let you know when i arrive

Wish you all the luck!!!

Mike. I am happy for you and Marsha and of course baby Joshus.

Wish you all the goodness and blessings in coming to the Philippines.

Thank you Turk and Apple

I chatted to sweet marsha this morning and suggested we rent a nice furnished room until i can apply for permanent residency and then we can either build or buy a house. I've been looking in other areas and houses go from 350,000 pesos up which is very cheap

firefly550 wrote:
I chatted to sweet marsha this morning and suggested we rent a nice furnished room until i can apply for permanent residency and then we can either build or buy a house. I've been looking in other areas and houses go from 350,000 pesos up which is very cheap

Marsha knows the best!

I google and find some informations about Dipolog.
Soon you will learn " Chabakano" a mix of Visayan and Spanish.

This is the map of the City.

http://mapsof.net/Dipolog_City/

Cool thank you hon

I joined a yahoo site a few days ago and it's run by americans living in the Philippines and reading their posts there made me more confused than ever lol, trying to get some good advice there and everyone has a different story to tell and the posts are all over the place. All i wanted to know was something about visas and permanent residence, i learnt about the visas but no one could throw any light on residency, best to find out about it myself when i'm there.
This week i want to go shopping for Josh and buy him some nice baby clothes hope they have his size because he is such a tiny baby lol but oh so cute. I bought this enormous suitcase on wheels and i don't have much clothing because sweet marsha said i can buy clothes there very cheap, so my case will be filled with gifts for my son and his mom lol.

I am really excited about getting there but a little nervous on flying, haven't flown for 20 years maybe i need a light sedative to calm my nerves lol. Just counting the days now

firefly550 wrote:
I joined a yahoo site a few days ago and it's run by americans living in the Philippines and reading their posts there made me more confused than ever lol, trying to get some good advice there and everyone has a different story to tell and the posts are all over the place. All i wanted to know was something about visas and permanent residence, i learnt about the visas but no one could throw any light on residency, best to find out about it myself when i'm there.
This week i want to go shopping for Josh and buy him some nice baby clothes hope they have his size because he is such a tiny baby lol but oh so cute. I bought this enormous suitcase on wheels and i don't have much clothing because sweet marsha said i can buy clothes there very cheap, so my case will be filled with gifts for my son and his mom lol.

I am really excited about getting there but a little nervous on flying, haven't flown for 20 years maybe i need a light sedative to calm my nerves lol. Just counting the days now

If you are going to get married and wanted to apply for a residence visa and acquire properties . all you need is apply for " SRRV" Special Resident Retirement Visa.

Please search SRRV in the Philippines.

I'm going to buy a house but don't need an SRRV Apple, i'm not applying for retiree status so i don't need that, but thank you anyway, i actually know what to do now i have chatted to a friend and he has given me good advice.And i don't have to be a retiree to buy property. I will own 49% and Marsha will own 51% that's how it works

I asked Marsha yesterday to find out where the closest Bureau of Immigration is as we thought that the closest one was in Cayagan des Oros(hope i got it right) but thank goodness she found out this morning that there is one right on her doorstep in Dipolog City, so now i don't have to fly to CDO every two months She does so much for me that is why she is called sweet marsha and the best girl i could ever find

firefly550 wrote:
I asked Marsha yesterday to find out where the closest Bureau of Immigration is as we thought that the closest one was in Cayagan des Oros(hope i got it right) but thank goodness she found out this morning that there is one right on her doorstep in Dipolog City, so now i don't have to fly to CDO every two months She does so much for me that is why she is called sweet marsha and the best girl i could ever find

I hear wedding bells soon Mike.


Both of you are doing good. complimenting with each other. helping each other and these are the signs of a successful marriage.

We are very committed towards each other and there is a lot of trust between us, marsha is the first girl that ever sent me a valentine's card lol and that in itself is so special. Yes Apple wedding bells will be ringing in Dipolog City soon once marsha's wedding dress will be ready, we are going to have a very simple wedding with close friends and family of marsha's and i am going to make all her friends eat their words because they told marsha that it will never work well i got news for them

firefly550 wrote:
We are very committed towards each other and there is a lot of trust between us, marsha is the first girl that ever sent me a valentine's card lol and that in itself is so special. Yes Apple wedding bells will be ringing in Dipolog City soon once marsha's wedding dress will be ready, we are going to have a very simple wedding with close friends and family of marsha's and i am going to make all her friends eat their words because they told marsha that it will never work well i got news for them

Do things in favor of you and Maricel. do not think of other people and what they might say. Make decisions that you think will be healthy for you and to your future family and not those people who surrounds her.

Remember. it is you and Maricel who will live in one roof and not those people who are not supportive of your relationship with her. this people who surrounds you might be something but they are not everything.


Wishing you and Maricel and Joshua a happy family.

This morning i sent my lovely Maricel some money to buy my son some gifts. I've asked her to buy him a kuna(cot) and a stroller. I want him to sleep comfortably at night and also give mommy a peaceful night and now she can push him in his stroller and i'm sure she will bring him to the airport to meet me

I had to cancel my flight today over a divorce certificate. My ex wife has the only copy and she is so nasty and miserable she refuses to give me a copy and i cannot find the case number in the High Court either. So now i have asked my attorney to handle it, will just have to wait and see

Well after sending my ex wife a text she relented and sent me a copy of the divorce decree so next week i'm off to the Philippines at last. Phew relief lol

I'm finally flying out on wednesday 11th March bound for the Philippines, i will arrive in Manila at 1:15pm on thursday and will have to sleep over because the last flight to Dipolog City leaves at 12:15pm, so the next day will leave Manila at 10am and arrive in Dipolog City at noon. My honey is really excited that i am coming and so am i

Back to the agony of having a friend in Manila for 7 years and it's pointless even trying to ask her to meet me because she's really not interested lol. I found a hotel in Makati seeing that it is only 3.6 miles from the airport and relatively cheap at $ 21.68 for the night just hope i'll be able to find transport to the airport in the morning without having to struggle