If you're a foreigner, but you have an immigrant visa, what other requirements are there to work legally in philippines, and where would you go to get them taken care of?
Philippines - 6 Answers
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1 :
if you are to work for a private company you should have a work permit issued by the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation. You cannot work for the government, except as a consultant, because one of the requirement is you should be civil service eligible and to be one, aside from passing the civil service examination, you should be a citizen of the country.
2 :
if your are already in the Phil, first you should burn or keep all your foreign papers obtained from abroad then be back as a pinoy and don't tell and forget everything about your foreign experiences.
3 :
If you have an immigrant visa there are no other requirements. Hope you can work for $4 a day for a 10 hour shift.
4 :
THERE IS LITTLE OR NO WORK FOR THE FILIPINO'S WHO LIVE THERE THAT ALL WANT TO WORK , SO FOR A NON FILIPINO , GETTING WORK WILL BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE , AND YOU WILL HARDLY MAKE ENOUGH TO EAT ! FOR A 10 HOUR SHIFT ! LET ALONE LIVE ! GOOD LUCK.
5 :
Are you looking at direct work or setting up a business as they have different requirements. There is a list of businesses you cannot operate as a foreigner (unless its owned by a Philippines citizen). But there is also other businesses you can operate. If you are looking to just move and work here you can move use your immigration visa and just register for work. But to be honest you have picked about the worst time as there is very little new work developing due to the Philippines now in recession. Foreign work as a call center trainer maybe a possibility depending on accent and ability to teach. Otherwise most jobs are poor paying and not offering more than P10,000 a month (you need to check the upto date exchange rate to convert to your own currency). Personally I wouldnt advise anyone just up and leaving without at least first getting an idea of what you need to live on a tight budget aswell as finding a job.
6 :
If you are a foreigner looking for work in the Philippines, my advice is : "don't waste your time"
