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We also have amazing beaches, cheap beer and great (but hard-to-find) coders I can vouch for that! My favorite beaches are in Boracay and Bohol. My favorite
by byoung2 16y ago
We also have amazing beaches, cheap beer and great (but hard-to-find) coders
I can vouch for that! My favorite beaches are in Boracay and Bohol. My favorite Philippine beer is San Mig Light (at less than $0.60 most places), and the best coders I've worked with outside of Belarus live in Cebu. I have an outsourcing company and my whole team is based in Cebu. They are 100% reliable, much cheaper than stateside developers, and they write English better than some Americans. I'm a year or two away from moving there permanently to keep living costs down.
- fido 16y agoAny insights into the visa requirements? I've researched this a bit and the information is sparse. I have an LLC based in the US. What does an American need to do if they want to go over there, rent office space, and hire locals. I was under the impression that I needed to invest at least $75,000 in order to be legal.
- byoung2 16y agoI just got back from the Philippines (3 weeks in May), and while I was there I learned about a new visa - SVEG (Special Visa for Employment Generation): http://immigration.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=473&Itemid=103 http://immigration.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&t... The SVEG is a special visa issued to a qualified non-immigrant foreigner who shall actually employ at least ten (10) Filipinos in a lawful and sustainable enterprise, trade or industry. Qualified foreigners who are granted the SVEG shall be considered special non-immigrants with multiply entry privileges and conditional extended stay, without need of prior departure from the Philippines. That may be exactly what you need. I'm looking at it because I already employ 10 locals.