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Good day!  This is PhilLife! Time flies. This time, warm spring has come, and a new school semester has begun in Korea maybe. :) Some of you may be moving to the Philippines with your family for various reasons, such as parents' work, your children's study abroad, or else. At this time, you may be transferring your children’s school from Korea to the Philippines together. Today, based on my experience, I would like to briefly look at the documents and processes necessary for children to be transferring and exempted from attending school. The contents mentioned below are based on elementary/grade school. When transfer a school from Korea to the Philippines, 1. Documents to be submitted to school in Korea; include exemption applications, family relations certificates, resident registration, prior consent for joint use of administrative information (for proof of entry), personal information collection and third-party consent, proof of work (parents’ working permit, certif...

Good day! This is PhilLife! I recently went to Haidilao Hot Pot, which opened in Mall Of Asia (MOA). When I went to the mall with my family earlier this year, it was before opening, and they were distributing red and small paper bags with the logo to people at a freebie for promoting them. At that time, all of my children also received it, so I was thinking that if it opens, I'll visit once, but this time, I visited on a date with my wife. Since it's the first store I've seen in the Philippines, I searched it and it's the largest hot pot chain in China, and there are already many branch stores in many countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, the United States, Singapore, Korea, and else. First, the store is large, and the exterior and interior are nice. And there is a small playroom so parents with children like us can eat comfortably. The order is trendy in the tablet menu, which can also be seen in Korean. However, some menus are not translat...

   Good day, this is PhilLife ! ​ I want to make my children work out as they grow up, but the time is tight for them to go to after-school as special classes or academies, and I kept considering if it would be hard for them. ​ After all this time, a few months ago, one of my friends contacted me that he was planning to teach kendo at the court of Endern University in McKinley. Once a week, Saturday evening, it is an hour's schedule, so there was no burden, and it was enough distance to walk, so after discuss with my wife, I ordered kendo uniform and shinai in Korea. I brought it back on a business trip in Korea, and my children really liked it as they received a gift. Lol😁 ​ Last week, I and my sons had our eighth class. If I had a work or business meetings on weekends, my wife would take my kids with her. Especially my oldest child liked it and as my wife said he asked her to go to kendo even without me. haha😀 ​ When I was young I learned, and after came to the Phi...

 Good day!  This is PhilLife! In the Philippines, many Foreigners run their own retail business or work as a manager of local employees. In this regard, today let us look at the employment and termination of contracts of local employees. For both employers and employees, everything that happens from hiring, while in work, and termination should be done through the right procedure. The document screening, which is the beginning of hiring, is accompanied by a resume, three types of Clearance (NBI, PNP, Barangay), two valid IDs (Valid ID), and a certificate of employment from previous job. And during the interview, please check the original copy of all the documents that applicants submitted once more. After the interview, if you decide to hire, make a probationary contract first. The reason for writing a probationary contract is that employee after six months of work even without any other notice is considered as a regular. Therefore, depending on the employers, the probationary...

  Good day! This is PhilLife! We checked about Owning of Pre-selling Condo Units in the Philippines for Foreign Citizen in EP4 last time, and today, we are going to find out about the moving-in of the new condominium you purchased. If you paid the full amount of the purchased condominium, you will be contacted that you can move in after completion of the building. The developer provides various information and communications to buyers through e-mails left when writing the contract, including official receipts of payments, documents required, additional costs incurred, and issuance of Condominium Certificate Titile (CCT), and guidance on the transfer of CCT. When moving-in, schedule with the developer, check the furniture and facilities included in the Unit with the person in charge on that date, and sign the document that there is no problem. If there is problems with Unit, fill out the concern form and submit it to the developer or the relevant condominium property adm...

  Good day! This is PhilLife! When you enter the Philippines, many people will purchase and use local SIM cards for convenient cell phone use. Unlike before, when you bought a SIM card and inserted it into your phone, registration of SIM cards for existing and new users has been legally mandatory since December 2022 to prevent cyber-crime, including spam and fishing texts. Then, today, let's check to registering a cell phone SIM card. Mobile phone communications companies in the Philippines include Smart communications, Globe Telecom, and DITO. And there are Prepaid and Postpaid as well, and today we're going to check how to register a Prepaid Sim Card of the Globe Telecom. The Prepaid SIM card is a prepaid card that charges the money in advance. It can be easily purchased from small local stores to supermarkets, malls, Globe's branches, service centers, Airport, and costs 50 pesos per sim. There are things you need to prepare in advance before registering y...