How Difficult Is It To Open a Business in The Philippines As A Foreigner? 

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Finally new idea of a vlog far from cost of living or relationship issues .. it would better if you constructed his answers with sequence of questions, so we would have an idea how he started, then the process in middle, and summe it up with his final steps to get his business running

Theres no need to afraid or worry. Just trust the process.

I was always told to only invest in your home country. The laws for foreigners are always changing, especially if you are planning on buying real estate.

one or two weeks to get the requirements is B.S. Just renting a building and processing the licenses and permits with the municipal unit will take longer than that. Then paying the rent requires registering with the BIR, withholding part of the rent to deposit in the bank, sending a monthly report to BIR and to the landlord, and quarterly and annual reports to the BIR and the landlord. Eventually the DOL and DEQ will find him and he will have dozens of additional licenses, permits, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports. Hiring an environmental officer willing to accept responsibility of hundreds of thousands of fines, tracking sewage, garbage, and water use, managing haz mat items and recycling and filing the monthly, quarterly, and annual reports is going to cost him dearly. Then when he shuts this business down he will discover he owes hundreds of thousands of pesos in fines and fees due to the reports and requirements he never knew he needed to handle.

Thanks for stopping by, always good to see you guys!

Hey there Gio & Justin! The Critter Republic seems to be all over RU-vid over the past few weeks. Good Luck with your dive school.

Great video, congratulation on your new business. I will be there in a month or two I met both of you at ground zero coffee shop last September. Originally from Minnesota but moved to sunny Florida near Daytona Beach . I plan to make the Philippines my second home soon.

I plan on getting some lessons from Justin in a few months after i get settled in.

Gio.. so glad your vlogging Justin's new dive shop.. Your fans should consider using his dive shop.. Justin's experience and wealth of knowledge should give anyone interested in diving or snorkeling in Dawin. This is first class for sure . Maybe Gio and Maya could do fun day at Appo Island with all your fans.. Good idea Gio??😎😎😎

LOL, I really respect and understand what a young entrepreneur has to go through so young in life. I personally would never make it in the Philippines based on their Slave policies. It's so sad to watch how a country can beat up on people that are just trying to earn a respectable living in a legal way. Without being condescending, when you get older you tend to look back at your life's accomplishments and notice all the WASTED TIME you spent being a slave to the man. If anyone gave 2 cents towards you as a fellow human being you would notice how offensive it really is. There are so many places around the world where you can live your life without these so-called shackles. All the best to you and good luck!

It's even difficult for locals to open a business in the Philippines with all the paperwork. For foreigners, there will be more hurdles and they may need a local to help set up the business.

Good on him. It’s great to see people making a life for themselves there that aren’t of retirement age. Plus doing something they are passionate about. Just checked it out on maps 15kms south of Dumaguete.

Thank you this was an excellent interview. I wish the gentleman good luck in this new business endeavor. A lot of great information. was shared. Thanks again.

Good for Justin. Following his dreams. No risk, no reward.

I wish the Critter Hunter all the best. It was quite challenging for me to establish an export only business in the PH and I bet It’s even more challenging to start a business that likely completes with local Filipino owned businesses. Will definitely roll down to his shop if I’m in his neck of the woods.

Awesome one kuya thanks fot sharing. I been there yesterday hehehhe

Great that you are paying to develope the locals..so much talent in the Philippines 😊

Love the Critter Hunter man! Great to see some collaboration!

Great vlog; hope Critter Republic really gets a lot of business!

I thought of a small Coffee shop that serves breakfast Lunch and Dinner but it's too resstrictive, so I will simply retire and travel

What a fantastic experience for boy scouts in the US to get to go to to Philippines for dive training. WOW.

I would never open a business in the Philippines, for the hours and headaches you dont make that much money. No need if u have sufficient income from your country, and i have heard horror stories from foreigners who have owned a business here.

The bureaucracy in the Philippines is ridiculous, and they wonder why the phil’s is poor. It’s so frustrating …the corruption is rife too.

good job. nice to have a business like this

Great video , congratulations on your new business . I met both of you at Ground Zero Coffee shop. Originally from Minnesota but moved to sunny warm Florida near Daytona Beach. See you in a month or two I plan on making the Philippines my second home.

Justin fan in the house😀

Critter seems like a super nice guy. He needs to get his appetite for food under control before the heart attack comes.

Brave young man!!!!!

Great interview - Best Wishes in your endeavor & success in your business (Critter Republic)

How do Filipino laws/regulations affect a freelancer working online only for someone with a tourist visa?

Training up local people is definitely the way to go.

There's a lot of red tape in the philippines that's why the ranking of the philippines for doing buisness is not very good. There was an attempt by the government to fix the red tape but nothing seems to have happened.

Interesting video - would be even more interesting to get into some of the specifics of what documentation was necessary. 1-2 weeks doesn’t seem too bad - takes longer to get a marriage license as you know. Suggestion: decide on your brand … Republic or Hunter? 😀 Good luck with the venture and hope to see you both in GZ again next trip.

But there's all those bars, restaurants and clubs in Thailand that are owned by foreigners from the UK, Australia, New Zealand etc., I wonder how they do it? Company set-up no doubt. Thought it was the same as this in the Philippines, but I guess not. Are there many foreign owned pubs, restaurants etc., in the Philippines?

Rich countries promote business and make it simple to get started, in the USA you can get a business license in one day and all your paper work done in a day or two

Do you know anything about the cost of car insurance in the Philippines compared to the US?

I'll have to visit this guy someday for some diving.

In 1985 i lived on a boat on apo reef 8 days the guys name was manny his business was stationed on that boat had the time of my life cost 1300 php for 8 days in food and drinks .approx. 120 Australian dollars .

Better to make money in the US and spend it here. Retired and loving it. It was worth the wait.

Great vid

"The American dream is 1,000x harder then here" The American dream was coined in 1820 when it was explain the dream to come to the new world was the ability to work as hard as possible to the point that your children's children would get to live a life you could never have had. Life is tough in America now compared to 20 years ago because we stop holding ourselves accountable. I wish this guy luck in everything, maybe ill take lessons for him, but the reality is if life was tough for him in the states where he had to leave to be successful, he never worked as hard as he needed for the success he wanted.

Let’s say I stay more than 59 days in the Philippines how much and when do I pay for the next 30 days?

Thanks for sharing your lifeand business with us.

It's a business in Ph that caters to 99% foreigners, most Filipinos don't have the cash to patronise those type of activities.

Even local too its hard to open business

Nice to hear Justins story but that’s what it was is his story rather than giving any solid or detailed information on opening a business in the Philippines. Perhaps the title of the video should be different

Congrats to critter hunter for getting his business going there in Phil’s hats off to you too Gio this will help his exposure too great video👍

Is the dive shop....PADI, NAUI or SSI?

Bravooooooo

You really can’t open a business. You either need to be a large company and your max ownership is like 49% so the company will be controlled by Filipinos. You can marry a Filipina the easiest way but if things between you and her go bad it’s not your business it’s hers and it doesn’t matter you funded it or not. The business is in her name not yours. Not recommend for Newlywed expats. Anyway I hope the dive shop does well. Great vlog.

It's too complicated for residents compared to foreigners 😂Trust me they do all for them but less action for national residents' application. When you apply for your tourism project there are a lot of things you need to process with the DENR, ECC, LGU, PEMAPS, EMP, IEE, Water District, and many more. And each of them has a bunch of papers you need to do like seriously you are as good as compiling a novel!!! Foreigners are soooo much lucky Philippine employees are focused on them 😂 I don't have a problem with that nor begrudge anything lol😂 Foreigners are always welcome. But seriously fellow government Filipino employees? Uh no I want to address the research and development department of the government and the government as a whole who are responsible in making these policies and terms and conditions and so many papers which I don't even know if you yourselves are also following 😂 highly doubt it. Please just make the application process only few papers not vol 1 vol 2 vol 3 books. Besides we are the ones paying the tax. I don't like to say it but there you go, yeah we pay taxes so don't make it too much a responsibility in applying. Paying tax is enough, you help us with all documents not us helping you with all documents and then pay tax. Because if we help you with the documents then pay US the tax! 😂 For yow all experts and wanna be experts out there who are itching to reply and say something negative well don't bother cause I know what's on your mind, like "have you heard of tax return?" Or, "if you know what's on our mind much as with the government then you should know what to submit and all in your application and not rant all the way to youtube or Tulfo." Just say I agree, you know it helps with my frustrations. Thank you.

Good to see Justin and his partner's business thriving!

Great video. See you at Ground Zero soon.

Do Filipinos who own a house and or land pay any property taxes?

i bet he is charging usa prices but paying philipine wages

i just seen recently a russian man get mauled during day in Egypt by a shark lol and in different parts of the world Orcas are attacking boats for no reason known. With all that man happening it would be tuff to talk me into diving lol o though i want to i feel like that will be my greatest fear

Can I get a furnished condo on the beach with a $7/day Filipino job?

Why would they make so hard to start a buisness there, that's probably why there a poor country, to make it hard for people to do buisness foreign or citizens is not good for the economy

so boring............

Critter!

Western countries especially the USA are imperialists and hegemonic. If poorer nations don't agree with their policies they destroy those nations using trade wars, embargoes, and sanctions . Their policies make them dominate the global trade so it is just proper that their citizens are not given preference in small and medium-sized businesses in the Philippines and other poor nations. Since their nations are globally dominant, it is expected that they are capable of opening up large-scale manufacturing plants that give employment to thousands of people. They should start businesses that can compete with local billionaires and oligarchs and not the businesses that will just compete with lower-class and middle-class Filipinos. If they insist that they are given equal opportunities in small and medium-scale businesses, that is too much of entitlement.

60 feet underwater and running out of oxygen: "Sorry sir, out of stock!" 🥽

Great vid