@paulferriday9950 Fix your papers and Work as a call center agent, you will get 20k – 25k pesos as a starter, higher wage than minimum wage salary in the Philippines, move your muscles and help yourself, no one can help you but you.
You’re still young why don’t you go back to your country. How can God help you when you don’t do anything. You can learn to do business anything like buy and sell. Or yry to learn how to cook Filipino food together with your wife and help each other rather than sitting around. I know its hard for foreigners to get job in the Filipines but still you can find if you are willing to try your luck. You are not the only foreigner to married a Filipina .
Derek, I wish I could communicate with You on FaceBook messenger. For some reason I AM locked out to message You there.
When I make my Great Move to the Philippines for the second time. And I start my land project in four to five years. I would love to help this gentleman, Paul. And barter for his skills. He appears and I feel Paul is a good man at heart.
Why would an electrician need to think about what business to make? Sure you wont make what you did in your home country but in a city you should have work, i dont know that but you gotta go with what you know first especially if you are skilled labor like he should be.
There has to be many small farms around there that need extra hands for labor in exchange for food and shelter. That would be a start in the right direction anyway. Maybe enough good food for a few weeks will clear his mind to be able to make a positive decision.
Paul sounds like a genuinely good hearted man. He loves his kids and his wife, no doubt. Sadly, when he got the inheritance from his dad, he did not plan his life well. He could have made that money make more money for him by setting up a small business etc. I know he doesn’t want to go back to the UK but that is the only realistic option he has. To help him with a few pesos here and there is short term and he is still in the position he is on now. Once back in England he can apply for his family to join him, if he can prove they are legally married. It may take some time but much better option than what he is in now.
@ Paul, I understand what you are saying but at the moment you are in the country without a visa. If you are caught, the police will lock you up and deport you (without your kids) whether you like it or not. You need to give Derek a plan on what you want from him and his subscribers and what your priorities are. You can’t just be asking for donations from others for the whole time you are in the Philippines. You need a plan to make money for yourself also.
@@paulferriday9950 mate get yourself to the UK.beg on the streets/get what you can from charity. Then get a work visa into Australia. You’d easily earn 50 thousand pounds per year as an election. Live in a share room. You’d be back in Philippines (8 hr flight) in no time after paying visa fines. Ideally you should move to Perth and get on the mine sites. You’d get 100 thousand pounds a year as an election, food, board sorted. Although you’d have to be sober.
Best for him to return to the UK and take his family along. He does not have a plan to turn his life around. If he keeps on at it he will always be dependent on others just to keep himself fed and housed
He just wants money! Plenty of empty bottles behind him shows what the money would go on. The UK government will help him as his a British subject. Please advise him he will get the help if he comes back to the UK.
Poor fellow, his noodle isn’t working right due to a bad diet and malnutrition, and now as a result he cannot think straight. He better contact the UK Embassy and make arrangements to go back home.
Derek check if he is legally married there then can process his permanent stay in phil.he is not specific with his future plans ,better with Ai try a rapproachment with his wife so the family can be together then only further help will be of use to stabilise him
With a 13A visa, he can legally work in the Philippines. This visa allows foreign spouses of Filipino citizens to engage in employment without needing an Alien Employment Permit (AEP) or additional work permits, whether the visa is in its probationary or permanent stage.
He seems to have lost his will. However, he smokes and drinks and is very fussy with regard to his food.
Interesting story but not unlike many men who flock to the Philippines only to find their problems came with them.
I don’t understand how you don’t have a contingency in case of hard times. Go to a foreign country with the “hope” to be ok with no back up. Isn’t the ACR card a national ID?
He’s being lazy, mate. Help him sort out his visa and passport, then he can go home. As an electrician in the UK, you’ll earn good money. Let him work there, save, and come back to his family when he’s ready.
@qadventures I’m not judging him; however, I don’t understand why he doesn’t want to go home. If he were there, he could ask for help from the UK government, unless he has issues with them, such as a criminal record. Our government wouldn’t be able to assist him. Now he’s claiming that he doesn’t have a visa or passport, one complaint (from wife etc) could lead to his deportation, making him lose everything.
@qadventuresYou tried and that’s all you can do! I have funny feeling there’s a underlying issue he’s not being honest about and my guess and only my opinion is possible alcohol problem. I struggled years ago with a addiction and luckily figured my life before it got real bad. But when in addiction you come up with excuses for everything and that’s what I was seeing here. He’s got to want it bad and I don’t see it. I see guilt and shame in himself because I think he knows what’s holding himself back but not willing to stop whatever it is that’s stopping him.
If you can read people, Paul is a good dude, just lost. I’m not going to suggest a solution, because I can’t, but this isn’t a guy trying to fool anyone. I hope he gets some money, enough to turn things around, at least long enough to clear his had and make some plans. It’s REALLY hard to do that when every day is a struggle. If you read this, Paul – I wish you the best.
The great conundrum!!! I have heard for many times, from financially failed foreigners that they don’t like to go back, because it is too cold in their countries( as a reason to keep on staying). On the other hand, I heard from foreigners(who are financially able) counting the hot weather in the Philippines, as an excuse to leave(mostly because of a lady). Every one’s excuses.🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
@qadventuresif that’s the situation, it’s the end of the road unfortunately. Be deported, or get back to square with visa and passport, find local employment under the marriage visa, or keep sleeping hoping thing will fix them selves.
@@cheapcharlie7 when his mom was still alive he just asked her for money to get by. His wife never loves him that is the reality, it’s all about money 😢
I would think there’s plenty of Philippines companies that would help to get a electrician to work for them. I’m getting the feeling that he’s got a monkey on his back. Alcohol is what I’m guessing.
@qadventures At this point who cares about legality. There has got to be someone who can offer work under the table. He can focus on legality later. Btw, not saying that you need to be involved in illegality but I’m sure he can find someone willing.
“I don’t want to say anything negative—the man looks like he’s got enough problems. But if I were in his shoes and heard they had health issues and were considering closing all flights, I would have been on a plane immediately.
I have a Filipino fiancée whom I visit every year. I invested in her future by building a well-stocked store onto her house for just $10,000 USD, and I also bought her a truck so she could pick up supplies more efficiently. She now runs the store successfully, prioritizing it well, and as a result, she takes care of her grandparents and helps her parents too.
With the resources he had—1.5 million pesos—it wouldn’t have taken more than 500,000 pesos to do something similar. I would have thought that anyone considering living in or frequently visiting the Philippines would make a similar investment.
Making such a big move in someone’s life requires a lot of planning to ensure stability and to have a backup plan if things go wrong. I’ve been in that situation before, which is why I always keep enough money on me or have someone in the U.S. who can instantly send me funds if needed. When making a move like this, you’ve got to have a safety net.
Now, whenever I visit, my expenses are minimal—just the extra electricity for air conditioning and food—because everything is already taken care of.
I live here and know the rules inside out and helped people leave when Covid hit. Lockdown came months after it. I helped people contact the embassy to get their documents done and the visa and the ambassador helped with the funds. Over decades anyone who wanted to found their way home. There’s no kinder and more helpful country. All I see is a destroyed mind and I hear lies…
May I ask you to reach out privately so I may have direct contact with you? You are, perhaps, right; but my experience with the UK embassy while helping Ken, was brutal. Maybe it’s who we know
We spent almost 20k in that journey at his request. Watch the video again. Give him 5k now, then what tomorrow? Back to square 1? Who to say he wouldn’t comes up with a practical solution tomorrow and I inves 100k for him to have a long term solution. It’s not my responsibility to shove a solution fown his throat
TIME????? It’s not like he has anything else going for him. Why don’t you give him some money? Maybe you can support him rather than making pathetic comments!!!!!
When you interview pretty young girls (but no guys & no ugly Middle-Aged ladies) you put yourself and your content in the position of being a target for accusations
Am I not featuring other demographics? Or are people not watching? What’s “ugly” to you? I am with a partner that is perfect in my eyes, everyone else’s vanity or the lack thereof is irrelevant to me
@qadventures I wasn’t clear, sorry for the misunderstanding, I was encouraging you to continue with a variety of types of people, as you are doing, being careful not to frequently feature pretty young girls, as you are doing. I think you Ai & Derek are awesome, I don’t want bashers saying negative things about you, which I believe are not true. You are good people, helping a lot of locals. Thank you for your wonderful content
I say this with empathy. He cannot recall when his Mother died. Quite strange. He has never planned for the coming months at any point in his life. Paying 60 % tax? He’s telling fibs. He’d have to earn £100,000 per year for and work for 2 continuous years to have to pay 60% UK Tax. He needs to agree with a long term sensible plan before any charity collection !
@@josephzito1574 You must be blind if you see a proud man! I see a pathetic excuse of a man, not wanting to go back to his country to work and support his kids. Instead begging from locals and making his wife go overseas to work.
Sorry, Long post…
I realise he doesn’t want to leave his children, however, to help his family better financially, leaving the Philippines would be the best option for sure in the long run, ofw’s do it, I believe he needs to too. Yes he has to get his passport renewed, have the overstay fees, visa paid etc that way he’ll be allowed to get back into the country or stay.
For example, there are many Australians and other foreigners who live in southeast Asia countries, yet work in Australian mining sectors, for two to four week shifts, and being an electrician with proof of trade papers, reference’s and certified tickets, drivers license, birth certificate, are able to work here if he applied and possibly got company or recruitment company sponsorship, best of both worlds, and it would only be a six hour flight, whilst working for the mining companies he lives on site, all expenses paid, food, accommodation, airfares paid within Australia except from and back to SE/Asia. Something to think about! Instead of going back to the UK.
My brother does it (and other friends I know of too) and lives an hour away from Jakarta Indonesia.
Sorry for the long post 😢🤭
No sorry. I love it with all the concise context, Victoria. His wife is currently an ofw. He’s left his kids to before to work in UK. he is resist now and I can’t get it out of him why
@qadventures. Derek, him being a man he’s feeling embarrassed as the provider, husband, father or as the son inlaw, and ashamed as a foreigner, son and brother.
I believe he’s also suffering from depression, i hope he ain’t self medicating through alcohol to mask his pain and suffering with the situation he’s in, as that would not help one iota😢
Hi Derek and Ai. Bit of a hard one for Paul considering he doesn’t want to return to the UK. Personally i think thats his best option, to go back, get a job and somewhere to stay, work there for a year or so, send support money for his wife and kids until he is financially stable again, then he can bring his family to Shropshire to be with him. Alternatively, support for his wife in the form of a small business in Leyte, eg. a SariSari store or similar, and Paul could helpout with the small business with manual work? Regards Derek and Ai. Bob and Lina.
Yes, Bob and Lina. Begging in a foreign country is never an option. But he is really fighting the idea of going home to regroup. I am just standing by for a sensible solution from Paul
He needs a strong helping hand to get up from his predicament (he is obviously lost) .. somebody who could also offer a direction. I wonder if the British embassy can step in
Almost impossible for a non-Filipino to do manual labor. In this heat. Go home, I think the Ph. Will give you a one way. With out a good job in the UK, you can not bring your family over.
The only thing you can do for him is convince him to go home. He needs to at a minimum go home and work long enough to qualify for some form of a retirement pension. It’s never good for a kid to see his dad begging for food or money. Again go home, get your wife and kids their visas and work to support them.
Apparently, he’s been told that by many people, even people he knows in this comment section. But he his stubborn about going home. He has to want it for himself for things to work
That didn’t inspire me one bit. That’s depressing that an adult can’t support himself. There’s many Pinoys that would gladly trade passports with him and utilize the opportunity which would be to go home and work.
Q came of as a big eerk in this interview, it was very cringe at moments. Q & Paul haven’t a clue what Paul wants or should do? its very simple: since Paul cant work in the Philippines and 5 years of begging is not cutting it and his marriage is on the rocks. He has basically one option.
#1 he needs a go fund me account and get back to the UK, His only chance to get on his feet and support his family is if he gets enough donations to pay his visa fines square up with the delinquent Visa, passport, ID, get all that up to date. He needs enough donations to pay all that plus a plane ticket back to the UK and enough money for lets say 3 months rent in the UK maybe for renting a room from someone for starters?
#2 He needs to be feverishly looking for a Job as soon as he gets back to the UK, stop be lazy and don’t even think about working part time to go back and forth from the UK and the Philippines! if he works things out with his wife? He should just bring them to the UK after he secures a Job and a pace for them to live, because it obviously it doesn’t work out quitting the job in the UK and going to the Philippines then going back to UK finding a job, he said he work two years in the UK to be able to pay a $650 hospital bill for the baby to be born didnt really seem he had much or a way to live long term in the PI?, the one time he got $25k inheritance which really wasn’t that much specially to live long term in the Philippines . Paul doesn’t seem to have any good game planes and thats why hes in this predicament , His only chance is to get enough donations to square up his visa, plane ticket to UK and a few months living expenses so he can get a job and bring his family back to UK, maybe years later when he retires from his UK job they go back to Philippines and retire ? he needs to think long term and stop wing it, he spawned two kids he needs to man up go back to the UK get on his feet and stop making stupid decisions!
Q needs to rethink how he does interviews because he really came off bad in this one, you can read between the lines hes not very nice its came out in other videos to…. anyone with common sense can see this Paul guy is so far down and no passport, visa no money basically no leg to stand on.. so basically he has one option, he needs major donations but no donations to be lazy and squander, he needs these donations TO GET HIM BACK TO THE UK , don’t pass go don’t stay in Philippines where you cant work or have a way to earn a living.. He needs to go back to the UK because just giving him money to stay in the Philippines wont do any good he will just be lazy and end up in the same boat he’s in right now just sleeping trying to forget his troubles… Paul go back to the UK and work because its your only chance.. gofundme for paul so he can go back to UK
He has to go back to his home country, he is in a third world country and no one will support him in the Philippines and very few jobs for foreigners, plenty of people like him out there , but unfortunately everyone has to make hard decisions
To me it sounds like he adopted the beggar lifestyle. He don’t want to do anything that makes sense. He’s just worries about each day . And what he has to do to survive it. Helping him would only be hurting him. He needs to get tired of it. And maybe that’s what his wife is doing forcing him to take the logical option. He’s been begging since 2019. He has no plans . No future. Until he gets off his ass and does what he has to do. Not what he wants to do.
@qadventures I never thought I’d say this but don’t help him.. he’s been this way since 2019.. just give him 1 option if he wants to take it. Help him get his ass back home. You and I are from Los Angeles. I’m here in cebu also. We know there are many people who are homeless and hold jobs in our cities. No excuse . I don’t feel bad for him 1 bit. He accepted the life of begging. I couldn’t imagine being his wife . 2 kids and 1 grown ass kid.
What happened to his passport ? Lost it? Most important document if you’re a foreigner. I reckon he should be deported. Full stop. He couldn’t support his kids anyway, at least wife’s relatives are there. Geez!! 🤯 Don’t waste your 100K on him. 🥸
I can detect that he has retained some of his Welsh accent. I would hate to be in his position. Here in the I.k illegal immigrants get a hotel room, 3 meals a day, free health care and pocket money. Yet a British person is left to their own devices.
A plan is 100% necessary. I would like to know more about why he can’t work when married to a local? I could be wrong, but I thought that was an option as a spouse. No? What would it take? I heard the UK helps people get back on thier feet. Not like in America, It’s almost impossible. I hope he gets a plan!
Marriage doesn’t equal work authorization here. So many natural citizens are without work, marriage or not, I can’t imagine the filipino government to allow foreign nationals to come and compete for local jobs. Most work permits for foreigners i know of are engineers, chefs, other special trades that are sponsored by big corporations. I have an ability to earn here because I am an investor and business owner and my business pays filipino taxes. I earn as a “profit gained to owner” capacity and not labor for pay
Going to any country without a constant stream of income (not necessarily big) is a recipe for disaster. Typhoons happen, COVID happened…there is no way to guess what will happen next, so you need to plan for the worst. Of all the videos made about stranded and bankrupt expats there is a common theme. Either a) they ran out of money before they could get out or b) they lost access to their money before they could get out. Without money in the Philippines, you are doomed to live a very uncomfortable life until the day you die. Being unwilling to get deported takes away the only valid option he has.
As a Brit I’m ashamed. What a bum. Get home son and stop making us all look stupid. You don’t go to Asia and beg. What on earth is wrong with you. Your a qualified electrician 😂😂😂😂 it’s a brilliant trade and you choose not to use it!!!!!!!!!! You chose to be exactly where you are.
Most of the expat come from a poor life in their country they couldn’t make it there so they grab a pocket full of money head to a 3rd world corrupt country, trying to start a business, meets a poor, uneducated, desperate, hungry, unskilled lady with kids falls in love overnight , spends his money on her family, once he’s broke evrybody abandon him, now he’s homeless my advise go to your Embassy for assistance, no Filipino or foreigner will help you.
I see it as he only wants a handout. He has no plan for the future, and his situation looks bleak, with an expired passport and an overstay. If he truly loves his kids, he would return to his home country and earn money.
The first clue that this guy will never change and get off his a$$ to make things right is that he constantly makes excuses for everything. People like that are typically hopeless cases that need a reality check. His reality check came 5 years ago and he did nothing. SMFH.
It’s heartbreaking to see the miserable situation this man and his family are in. The best help you can offer is to contact the UK embassy or consulate in the Philippines and request assistance. He is unable to manage his situation on his own, and therefore he urgently needs the support of the UK Embassy in the Philippines.
You are not doing your family any good there and the philippines has enough people who REALLY need assistance and don’t have a western country in their back pocket willing to assist. It sounds like he has mentally put himself in a state where there’s no hope. He will keep digging the hole deeper……..
My point exactly. I already spent 20k in traveling expenses journeying up there. Still would love to help, but he MUST articulate a sensible course of action
Does he have severe mental roblems as to the reason why he doesnt, or cant go back to UK to work, Electricians ae in high demand these days, thats the only way he can save his family by providing for them… How much is his overstay visa fine, I heard one can get a temporary passport to get back to UK, If he goes back in the spring summer or fall he can sleep in a tent, many do while they get working and on their feet.
For the record, input have never asked for anything ok? Even at the end of the video, I have asked him to articulate a sustainable plan to me before I even say yay or nay
It’s obvious he needs money so eathier help him or don’t let God be the judge Lord have mercy 50 million question’s help him start a little business maybe his mother in law could help him run it
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Goodness, what a tough spot to be in – hope he can get it all together soon.
He has no plans, Nikki. I tried to get it out of him, but no plans. Just prolonging existence, sadly
@qadventures Yep, sure is sad Derek – for the whole family. 😌
@nikkipage9284 Why does it seem like so many from the UK end up like this?
Probably because they’re not allowed to work in the Philippines.
Derek, it’s funny that You use the word, “infested” – infested with ex-pats.
My attempt to be funny.
@qadventuresDry humor. 👏
Many thanks for this video!
Many thanks for your support
His best bet is to go home and come back when he figures out what to do with himself. Until then, stay safe, friend. Cheers for the video, brother
He needs money to do that
@@mikedon5205 He doesn’t, The embassy can help him, but he’s stubborn 😂 It is an easy fix but he never listen 😂
He has to articulate to me that’s what he wants. Until then, my hands are tied
I got no home to goto
@paulferriday9950 Fix your papers and Work as a call center agent, you will get 20k – 25k pesos as a starter, higher wage than minimum wage salary in the Philippines, move your muscles and help yourself, no one can help you but you.
You’re still young why don’t you go back to your country. How can God help you when you don’t do anything. You can learn to do business anything like buy and sell. Or yry to learn how to cook Filipino food together with your wife and help each other rather than sitting around. I know its hard for foreigners to get job in the Filipines but still you can find if you are willing to try your luck. You are not the only foreigner to married a Filipina .
1:00 expats are infested here…. Funny choice of words
So what do you want, that he will call them pests? Hahahahaha
Derek, I wish I could communicate with You on FaceBook messenger. For some reason I AM locked out to message You there.
When I make my Great Move to the Philippines for the second time. And I start my land project in four to five years. I would love to help this gentleman, Paul. And barter for his skills. He appears and I feel Paul is a good man at heart.
I feel for him…. 💙🔻🙏
Hope someone hire him as a electrician small work can help him to get by a daily life with two kids.
Why can’t you? Use whatsapp +1-626-626-6347
@qadventures I will try later.
Why would an electrician need to think about what business to make? Sure you wont make what you did in your home country but in a city you should have work, i dont know that but you gotta go with what you know first especially if you are skilled labor like he should be.
That’s common sense 👏
I know at least 2 other expats ironically from UK who went bankrupt!
Have they been helped? Can you reach out to me via whatsapp? +1-626-626-6347
He needs to go back to UK
He became a true local.
why
He did it to himself . Move along people. No story here.
Rich his another SIM 😡
There has to be many small farms around there that need extra hands for labor in exchange for food and shelter. That would be a start in the right direction anyway. Maybe enough good food for a few weeks will clear his mind to be able to make a positive decision.
Give his wife a business maybe and he can assist her. He has hard time to think just please help him you we can.
I intend to, pending a sustainable plan coming from Paul, himself.
Paul sounds like a genuinely good hearted man. He loves his kids and his wife, no doubt. Sadly, when he got the inheritance from his dad, he did not plan his life well. He could have made that money make more money for him by setting up a small business etc. I know he doesn’t want to go back to the UK but that is the only realistic option he has. To help him with a few pesos here and there is short term and he is still in the position he is on now. Once back in England he can apply for his family to join him, if he can prove they are legally married. It may take some time but much better option than what he is in now.
I can’t go bk to UK iv lost my wife I’m not going to lose my kids
@ Paul, I understand what you are saying but at the moment you are in the country without a visa. If you are caught, the police will lock you up and deport you (without your kids) whether you like it or not. You need to give Derek a plan on what you want from him and his subscribers and what your priorities are. You can’t just be asking for donations from others for the whole time you are in the Philippines. You need a plan to make money for yourself also.
@@paulferriday9950 mate get yourself to the UK.beg on the streets/get what you can from charity. Then get a work visa into Australia. You’d easily earn 50 thousand pounds per year as an election. Live in a share room. You’d be back in Philippines (8 hr flight) in no time after paying visa fines. Ideally you should move to Perth and get on the mine sites. You’d get 100 thousand pounds a year as an election, food, board sorted. Although you’d have to be sober.
Best for him to return to the UK and take his family along. He does not have a plan to turn his life around. If he keeps on at it he will always be dependent on others just to keep himself fed and housed
It’s likely none of his family members have a passport. Would also require visas. Also his bride has left him
He need to go back to his country and work. Staying in the Philippine is getting him nowhere.
Just a bum
He just wants money! Plenty of empty bottles behind him shows what the money would go on. The UK government will help him as his a British subject. Please advise him he will get the help if he comes back to the UK.
The UK Government will do absolutely ZERO.
Exactly 👍🏽
Poor fellow, his noodle isn’t working right due to a bad diet and malnutrition, and now as a result he cannot think straight. He better contact the UK Embassy and make arrangements to go back home.
There is no 60% tax in UK. Max is 40-45% for those earning 6 figures
I was election in Belgium
Study before u comment
@@paulferriday9950 When anyone studies your comments, both don’t make any sense !!!!
Derek check if he is legally married there then can process his permanent stay in phil.he is not specific with his future plans ,better with Ai try a rapproachment with his wife so the family can be together then only further help will be of use to stabilise him
He’s homeless, but has a nicer iPhone than I do and I work. Lol.
Iphone?? It’s real me
With a 13A visa, he can legally work in the Philippines. This visa allows foreign spouses of Filipino citizens to engage in employment without needing an Alien Employment Permit (AEP) or additional work permits, whether the visa is in its probationary or permanent stage.
I will pass it on to paul. Thank you
You still need a work permit even with a 13a visa. Know this for a fact .
Sure can,
Wow, I checked that out. You can work without any special work visa if you’re on 13a. I had to get AEP on SRRV, which is crazy.
He can get back to UK, renew passport from Phil. Qualified Electricians earn big money in the UK.
He needs to articulate what he truly wants, but going home is not 1 of them
He can say he lost his passport, then can get emergency travel doc back to the UK
He doesn’t want to do that though
He dont want to go back…
Ok if he don’t want too go back so is not easy for him too live like that🤷🏽♂️ go to the embassy and talk to them. That is the best thing he can do.
That just mean he want too live like that all the best to him
He seems to have lost his will. However, he smokes and drinks and is very fussy with regard to his food.
Interesting story but not unlike many men who flock to the Philippines only to find their problems came with them.
Good observation
I don’t understand how you don’t have a contingency in case of hard times. Go to a foreign country with the “hope” to be ok with no back up. Isn’t the ACR card a national ID?
No. ACR is an alien registration for us “foreigners” whereas the national id are for native borns
@qadventuresPaul makes diany mistakes in a foreign country.
He’s being lazy, mate. Help him sort out his visa and passport, then he can go home. As an electrician in the UK, you’ll earn good money. Let him work there, save, and come back to his family when he’s ready.
Yeah, it’s the most practical in my mind, but he refuses to go home
@qadventures I’m not judging him; however, I don’t understand why he doesn’t want to go home. If he were there, he could ask for help from the UK government, unless he has issues with them, such as a criminal record. Our government wouldn’t be able to assist him. Now he’s claiming that he doesn’t have a visa or passport, one complaint (from wife etc) could lead to his deportation, making him lose everything.
@qadventuresYou tried and that’s all you can do! I have funny feeling there’s a underlying issue he’s not being honest about and my guess and only my opinion is possible alcohol problem. I struggled years ago with a addiction and luckily figured my life before it got real bad. But when in addiction you come up with excuses for everything and that’s what I was seeing here. He’s got to want it bad and I don’t see it. I see guilt and shame in himself because I think he knows what’s holding himself back but not willing to stop whatever it is that’s stopping him.
@qadventures Just give him money so he can drink! 🤣
@qadventures but if he refused to go back home, so it’s not easy to help him!!! Or he go too tulfo and talk
If you can read people, Paul is a good dude, just lost. I’m not going to suggest a solution, because I can’t, but this isn’t a guy trying to fool anyone. I hope he gets some money, enough to turn things around, at least long enough to clear his had and make some plans. It’s REALLY hard to do that when every day is a struggle. If you read this, Paul – I wish you the best.
Very encouraging. Thank you
The great conundrum!!! I have heard for many times, from financially failed foreigners that they don’t like to go back, because it is too cold in their countries( as a reason to keep on staying). On the other hand, I heard from foreigners(who are financially able) counting the hot weather in the Philippines, as an excuse to leave(mostly because of a lady). Every one’s excuses.🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Wow!!! Spot on
I would think the most basic thing is to get his passport updated and his visa renewed
He doesn’t want it. Crazy
@qadventuresif that’s the situation, it’s the end of the road unfortunately. Be deported, or get back to square with visa and passport, find local employment under the marriage visa, or keep sleeping hoping thing will fix them selves.
@@cheapcharlie7 when his mom was still alive he just asked her for money to get by. His wife never loves him that is the reality, it’s all about money 😢
What he needs is money to sort out his papers ,and maybe a ticket back home. Then he can find job back there and support his wife and kids.
I would think there’s plenty of Philippines companies that would help to get a electrician to work for them. I’m getting the feeling that he’s got a monkey on his back. Alcohol is what I’m guessing.
Perhaps, but they can’t legally offer him a job due to him not having a national ID
@qadventures At this point who cares about legality. There has got to be someone who can offer work under the table. He can focus on legality later. Btw, not saying that you need to be involved in illegality but I’m sure he can find someone willing.
“I don’t want to say anything negative—the man looks like he’s got enough problems. But if I were in his shoes and heard they had health issues and were considering closing all flights, I would have been on a plane immediately.
I have a Filipino fiancée whom I visit every year. I invested in her future by building a well-stocked store onto her house for just $10,000 USD, and I also bought her a truck so she could pick up supplies more efficiently. She now runs the store successfully, prioritizing it well, and as a result, she takes care of her grandparents and helps her parents too.
With the resources he had—1.5 million pesos—it wouldn’t have taken more than 500,000 pesos to do something similar. I would have thought that anyone considering living in or frequently visiting the Philippines would make a similar investment.
Making such a big move in someone’s life requires a lot of planning to ensure stability and to have a backup plan if things go wrong. I’ve been in that situation before, which is why I always keep enough money on me or have someone in the U.S. who can instantly send me funds if needed. When making a move like this, you’ve got to have a safety net.
Now, whenever I visit, my expenses are minimal—just the extra electricity for air conditioning and food—because everything is already taken care of.
That’s just my take on the situation.”
get ur passport visa together go back to uk work ur azz off then go back to family with goals
All sounds ( f)
Up.
Shabu is the real problem because it destroys the body and the brain…
I live here and know the rules inside out and helped people leave when Covid hit. Lockdown came months after it. I helped people contact the embassy to get their documents done and the visa and the ambassador helped with the funds. Over decades anyone who wanted to found their way home. There’s no kinder and more helpful country. All I see is a destroyed mind and I hear lies…
May I ask you to reach out privately so I may have direct contact with you? You are, perhaps, right; but my experience with the UK embassy while helping Ken, was brutal. Maybe it’s who we know
Bro got Tagalog accent, love it. Hope him all the best!
Pathetic if you not going help don’t waste his time
ESPECIALLY seeing his son arrive even if some
Groceries and 3000-5000 pecos hey that’s great but if nothing wow
Basically if meet do something even if he won’t learn to fish
It’s called HEART
Not saying your not if so good congratulations
But I understand your logic but
Some
Smart people are to smart
For their own good
The Taoist said a story of
The man said your friend is smart
Yes very smart
I suppose that’s why he doesn’t understand
Take care
We spent almost 20k in that journey at his request. Watch the video again. Give him 5k now, then what tomorrow? Back to square 1? Who to say he wouldn’t comes up with a practical solution tomorrow and I inves 100k for him to have a long term solution. It’s not my responsibility to shove a solution fown his throat
TIME????? It’s not like he has anything else going for him. Why don’t you give him some money? Maybe you can support him rather than making pathetic comments!!!!!
When you interview pretty young girls (but no guys & no ugly Middle-Aged ladies) you put yourself and your content in the position of being a target for accusations
Am I not featuring other demographics? Or are people not watching? What’s “ugly” to you? I am with a partner that is perfect in my eyes, everyone else’s vanity or the lack thereof is irrelevant to me
@qadventures I wasn’t clear, sorry for the misunderstanding, I was encouraging you to continue with a variety of types of people, as you are doing, being careful not to frequently feature pretty young girls, as you are doing. I think you Ai & Derek are awesome, I don’t want bashers saying negative things about you, which I believe are not true. You are good people, helping a lot of locals. Thank you for your wonderful content
Notice how Paul is sitting around, gee, I wonder why he’s broke?!
His first mistake were, looking for love on FACEBOOK, go figure
I say this with empathy. He cannot recall when his Mother died. Quite strange. He has never planned for the coming months at any point in his life. Paying 60 % tax? He’s telling fibs. He’d have to earn £100,000 per year for and work for 2 continuous years to have to pay 60% UK Tax. He needs to agree with a long term sensible plan before any charity collection !
I agree. I was trying, but he couldn’t articulate a sensible plan.
Confused here, where’s the wife now?
Working abroad to support the kids
interviewer is terrible
He has depression. Go back to UK work and bring your kids there.
Philippines 101 : How can we get rid of all these losers aka Western tourists
He should go back before they deport him
You’re sitting there laughing at him. He’s a proud man and you keep asking what he needs. What do you think ha needs!
Is that what you see? At him? Pitty
@ I see a man down on his luck
@@josephzito1574 You must be blind if you see a proud man! I see a pathetic excuse of a man, not wanting to go back to his country to work and support his kids. Instead begging from locals and making his wife go overseas to work.
He should go back home.
Sorry, Long post…
I realise he doesn’t want to leave his children, however, to help his family better financially, leaving the Philippines would be the best option for sure in the long run, ofw’s do it, I believe he needs to too. Yes he has to get his passport renewed, have the overstay fees, visa paid etc that way he’ll be allowed to get back into the country or stay.
For example, there are many Australians and other foreigners who live in southeast Asia countries, yet work in Australian mining sectors, for two to four week shifts, and being an electrician with proof of trade papers, reference’s and certified tickets, drivers license, birth certificate, are able to work here if he applied and possibly got company or recruitment company sponsorship, best of both worlds, and it would only be a six hour flight, whilst working for the mining companies he lives on site, all expenses paid, food, accommodation, airfares paid within Australia except from and back to SE/Asia. Something to think about! Instead of going back to the UK.
My brother does it (and other friends I know of too) and lives an hour away from Jakarta Indonesia.
Sorry for the long post 😢🤭
No sorry. I love it with all the concise context, Victoria. His wife is currently an ofw. He’s left his kids to before to work in UK. he is resist now and I can’t get it out of him why
@qadventures. Derek, him being a man he’s feeling embarrassed as the provider, husband, father or as the son inlaw, and ashamed as a foreigner, son and brother.
I believe he’s also suffering from depression, i hope he ain’t self medicating through alcohol to mask his pain and suffering with the situation he’s in, as that would not help one iota😢
For fuck sake! Give us the money so we can drink 😂
Hi Derek and Ai. Bit of a hard one for Paul considering he doesn’t want to return to the UK. Personally i think thats his best option, to go back, get a job and somewhere to stay, work there for a year or so, send support money for his wife and kids until he is financially stable again, then he can bring his family to Shropshire to be with him. Alternatively, support for his wife in the form of a small business in Leyte, eg. a SariSari store or similar, and Paul could helpout with the small business with manual work? Regards Derek and Ai. Bob and Lina.
Yes, Bob and Lina. Begging in a foreign country is never an option. But he is really fighting the idea of going home to regroup. I am just standing by for a sensible solution from Paul
He needs a strong helping hand to get up from his predicament (he is obviously lost) .. somebody who could also offer a direction. I wonder if the British embassy can step in
.
From past experience with Ken, the embassy doesn’t really care
Almost impossible for a non-Filipino to do manual labor. In this heat. Go home, I think the Ph. Will give you a one way. With out a good job in the UK, you can not bring your family over.
The only thing you can do for him is convince him to go home. He needs to at a minimum go home and work long enough to qualify for some form of a retirement pension. It’s never good for a kid to see his dad begging for food or money. Again go home, get your wife and kids their visas and work to support them.
Apparently, he’s been told that by many people, even people he knows in this comment section. But he his stubborn about going home. He has to want it for himself for things to work
That didn’t inspire me one bit. That’s depressing that an adult can’t support himself. There’s many Pinoys that would gladly trade passports with him and utilize the opportunity which would be to go home and work.
Q came of as a big eerk in this interview, it was very cringe at moments. Q & Paul haven’t a clue what Paul wants or should do? its very simple: since Paul cant work in the Philippines and 5 years of begging is not cutting it and his marriage is on the rocks. He has basically one option.
#1 he needs a go fund me account and get back to the UK, His only chance to get on his feet and support his family is if he gets enough donations to pay his visa fines square up with the delinquent Visa, passport, ID, get all that up to date. He needs enough donations to pay all that plus a plane ticket back to the UK and enough money for lets say 3 months rent in the UK maybe for renting a room from someone for starters?
#2 He needs to be feverishly looking for a Job as soon as he gets back to the UK, stop be lazy and don’t even think about working part time to go back and forth from the UK and the Philippines! if he works things out with his wife? He should just bring them to the UK after he secures a Job and a pace for them to live, because it obviously it doesn’t work out quitting the job in the UK and going to the Philippines then going back to UK finding a job, he said he work two years in the UK to be able to pay a $650 hospital bill for the baby to be born didnt really seem he had much or a way to live long term in the PI?, the one time he got $25k inheritance which really wasn’t that much specially to live long term in the Philippines . Paul doesn’t seem to have any good game planes and thats why hes in this predicament , His only chance is to get enough donations to square up his visa, plane ticket to UK and a few months living expenses so he can get a job and bring his family back to UK, maybe years later when he retires from his UK job they go back to Philippines and retire ? he needs to think long term and stop wing it, he spawned two kids he needs to man up go back to the UK get on his feet and stop making stupid decisions!
Q needs to rethink how he does interviews because he really came off bad in this one, you can read between the lines hes not very nice its came out in other videos to…. anyone with common sense can see this Paul guy is so far down and no passport, visa no money basically no leg to stand on.. so basically he has one option, he needs major donations but no donations to be lazy and squander, he needs these donations TO GET HIM BACK TO THE UK , don’t pass go don’t stay in Philippines where you cant work or have a way to earn a living.. He needs to go back to the UK because just giving him money to stay in the Philippines wont do any good he will just be lazy and end up in the same boat he’s in right now just sleeping trying to forget his troubles… Paul go back to the UK and work because its your only chance.. gofundme for paul so he can go back to UK
The world is full of lazy losers
He has to go back to his home country, he is in a third world country and no one will support him in the Philippines and very few jobs for foreigners, plenty of people like him out there , but unfortunately everyone has to make hard decisions
To me it sounds like he adopted the beggar lifestyle. He don’t want to do anything that makes sense. He’s just worries about each day . And what he has to do to survive it. Helping him would only be hurting him. He needs to get tired of it. And maybe that’s what his wife is doing forcing him to take the logical option. He’s been begging since 2019. He has no plans . No future. Until he gets off his ass and does what he has to do. Not what he wants to do.
I hard agree with your observations, hence I insist he needs to articulate a solid plan to me before I can help
@qadventures I never thought I’d say this but don’t help him.. he’s been this way since 2019.. just give him 1 option if he wants to take it. Help him get his ass back home. You and I are from Los Angeles. I’m here in cebu also. We know there are many people who are homeless and hold jobs in our cities. No excuse . I don’t feel bad for him 1 bit. He accepted the life of begging. I couldn’t imagine being his wife . 2 kids and 1 grown ass kid.
What happened to his passport ? Lost it? Most important document if you’re a foreigner. I reckon he should be deported. Full stop. He couldn’t support his kids anyway, at least wife’s relatives are there. Geez!! 🤯 Don’t waste your 100K on him. 🥸
It expired
I can detect that he has retained some of his Welsh accent. I would hate to be in his position. Here in the I.k illegal immigrants get a hotel room, 3 meals a day, free health care and pocket money. Yet a British person is left to their own devices.
Sad
A plan is 100% necessary. I would like to know more about why he can’t work when married to a local? I could be wrong, but I thought that was an option as a spouse. No? What would it take? I heard the UK helps people get back on thier feet. Not like in America, It’s almost impossible. I hope he gets a plan!
Marriage doesn’t equal work authorization here. So many natural citizens are without work, marriage or not, I can’t imagine the filipino government to allow foreign nationals to come and compete for local jobs. Most work permits for foreigners i know of are engineers, chefs, other special trades that are sponsored by big corporations. I have an ability to earn here because I am an investor and business owner and my business pays filipino taxes. I earn as a “profit gained to owner” capacity and not labor for pay
@qadventures Good to know, thank you!
He needs to work. Help him find work
I cannot participate in illegal activities. Paid work in the Philippines for a foreign national without proper permits is illegal
Just sent me his contact information @qadventures
A 13A Visa does not permit you to take up paid employment. It only allows you to reside permanetly as the spouse of a Filipina.
His story is sad, because such a young man with a UK passport to be in this state. Go home brother and think with your head
He is a bum period@qadventures
these beggars are the undesirables that the Philippine immigration is deporting now.
Going to any country without a constant stream of income (not necessarily big) is a recipe for disaster. Typhoons happen, COVID happened…there is no way to guess what will happen next, so you need to plan for the worst. Of all the videos made about stranded and bankrupt expats there is a common theme. Either a) they ran out of money before they could get out or b) they lost access to their money before they could get out. Without money in the Philippines, you are doomed to live a very uncomfortable life until the day you die. Being unwilling to get deported takes away the only valid option he has.
Very true
The fact that his wife stood by him for near five years whilst he begged on the streets and then he burnt their wedding photos…. Mind-blowing.
Crossed my mind also
As a Brit I’m ashamed. What a bum. Get home son and stop making us all look stupid. You don’t go to Asia and beg. What on earth is wrong with you. Your a qualified electrician 😂😂😂😂 it’s a brilliant trade and you choose not to use it!!!!!!!!!! You chose to be exactly where you are.
Most of the expat come from a poor life in their country they couldn’t make it there so they grab a pocket full of money head to a 3rd world corrupt country, trying to start a business, meets a poor, uneducated, desperate, hungry, unskilled lady with kids falls in love overnight , spends his money on her family, once he’s broke evrybody abandon him, now he’s homeless my advise go to your Embassy for assistance, no Filipino or foreigner will help you.
Please send me his information i maybe can help
I just sent him your comment
The only want there can help him what I think is raffy tulfo
Or he will have big Problems here or jail time no passport or visa not good 🤷🏽♂️
I don’t want to go back to the UK, I just want you and your subscribers to support my lazy arse so I can stay in the Philly Willy!
I think there is a bigger undelying problem that he hasn’t revealed to us.
Top priority is to for the family to remain together. I think his wfe is weary of his inabilty to find a solution to the problems they face.
He needs take advantage of the fact that he is married to a Filipino citizen to sort out his immigration status, so he can work legally.
I see it as he only wants a handout. He has no plan for the future, and his situation looks bleak, with an expired passport and an overstay. If he truly loves his kids, he would return to his home country and earn money.
The first clue that this guy will never change and get off his a$$ to make things right is that he constantly makes excuses for everything. People like that are typically hopeless cases that need a reality check. His reality check came 5 years ago and he did nothing. SMFH.
he is not handicap. there’s the ocean right there.. go fishing.. do something, begging is a last resort.. blindness or something
It’s heartbreaking to see the miserable situation this man and his family are in. The best help you can offer is to contact the UK embassy or consulate in the Philippines and request assistance. He is unable to manage his situation on his own, and therefore he urgently needs the support of the UK Embassy in the Philippines.
He already did that and didn’t like the options presented to him
Go home.
You are not doing your family any good there and the philippines has enough people who REALLY need assistance and don’t have a western country in their back pocket willing to assist. It sounds like he has mentally put himself in a state where there’s no hope. He will keep digging the hole deeper……..
Move on Q………..
A bum… Sorry, but that’s all he is – a lazy bum
Wrong Country to be in if you won’t eat the local food.
Seems to me he is a Big part of his own problems.
Very irresponsible individual.
Covid, covid, covid … Old news
Ok so you give him 10k it will disappear in a heartbeat…he can think without money
My point exactly. I already spent 20k in traveling expenses journeying up there. Still would love to help, but he MUST articulate a sensible course of action
he really need to process his visa and passport and then find out how he can go back to UK for work so that he can provide for his family again.
Did him and his wife actually get a 13a visa?
COVID ruin a lot of lives so sad the Philippines followed the American narrative it ruin the country Dr Fauci should be in jail for what he has done
They won’t let him leave the country even if he wants to. He must owe thou$ands in overstay penalties…
This old man he played 4 he played nick nack on my door 🚪
Does he have severe mental roblems as to the reason why he doesnt, or cant go back to UK to work, Electricians ae in high demand these days, thats the only way he can save his family by providing for them… How much is his overstay visa fine, I heard one can get a temporary passport to get back to UK, If he goes back in the spring summer or fall he can sleep in a tent, many do while they get working and on their feet.
Seriously Derek, This guy did it to himself, People don’t send a dime to Derek for him or this guy, BS
For the record, input have never asked for anything ok? Even at the end of the video, I have asked him to articulate a sustainable plan to me before I even say yay or nay
Alligator Tears, He is full of it, He just wants hand outs
A real Man will do whatever it takes, He is full of it
What is he doing to afford a phone and data
It’s obvious he needs money so eathier help him or don’t let God be the judge Lord have mercy 50 million question’s help him start a little business maybe his mother in law could help him run it