For Filipinos only. Given the opportunity, will you migrate to the US?

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Bhuwisit

It's a personal choice but dependent on the opportunity presenting itself as well. But I think Fidel Joseph's reasoning above is perfect.

iscikedelic

I was given and still has but I so love my country so I won't leave.

Mutya P

Ang sagot ko ay HINDI!!!!!!! Kailangan kong maging saksi at kaagapay sa pagbabago ng situasyon dito sa aking mahal na Inang Bayan. I love my country. There is no place like home.
GOD SAVE THE PHILIPPINES!!!!!! GOD SAVE YOUR PEOPLE!!!!! AMEN!

anne12

likewise... im already here too and i miss my life in manila.
filipinos who wants to migrate here from pinas are either poor or just didnt get the chance to live a good life back home so they think US is heaven. when apparently.. its just wider roads and cold weather. i hate how naive pinoys think USA is the secret to their success. come here and see for yourself how difficult it is to keep up with your tax and mortgage payments!

and to that, its a pity how some filipinos turn out to be snotty just because they are now wearing a scarf and leather boots. they give my country a bad name. to them i say --SHOO!

im a scholar here in new york and the next filipino person i always ran into thinks im here to find an american dirtbag to marry and feed me. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? HELL NO.

i say if you have the talent and the brains, stay in the country and do well. better to have your own business someday than be an employee forever on a place who treats you with least possible respect because ur asian.

i know people who made it in manila and ran the best businesses there. they stayed, and now they got the good life. =)

Fidel Joseph A

my answer is a question, what's your priority?
depending on the kind of life you want to live.
is it the quality of life you want to enjoy with your family?
is it a better future, education, safety, better healthcare, government that look after the welfare and well being of the citizens?
is it the kind of environment that provides justice, equal opportunity, security, occupational health and safety, laws that works and well implemented?
is it the kind of career that your are JUSTLY compensated?

is it the kind of public service that you'll hear the very familiar;
balikan mo nalang, may kilala ka dito?, pakisingit mo naman o, kay bossing yan, bukas na, sa Lunes na, paki tanong mo nalang kay bossing etc etc etc etc

does anyone know about fairness and equality?

does anyone knows the real meaning of democracy to begin with?

mang leonidas!

Hindi.

America is so overrated (that is, IMO)

Juan C

already here, and wanting to go home...!!!

lassengo

that is why almost all filipinas,including my 100 year old grandmother is looking for a foreigner to marry.

GabrielFranz

There is no perfect country. There is no perfect place. Migrating to the US does not make any difference to one's life if one is behaving the same way in the foreign land the way he does in the Philippines.

bernie_bph

Yes sure, there's a lot of opportunities and the work class was given more privileges. The officials are trustworthy and professional and have nice dealings with their constituents.

Phoenix

Not everybody who comes in the U.S. will make it and I am referring to all people coming from all corners of the world.

Everything has its high price to pay in a rhetorical sense of speaking.

Some finds themselves going back from where they came from with a disappointment.

So the answer to your question is, until you are here in the U.S. tell me yourself if the pasture is greener on the other side of the fence.

Datu Dagohoy

if you are ready to be a hard worker or being dependent, so go ahead. i just remind you that life here in the Phil is easy and comfortable compare to US. we are feeling reach here in the Phil that is really true. in US 16 hours a day of working but still they don't money saving.
I have a plain question to you, have you heard that Filipinos in the US who are millionairs because of the money earned from their job? NO!

J@ps

It is not really about whats happening externally but it all really depends upon each individual & on each individual circumstance/situation.

Most will say yes in a heartbeat, some will not even admit that, well the unbelievable backlog & the long lines daily at the US Embassy would be evidence enough.

But talking from experience, I say I will.

I was given that chance to migrate to the US, well multiple times & I held off as long as I can. Although some 6 years ago I did finally migrate to the US with my family & I can say that although now after the fact, I would have preferred to stay at the Philippines.

But anyway I would most probably be applying for dual citizenship at the soonest time & I would definitely come home to visit this year. So who knows I might end up staying in my home country again. Just depends on what comes out when I get there. But either way I NOW have a CHOICE of where to live. Or even go back & forth.

So who would want that opportunity to slip pass them?

ChOoey Choco

hmmm... no, nosebleed lang akoh dun.. haha.. jowk lang..... don't feel like going to US... saka nah lang... LOL

MusicMan

I am not from the Philippines. However, since you are adressing the question towards Filipinos, I will answer since I am one. I would more than likely move to the US for many reasons. In my opinion, Canada is a good place to live, but the US would be a good place to live too...I think. I used to be on the "Yes" side of moving to the US, but I think I am now on the probably side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vQHjBNJmy4

bembrown

i was given the chance before, had my visa and all, but i didn't go. even now, i still won't. but it's not like i hate america. it's just that i love this country more. and i won't leave it for anything in the world.

about the other question, it was always said, and i will say it again, that the real problem is our mentality. we just let go of that and all will be fine. no more excuses, philippines.

Greevy Thom

To many Filipinos currently living in Pinas - the answer can be a resounding yes.

To us who are already here - the answer can be - think again.

USA is a land of opportunity alright - but this is also a land ripe with racism and hatred against immigrants, even the legal ones.

You should also realize that once you are here, the Americans will put you into constant scrutiny - from the way you dress, talk or even eat. They will constantly demonize you, call you lazy, stupid or worst - while they themselves hide their own laziness,stupidity and racial bias.

Just a heads up - there is a growing group of whites here, mostly conservatives, who hates Mexicans - calling them wetbacks - because most illegals came from Mexico. Like it or not, many Filipinos may look like Mexicans, and have Hispanic names like Juan. Be prepared for the dirty looks, and being discriminated because they will confuse you as another "Mexicant".

There is a raging economic recession. 2.4 millions lost their jobs before 2008 ended and predicted to get worst as more companies and banks announced bankrupcy and/or losses. Experts say they exact number of unemployed today are close to 16 million - including those are out of jobs for a long time, and those that are partially employed (its so bad that Microsoft - which never laid off anybody before - announced yesterday they will let go some 5,000 employees). Jobs in the manufacturing, IT and such are getting scarce and competitive, but the good news is they are still needing a lot of health workers (nurses, PTs, etc). People are losing homes due to foreclosures, families are struggling with paying their bills. In winter states, people who cannot afford to pay heating bills resort to lighting bonfires or turning on their gas stoves. If you see them, you will think there's a walking suman, but they are just people who are clothed in layers to keep themselves from freezing to death. You will learn to appreciate the hot weather in Pinas.

In short - most only see the pretty Americans when they are in Pinas. Once you are here you will see the ugly side of America. And the fact that the snow when too much arent that beautiful, that not everything here is easy, that you earn a lot of dollars but you also have to spend them just to survive, that life here can be alienating - and depressing - especially if you are used to the life you once have in Pinas - materially struggling, but spiritually and morally abundant.

caito kid

I only left the country because I married a foreigner. Otherwise, no.

Aref H4

My answer should be the equivalent of the national language of India.

Which reminds me. Do you know that in Arabia, they use the Hindi numerals while the Western nations and the Philippines use the Arabic numerals?

My negative answer has nothing to do with economics, however. It is based more on habit. I am used to living and loving my own land.

D'Andrei

more than half will say "OO"

Babby Joshua Christomato

The latest update which I have read '504,000 Americans' lost their job. I don't want to include myself to Obama's headache. Unless he can come up with a clear-cut employment plan, he is in Big Trouble.

So the answer is NO, I won't migrate to the US with the present state of politics and economy nor even when it got better.

One reason: My parents are now American Citizen and still not free of racial discrimination.

Let me share my father's story. When he got in trouble once and questioned the policeman for favoring an American, he said "You can not treat me like this, I am an American" the policeman replied "You sir is an American Citizen, not an American".

Moreover, its not the land "flowing with milk and honey" as it was once used to be.

Whoever said that the US is a land of opportunity, must think again.

Clarisse

Of course yes If they give me a chance to going to abroad like in US and so on to migrate there because I want to have of my own job,to shared it of my talents,I want to help with my family for financially, I want to earned of my own money for my future and of course kahit na malayo na sa piling ng family ko kailangan ko magtrabaho para mai ahon ko sila sa kahirapan at magdasal para mailaban ko ang aking kalungkutan or being homesick.Sa ngayon wla pa rin ako ng trabaho at hirap talaga maghanap ng trabaho at kahirapan ang dahilan kung bakit tayo naghihirap sa ating bansa dahil di na pinagbigyan ng pansin ng gobyerno mga problema natin sa ating bansa like education but hopefully the current government should be face it of their problems here in our own country.

Reira Yuna

If given the opportunity, sure thing....

I'd like to work on other countries and US is one of those :)...

Reasons.... US Dollars is quite wow! I'd like to marry a white blonde chick LOL...

I guess that's all XD

miss laina

YES! YES! YES!
i'd leave this country in a heartbeat!
it kinda sucks in here

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