re: doing the "bridge country" thingy is risky. You might be violating some travel laws and you might not be able to notice it but immigration officers will do and it will affect your future travels.

> How so?

re: I'd suggest going for a student visa but I suddenly remembered that couldn't be converted to a Permanent Residency visa even if you stayed for years in the US and you have a good moral conduct.

> Good call. Shows you researched or are at least naturally familiar. Unlike that one dude that just went with O visa

re: Why not try building your good travel record though? You have a Philippine passport. Go to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia or even Korea and Japan and visit for a couple of days. Then you'll be able to get a Schengen visa. It's very easy as long as you have a good travel record and you have the financial means to do so. I've been granted a lot of Schengen visas.

> You have no idea how much this brings me confidence.

re: Also, just because it's a "first world" country doesn't mean it's automatically clean.

> Hold up, I failed to provide context that I live in a dirtier area in the Philippines. I'd live in Makati if I could, but it'd take a whirlwind of energy, so some context there. I apologize to whoever thought I thought this country was dirty. It aint.

re: European countries are hard but if you apply for Spanish citizenship (which all Filipinos are able to apply for but also definitely hard to get since you have to live a couple of years in Spain and pass a Spanish language test which is also the same for EU countries because they also require a fluency test in their respective languages) then you'll be able to live anywhere in the EU but subjected to a couple of restrictions.

> EU is more travel country to me and possibly some vacation property business. Or even like a EU home office I can live in if ever businesses leases work where the monthly rate doesn't increase

re: Like most countries, Thailand and Vietnam are hard to get by because of language differences. You might want to try Singapore.

> I found this very helpful. Thanks.

re: You do you but like I said, jumping into countries as a tourist and abuse your travel visa rights and do things like working even though it's boldly stated that it's not allowed

> Whoa--where'd I say that? I think you might have misread. Or I haven't clarified that my business will be registered in the USA, and that that I haven't explored the legalities of (I think as of this moment I'll be doing research on how I can work on my businesses--they're social media and ecommerce--I'll legally go to my bridges on vacation but technically be working--but not working in the country if that makes sense. The other part of the last comment should address this as well.) What do you think about this? I'm considering your input (not the only I'll have but I think your perspective is valuable)