Tools & Calculators

Care Needs Assessment

Ten questions about daily life — bathing, meds, memory, nights — and an honest recommendation: companion care, personal care, or round-the-clock supervision, with the cost attached.

Caregiver Cost Calculator

What a properly employed caregiver actually costs per month in Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, or the provinces — salary, food, benefits, and 13th month included.

US vs. Philippines Care Cost Comparator

Memory care in the US against a full home-care team in the Philippines, side by side — and what the difference adds up to per year.

Peso Watch

The rate AND what those pesos buy back home: 12 months of peso-per-dollar, Philippine inflation, and the real buying power of your padala — refreshed automatically.

Remittance Fee Comparator

Wise, Remitly, Xoom, Western Union: who actually delivers the most pesos for your dollars, once the hidden exchange-rate margin is counted.

Retirement Budget Calculator

Can you retire in the Philippines on your Social Security or pension? A realistic monthly budget for Manila, Cebu, Davao, or the province — line by line.

Caregiver Payslip Generator

A proper printable payslip for payday: SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG deductions, net pay, and your true employer cost — every month, in one minute.

Flights Home Planner

What a fair fare looks like for your month and coast, every US–PH nonstop, when to book for Christmas, and whose baggage rules fit a balikbayan trip.

Visa Bulletin Checker

Where does your priority date actually sit? The Philippine family lines — F1 to F4 — checked against the date on your I-797, plus what can quietly move a relative into a longer queue.

Estate Tax Calculator

After a parent dies: the Philippine estate tax on the family home and what is left, the ₱5M standard deduction, and the one-year deadline that freezes everything until it is met.

Property Transfer Cost Calculator

What selling really costs — capital gains tax, documentary stamp tax, local transfer tax and commission — computed the way the BIR does it, on the higher of price and zonal value.

The 3 A.M. Card

Your parent’s blood type, medicines, PhilHealth number, which hospital and the deposit to expect — filled in on a calm day, saved on your phone, sent to whoever is nearest.

Petition Case File

A petition can take twenty years. This remembers where you got to — and tells you how far the Philippine cut-off moved since the last time you looked.

Padala Log

Log what you send and what actually arrives. Over a year it shows the gap between your best rate and your worst — usually more than every fee you paid combined.

Affidavit of Support Calculator

Do you earn enough to sponsor your parent or sibling? The I-864 income line for your household — including the household-size rule sponsors almost always undercount.

Balikbayan Box Checker

Will the box arrive duty-free? The ₱150,000 calendar-year ceiling, the three-shipment cap, and whether you qualify for the exemption at all.

SRRV Deposit Checker

What the Philippine retirement visa would ask you to lock up — by age and pension, from $1,500 to $50,000 — and when reacquiring citizenship beats it outright.

The 3 A.M. Hospital Sheet

One page for the night the phone rings: who calls whom, PhilHealth details, and how the deposit gets paid tonight.

Caregiver Interview Questions

The video-call interview sheet: experience and scenario questions, employment terms, and the red flags worth a pause.

The SPA Checklist

Executing a Special Power of Attorney from the US — what it must contain, apostille vs. consulate, and the mistakes that get SPAs rejected.