By Jean Aguilar · Filipina VA since 2020

Build a remote career from the Philippines, step by step.

I’m Jean, and I’ve worked as a VA since 2020. This site holds everything I wish someone had told me when I was starting out: how to land clients, how much to charge, how to get paid, BIR, and how not to get scammed. Let me share my experiences with you so you don’t have to make the mistakes I did.

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Rates in pesos and dollars
Written from my own client work
Free guides and tools
Jean Aguilar, a Filipina virtual assistant, working on her MacBook
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From ₱10,000 to six figures a month
Where VA work has taken me since 2020

Rates in pesos

Quote your rate with confidence, using peso figures for VA and freelance work.

Get paid, properly

GCash, Wise, Payoneer, PayPal: the fees and steps, compared side by side.

BIR & 8% tax

Registration, forms, and the 8% option, explained in plain English.

Spot scams early

The red flags that save you from fake jobs and unpaid “trial” tasks.

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Start with the roadmap that fits you

Everything I write connects back to one of these two paths. Pick the one that sounds like where you are right now, and follow it one guide at a time.

01 For total beginners

How to Become a VA in the Philippines

If you’re starting from zero, this is the path I wish someone handed me in 2020: the skills you can learn for free, your portfolio, your OnlineJobs.ph profile, and landing your first client.

Start the roadmap 02 Ways to earn

Legit Online Jobs You Can Start From Home

Not sure VA work is for you yet? Start with legit data entry and other beginner-friendly online work, and learn how to spot the real offers.

See the guide

VA Starter Kit · ₱299

Write clear proposals and track every send.

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Want the Scorecard too? Kit + Scorecard ₱599

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Register, 8% tax, deadlines

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Platforms, profiles, and how to apply

Skills & Tools

Free training and AI tools

Scams & Safety

Red flags and checking clients
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≈ $800 / month · before platform fees
Jean Aguilar, founder of PinoyRemote and a Filipina virtual assistant based in Cavite
Since 2020Doing the work I write about
The person behind these guides

Hi, I’m Jean.

I’m a Filipina virtual assistant based in Cavite. I started in 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, as a data-entry VA, back before AI tools like ChatGPT were common, so I learned everything the slow way. From there I worked my way up: Shopify manager first, building product pages and handling fulfillment, then Operations Manager at advertising agencies and FinTech companies.

These days I still do client work, including one client who has been with me for about five years now, and I build AI automations on the side. I started PinoyRemote to write down what worked for me, so you can skip the slow guessing I had to do on my own.

VA since 2020 Ex-Shopify manager Ops Manager · agency + FinTech Building AI automations Based in Cavite, PH
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