Quote Originally Posted by mikek1 View Post
......My wife is Filipino but has a Dutch passport. We always get a yearly balikbayan (1 year stamp) when we go through passport control.....
That's another option too. Just continue to enter together under the Balikbayan programme for as long as immigration allows. The Philippines Immigration have been known to get very crusty about that when it continues for a few years.
Just be aware.

Also, as I've mentioned to you before, do please carefully understand the implications of leaving the UK for periods longer than 3 months. Especially when it comes to the NHS and the eligibility for medical treatments/prescriptions etc.

Food for thought.