Morales found immigrant problems with education, finances, unemployment, youth, family, and the elderly. A large number of Filipino professionals also face licensing problems in the new country. New immigrants, both male and female, arrive with a high level of educational achievement and professional backgrounds. Problems they face include unemployment, finances, child guidance, role of the elderly, culture shock, credentialing and licensing. Immigrants come from different islands so that it is difficult to form overall Filipino organizations.
Filipino groups tend to multiply rather than unify.
Azores noted a high percentage of Filipino high school seniors had aspirations for a college education. Many lacked the grades for advancing. Cabezas, Shinagawa, and Kawaguchi found Filipinos in California remained in subordinated positions to the white majority, clustered in the secondary labor market where the pay was low and where mobility was limited. As a result of language difficulties and other disadvantages in the labor market, many Koreans turned toward small business while Filipinos, who were more familiar with the language and U.S. business practices, were able to bypass the small business model. English-speaking Filipinos could find employment relatively easily outside the ethnic community.