Filipinos To Fly Out Free-Thousand Register To Avail Kuwait Amnesty

Normal procedures will be applied on holders of regular and temporary residence permits and work permits that expired on or after Jan 24, 2018, as the provisions of the resolution do not apply to them. Those who lost their passports and received new passports or travel documents shall fill the relevant form for reporting the loss of passport. The form shall be stamped by the concerned employee of the General Department of Residence Affairs Investigations.

The following procedures shall apply:- a) If the expiry date of the residence permit or visa is before Feb 24, 2018, it shall be matched with his/her personal file in the Immigration Department or the original civil card, if any.

The unified number shall be written in the last page of the passport or travel document and stamped by the department so that they can leave the country without the need for transferring data on passport. b) If it is not possible to obtain the data of the violator or if there is no data at all, a form shall be provided to the applicant to check with the Criminal Investigations Department.

In this case, the following procedures shall apply in the next visit of the violator:- n If the residence permit or visa of the violator is found, the abovementioned procedure (a) shall apply.

>> If no data is found, a database shall be created and the violator shall be granted temporary residence in computer only without the unified number on the last page of the passport or travel document. The passport shall be stamped by the       Immigration Department and the violator shall be asked to leave the country, but change in status shall not be allowed.

>>  In case the data of the person is present in the security control system and matches with the data received from the General Department of Criminal Evidences but there is a difference in the data in the new passport or travel document,          the name and other details shall be amended according to the new passport or travel document.

>>  If there is an arrest warrant against the violator for any reason other than violation of residency law, he/she shall be immediately arrested and referred to the concerned authority for taking necessary legal action.

Meanwhile, there are currently 300,000 overseas jobs available in China for the Filipino workers, as per the announcement made by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello on Jan 28, 2018.

It can be recalled that the Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday, Jan 26, that he will seek help of China to open its doors for the Filipinos if the maltreatment to the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Kuwait continues.

China is in need of English teachers, musicians, nurses, cooks, household service workers, and caregivers, according to a CNN report.

The bilateral agreement, which will be signed by the two countries next month, will cover the salaries, working hours, benefits, and protection of the rights of Filipino workers to prevent abuses committed against the OFWs. Bello advised the job-seekers to only apply at the agencies accredited by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).