DFA warns against use of tourist, visit visas for jobs abroad
Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 06:47:50 +0000
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reiterated its warning to Filipino job seekers against the use of tourist or visit visa to secure jobs overseas.
The warning came after the DFA reunited 71 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who all left the country using a visit visa, with their families in the Philippines.
“OFWs without the proper employment documents are more prone to abuses and exploitation abroad. The DFA has been receiving an increasing number of reports about illegal recruiters using a third or fourth country, usually where a visa is not required for Filipinos, as jump-off points,” said Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola.
The 71 distressed OFWs from United Arab Emirates arrived in Manila at 8:40 a.m. on Friday. They were accompanied by Consul General to Abu Dhabi Marford Angeles.
The DFA, through the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs, shouldered the Filipinos’ airfare to Manila, cost of processing of exit visas, and maintenance and operating costs of government shelters in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. JAVIER JOE ISMAEL