Overseas Filipino workers without the proper employment documents are more prone to abuses and exploitation by their employers, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said as it warned OFWs anew against the use of tourist or visit visas to secure overseas jobs.
Cacdac said illegal recruiters are using a third or fourth country, usually Asean member countries where visa is not required of its citizens, and other countries in the Middle East as jump-off points to send Filipino workers to banned destinations.
The POEA has existing deployment bans on Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan,
Libya, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Nigeria.
Cacdac cited the case of undocumented household workers repatriated from Syria and Lebanon who complained of low or unpaid wages, long hours of work, and physical and verbal abuse suffered from their employers. The workers were found to have left the country using short-term visit visas.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
How to Acquire Thailand Visa
Do you want to work or just travel in Thailand? Do you want to enjoy the tropical climate in Thailand? Or want to visit the different destination of the country? Well, you must acquire visit to be able to enter here.
This article would help you how to acquire a Thailand visa and which visa should you need. This would give you ideas of what documents you must submit and fees you need to settle.
Types of Visas
There are three types of visa according to the purpose of your visit in Thailand, non-migrant visa, tourist visa and transit visa.
Purpose of NON-IMMIGRANT VISA
This visa may require approval from the Ministry Concerns from Thailand in case by case and invitation letter from Thailand. The maximum days of stay non-immigrant visa holders is 90 days, you can apply for extension of stay in Thailand if you wish.
The non-migrant visa is use for business and conference, research, mass media or missionary, education, teaching, family reunion, settlement after retirement and medical treatment.
Business and conference - It requires a business letter, with the letter head, stating the purpose of visit, also included name of company, organization or mission and address in Thailand.
Research, mass media or missionary – it requires a letter, with letter head, from company, agency or organization sending you on your mission, and also the letter from your counterpart in Thailand and proof of verification of the institution.
For complete details on how to acquire Thailand visa please click this link:
http://www.ofwguide.com/likod/article_item.php?articleid=776
This article would help you how to acquire a Thailand visa and which visa should you need. This would give you ideas of what documents you must submit and fees you need to settle.
Types of Visas
There are three types of visa according to the purpose of your visit in Thailand, non-migrant visa, tourist visa and transit visa.
Purpose of NON-IMMIGRANT VISA
This visa may require approval from the Ministry Concerns from Thailand in case by case and invitation letter from Thailand. The maximum days of stay non-immigrant visa holders is 90 days, you can apply for extension of stay in Thailand if you wish.
The non-migrant visa is use for business and conference, research, mass media or missionary, education, teaching, family reunion, settlement after retirement and medical treatment.
Business and conference - It requires a business letter, with the letter head, stating the purpose of visit, also included name of company, organization or mission and address in Thailand.
Research, mass media or missionary – it requires a letter, with letter head, from company, agency or organization sending you on your mission, and also the letter from your counterpart in Thailand and proof of verification of the institution.
For complete details on how to acquire Thailand visa please click this link:
http://www.ofwguide.com/likod/article_item.php?articleid=776
Monday, November 26, 2007
What Lies Ahead for Visit Visa Holder in Dubai?
More and more Filipinos opt to work abroad particularly in Dubai using visit visa. Recently, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) issued an advisory about the risk of working using visit visa. Aspiring OFWs believe that using visit visa is the easiest and fastest way to work abroad. But what they don’t know is the risk that goes along with when they get there.
What really lies ahead for “tourist workers” holder in Dubai? What will happen when your visa was about to expire? Meanwhile, here’s a real story from a Filipina who wants to tell the burden of using visit visa.
Pag pumasok ka dito as visit visa, you will be allowed to stay in Dubai for only 58 days from your date of entry. So within 58 days dapat may trabaho ka, maari makakuha ka ng work within that period of time pero ang question will they process your employment and residence visa? This is the biggest problem here.
Ang processing ng employment visa will cost roughly Dhs8,000. Malaking pera para sa company, unless malaking company ang mapasukan mo for sure they will process your visa, eh paano kung hindi? Totoo na maraming mga company dito pero di lahat malaki at may pera. Kung mga small time business walang mangyayari sa visa mo, paaasahin ka lang, kunwari they will hire you tapos pag malapit na ma-expire na ang visit visa mo dun mo malalaman na di pala nila ito pina-process at kailangan mo um-exit papunta sa Kish. Tapos pagbalik mo sarado na pala yung company mo o di kaya may na-hire nang iba.
Ilan ng kasama ko sa bahay at kakilala ang ganon ang nangyari. Buti kung sasagutin ng company yung exit expenses mo eh kung hindi, which always happens. Kawawa ang magpupunta dito na visit visa ang gamit.
Naranasan ko ang um-exit papunta sa Kish, hidi agad na-process ng company ko ang employment visa ko. Pag nakarating ka sa Kish you will feel na para kang na-exile. Kish is an island in Iran, and you will be shocked dahil madaming Pinoy ang nandon, imagine lagi fully booked ang Kish airlines dahil sa dami ng Pinoy na pabalik-balik from Kish to Dubai and from Dubai to Kish.
Ang bayad don nun time na um-exit ako ay Dh35 per day, it’s a hotel they say pero hindi ito gaya ng mga hotel na iniisip mo. Wala kang trabaho na mapapasukan sa Kish, so talagang hindi ka mag-iisip na mag-stay sa lugar na iyon. Yung place na iyon ay ginawa para sa pag-exit ng mga paso na ang visa sa Dubai.
Depressing ang lugar na yon, may mga Pinoy don na na-stranded na. Pinabayaan na sila ng employer at ng kamag-anak o di kaya kakilala nila. Syempre kung wala ka rin lang pamilya dito sa Dubai sino ang gagastos sayo ng Dhs 1,000 for a new visit visa only.
May mga Pinoy akong na-meet don, wala na silang pera. Merong isa one month na siya don, tapos ang ginagawa niya para makakain siya naglilinis siya ng hotel. Tapos, meron din don wala na silang pagkain. Ang ginagawa nila hinihingi nila yung natitirang pagkain ng mga aalis ng mga Pinoy at babalik na sa Dubai. Ang advise nga sa’min, pag pupunta ka sa Kish at may pera ka naman, magdala ka na ng maraming pagkain at iwan mo na lng sa mga naandon na na-stranded na Pinoy.
Nong andon ako, around 700 Pinoy ang andun. Isang hotel lang yan, wala pa dyan un mga Pinoy na naka-check-in sa ibang hotels. Halos 90% ng andon mga Pinoy, konti lang ang ibang lahi. Sari-saring Pinoy ang nandun, may lolo, may lola, may mag-asawa na pareho ng andon, may binata, may payat na payat dahil wala ng pera at makain.
Tapos, ang masaklap pa pag one month ka na don, syempre wala ka ng pera pangbayad ng hotel, ang gagawin ng mga Pinoy don eh floating. Pag gabi lang sila matutulog sa hotel. Makikitulog lang sila, dapat patago yun dahil may nagra-round na gwardya. Mas nakakaawa daw dun yun mga Pinoy pag winter. Dahil di pwede na sa labas lang matutulog dahil sobra lamig.
Yan ang buhay ng pag-exit sa Kish, most likely pag pumasok ka sa Dubai as visit visa. Halos 90% ang possibility na e-exit ka. Plus, may bagong promulgation ang Dubai municipality dito with regards to processing of employment visa. Kailangan yun authenticated diploma mo at TOR na authenticated na sa Pilipinas ay ipapa-authenticate mo pa uli dito. At babayad ka ng Dhs500 and it will take two months bago matapos ang authentication. Pag natapos na yon, saka pa lang ipa-process ang employment visa mo. So kung dati eh isang exit ka lang bago maayos ang employment visa mo, sa bagong system dito eh magdadalawang exit ka.
No one will encourage someone na pumasok dito as visit visa kung ang purpose lang ng pagpunta niya dito magtrabaho, Kung magtuturista ka lang walang problema, pero kung hanap mo ay trabaho, it’s not advisable.
Ang mag-e-encourage sa’yo na pumunta dito eh yung mga ahenteng Pinoy na kababayan natin na ang negosyo eh pagbebenta ng visa. Ang daming ahente pinoy dito ang yumaman sa pagre-recruit ng mga inosente nating kababayan na mangungutang pa ng daang libo sa Pilipinas para lang makarating dito. Makonsensiya sana sila sa ginagawa nila. Buti kung pagdating ng taong ni-recruit nila dito eh tutulungan nila. Kaso pagdating mo dito dun mo malalaman na niloko ka lang pala at pinerahan.
Ang average na cost ng pagpunta dito ay Dhs2,500 with one way plane ticket, kapag iko-convert to peso roughly nasa 37,500.00, may tubo na sila don. Pag hiningan ka ng 85,000 tulad ng narinig ko sa iba, pineperahan ka na talaga. So the best thing is go thru recruitment agency, at pumasok ka dito gamit ang employment visa, protected ka ng POEA.
Added to that, tourist workers can only earn Dhs1,500, without transportation and accommodation allowance, which is actually insufficient to sustain your personal expenses for a month.
She came to Dubai on May 11, 2005, her sister followed her and arrived on the 29th of December, after few weeks, January 25, 2006 her husband also get there. Currently, she’s working as accounts assistants in a construction supply company. She was fortunate because her employer processed her employment visa.
(Her name was not mentioned for confidentiality purposes.)
This article was first published in www.ofwguide.com on June 3, 2006
What really lies ahead for “tourist workers” holder in Dubai? What will happen when your visa was about to expire? Meanwhile, here’s a real story from a Filipina who wants to tell the burden of using visit visa.
Pag pumasok ka dito as visit visa, you will be allowed to stay in Dubai for only 58 days from your date of entry. So within 58 days dapat may trabaho ka, maari makakuha ka ng work within that period of time pero ang question will they process your employment and residence visa? This is the biggest problem here.
Ang processing ng employment visa will cost roughly Dhs8,000. Malaking pera para sa company, unless malaking company ang mapasukan mo for sure they will process your visa, eh paano kung hindi? Totoo na maraming mga company dito pero di lahat malaki at may pera. Kung mga small time business walang mangyayari sa visa mo, paaasahin ka lang, kunwari they will hire you tapos pag malapit na ma-expire na ang visit visa mo dun mo malalaman na di pala nila ito pina-process at kailangan mo um-exit papunta sa Kish. Tapos pagbalik mo sarado na pala yung company mo o di kaya may na-hire nang iba.
Ilan ng kasama ko sa bahay at kakilala ang ganon ang nangyari. Buti kung sasagutin ng company yung exit expenses mo eh kung hindi, which always happens. Kawawa ang magpupunta dito na visit visa ang gamit.
Naranasan ko ang um-exit papunta sa Kish, hidi agad na-process ng company ko ang employment visa ko. Pag nakarating ka sa Kish you will feel na para kang na-exile. Kish is an island in Iran, and you will be shocked dahil madaming Pinoy ang nandon, imagine lagi fully booked ang Kish airlines dahil sa dami ng Pinoy na pabalik-balik from Kish to Dubai and from Dubai to Kish.
Ang bayad don nun time na um-exit ako ay Dh35 per day, it’s a hotel they say pero hindi ito gaya ng mga hotel na iniisip mo. Wala kang trabaho na mapapasukan sa Kish, so talagang hindi ka mag-iisip na mag-stay sa lugar na iyon. Yung place na iyon ay ginawa para sa pag-exit ng mga paso na ang visa sa Dubai.
Depressing ang lugar na yon, may mga Pinoy don na na-stranded na. Pinabayaan na sila ng employer at ng kamag-anak o di kaya kakilala nila. Syempre kung wala ka rin lang pamilya dito sa Dubai sino ang gagastos sayo ng Dhs 1,000 for a new visit visa only.
May mga Pinoy akong na-meet don, wala na silang pera. Merong isa one month na siya don, tapos ang ginagawa niya para makakain siya naglilinis siya ng hotel. Tapos, meron din don wala na silang pagkain. Ang ginagawa nila hinihingi nila yung natitirang pagkain ng mga aalis ng mga Pinoy at babalik na sa Dubai. Ang advise nga sa’min, pag pupunta ka sa Kish at may pera ka naman, magdala ka na ng maraming pagkain at iwan mo na lng sa mga naandon na na-stranded na Pinoy.
Nong andon ako, around 700 Pinoy ang andun. Isang hotel lang yan, wala pa dyan un mga Pinoy na naka-check-in sa ibang hotels. Halos 90% ng andon mga Pinoy, konti lang ang ibang lahi. Sari-saring Pinoy ang nandun, may lolo, may lola, may mag-asawa na pareho ng andon, may binata, may payat na payat dahil wala ng pera at makain.
Tapos, ang masaklap pa pag one month ka na don, syempre wala ka ng pera pangbayad ng hotel, ang gagawin ng mga Pinoy don eh floating. Pag gabi lang sila matutulog sa hotel. Makikitulog lang sila, dapat patago yun dahil may nagra-round na gwardya. Mas nakakaawa daw dun yun mga Pinoy pag winter. Dahil di pwede na sa labas lang matutulog dahil sobra lamig.
Yan ang buhay ng pag-exit sa Kish, most likely pag pumasok ka sa Dubai as visit visa. Halos 90% ang possibility na e-exit ka. Plus, may bagong promulgation ang Dubai municipality dito with regards to processing of employment visa. Kailangan yun authenticated diploma mo at TOR na authenticated na sa Pilipinas ay ipapa-authenticate mo pa uli dito. At babayad ka ng Dhs500 and it will take two months bago matapos ang authentication. Pag natapos na yon, saka pa lang ipa-process ang employment visa mo. So kung dati eh isang exit ka lang bago maayos ang employment visa mo, sa bagong system dito eh magdadalawang exit ka.
No one will encourage someone na pumasok dito as visit visa kung ang purpose lang ng pagpunta niya dito magtrabaho, Kung magtuturista ka lang walang problema, pero kung hanap mo ay trabaho, it’s not advisable.
Ang mag-e-encourage sa’yo na pumunta dito eh yung mga ahenteng Pinoy na kababayan natin na ang negosyo eh pagbebenta ng visa. Ang daming ahente pinoy dito ang yumaman sa pagre-recruit ng mga inosente nating kababayan na mangungutang pa ng daang libo sa Pilipinas para lang makarating dito. Makonsensiya sana sila sa ginagawa nila. Buti kung pagdating ng taong ni-recruit nila dito eh tutulungan nila. Kaso pagdating mo dito dun mo malalaman na niloko ka lang pala at pinerahan.
Ang average na cost ng pagpunta dito ay Dhs2,500 with one way plane ticket, kapag iko-convert to peso roughly nasa 37,500.00, may tubo na sila don. Pag hiningan ka ng 85,000 tulad ng narinig ko sa iba, pineperahan ka na talaga. So the best thing is go thru recruitment agency, at pumasok ka dito gamit ang employment visa, protected ka ng POEA.
Added to that, tourist workers can only earn Dhs1,500, without transportation and accommodation allowance, which is actually insufficient to sustain your personal expenses for a month.
She came to Dubai on May 11, 2005, her sister followed her and arrived on the 29th of December, after few weeks, January 25, 2006 her husband also get there. Currently, she’s working as accounts assistants in a construction supply company. She was fortunate because her employer processed her employment visa.
(Her name was not mentioned for confidentiality purposes.)
This article was first published in www.ofwguide.com on June 3, 2006
Friday, November 23, 2007
Are you holding a “visit visa” in Dubai?
Dubai is one of the top destinations of Filipino workers, some are holding proper working visa while others are only holding visit visa and they are called “tourist workers”.
The number of Filipinos deployed in Dubai has increasing radically for the past seven years. In 1998, there are 35,485 Filipinos deployed in Dubai, it reaches 49,164 in 2003, 68,386 in 2004 until it becomes 81,707 in 2005. The rapid increase of deployment is because of the booming construction of hotels, office buildings and residences.
More and more Filipinos are going in Dubai to look for a job without proper documents such as working visa. They are fortunate if they were able to find a good quality job, with high salaries and fair labor conditions. If not, they will be forced to accept miserable jobs.
Visit visa could only last for 57 days, and in that span the holder must be able to find a job, if not, they have to renew it in the tourist island of Kish in Iran or wait for their employer to issue a worker visa.
According to a recruiter who takes a visit in Dubai to check the employee that was deployed by their agency, “visit visa” holders are having a hard time finding a job. These findings were proven by the consultant of several Manila-based recruitment agencies Emmanuel Geslani.
Filipino working with visit visa is considered undocumented because they did not go through the recruitment process under the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). And as compare to documented workers who are given fair salaries according to their job specifications with free accommodations, they are under paid and do not have free accommodations.
Meanwhile, Dubai is expected to construct 100 new hotels by 2010. Filipinos are warned not to avail “visit visas” at prices ranging from P40,000 to P100,000 offered by travel agencies.
“Thousands of Filipinos have been lured by these travel agencies with their ads and many more are convinced by their friends now working there to fly to Dubai and take their chances in finding jobs,” the recruiter said.
Geslani also said that there were two to three local travel agencies responsible for sending out these “tourist workers.” He also blamed Bureau of Immigration based in Dubai for conniving with the travel agencies in allowing the tourist worker to leave.
This article was first published in www.ofwguide.com on April 30, 2006
The number of Filipinos deployed in Dubai has increasing radically for the past seven years. In 1998, there are 35,485 Filipinos deployed in Dubai, it reaches 49,164 in 2003, 68,386 in 2004 until it becomes 81,707 in 2005. The rapid increase of deployment is because of the booming construction of hotels, office buildings and residences.
More and more Filipinos are going in Dubai to look for a job without proper documents such as working visa. They are fortunate if they were able to find a good quality job, with high salaries and fair labor conditions. If not, they will be forced to accept miserable jobs.
Visit visa could only last for 57 days, and in that span the holder must be able to find a job, if not, they have to renew it in the tourist island of Kish in Iran or wait for their employer to issue a worker visa.
According to a recruiter who takes a visit in Dubai to check the employee that was deployed by their agency, “visit visa” holders are having a hard time finding a job. These findings were proven by the consultant of several Manila-based recruitment agencies Emmanuel Geslani.
Filipino working with visit visa is considered undocumented because they did not go through the recruitment process under the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). And as compare to documented workers who are given fair salaries according to their job specifications with free accommodations, they are under paid and do not have free accommodations.
Meanwhile, Dubai is expected to construct 100 new hotels by 2010. Filipinos are warned not to avail “visit visas” at prices ranging from P40,000 to P100,000 offered by travel agencies.
“Thousands of Filipinos have been lured by these travel agencies with their ads and many more are convinced by their friends now working there to fly to Dubai and take their chances in finding jobs,” the recruiter said.
Geslani also said that there were two to three local travel agencies responsible for sending out these “tourist workers.” He also blamed Bureau of Immigration based in Dubai for conniving with the travel agencies in allowing the tourist worker to leave.
This article was first published in www.ofwguide.com on April 30, 2006
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