Amnesty for Illegal OFW’s in Saudi Ends on July 3, 2013

One of the Philippines largest concentration of OFW’s, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will end their amnesty program for illegal migrant workers. The 90-day grace period will end this coming July 3, 2013. Filipino migrant group, Migrante Internationl stated on Monday, that there are at least 22,000 undocumented OFW’s working in Saudi Arabia which will … Read more

Philippine Embassy Advisory for Saudi OFW’s Crackdown

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The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has already issued an advisory to all Overseas Filipino Workers currently working in the Kingdom following the crackdown made by the Saudi Labor Department. The advisory was issued on April 2, 2013, reminding Filipinos of the existing laws against working with different sponsors, or engaging in jobs other … Read more