The government of Taiwan is planning to amend a program on direct hiring foreign workers, including Filipino workers, that aims to help ease the processing fees that are being collected by linking agents and this will benefit both employers and employees in Taiwan.

Deputy Minister/Political Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) Dr. Shih-wei Pan said that if the foreign worker has an employer for three years and has took a vacation and then wants to return to the same employer, the employer can hire him directly without going through an agency.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) provided four direct phone lines to cater passport-related inquiries. However, there are some “technical difficulties” with the two lines 556-0000 and 556-4082.

The DFA website said “until the technical problems are resolved, kindly inform the public of the following direct lines for passport inquiries.”

Other lines that can cater inquires are 556-4080, 556-4081, 556-4078, and 556-2988.

The Unison League of Organizations Inc. (ULO), created “Dial Hope”, a new helpline that aim to help overstaying Filipinos abroad or mostly known as Tago ng Tago (TNT) to be able to return home and eventually process their documents to legalize their stay on their specific foreign countries without getting in the risk of getting arrested.

Fred Dizon, chairman of ULO said that TNT workers can contact them anytime, for free, they only have to trust them explain what happened why they eloped with their foreign employer. The organization will then evaluate the case and eventually take action.

Dizon said TNTs or overstaying Filipinos can call their hotline at (612) 863-8992 and 639205144186 or e-mail them at dialhope1@yahoo.com to tell them about their situation.

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The recently concluded 5th Philippine Nursing Opportunities Conference, Expo and Job Fair on September 18-19 at the Mandarin Oriental Suites Hotel revealed thousand of job opportunities for Filipino nurses.

Contrary to the previous news that circulated the country early this year that New Zealand are restricting foreign workers, the immigration firm says that many medical institutions and organizations are still open for hiring foreign workers especially Filipino nurses.

The immigration firm also added that thousands of job opportunities for nurses and other related medical profession are ready to be filled in New Zealand

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Guam is one of the closest country in the Philippines and about 25.5% of its people are Filipinos or who has Filipino blood. Guam’s climate is almost the same in the
Philippines were they both experience hot and wet seasons.

The minimum wage in Guam is $5.85 per hour but it depends upon the field of work or the organization. Most of the jobs in Guam are related in tourism like working in hotels, restaurant and travel agencies.

For those who want to work and live in Guam, application for work visa is available in embassy.

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