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Aug
27
The Philippine Embassy in Guam alerted the POEA because of several reports that Philippine recruitment agencies continue to collect fees from applicants for the said visa category. Prior to the advisory, the US State Department disclosed that they are processing applications of possible Filipino workers for the Guam construction projects that said they have paid placement fees to the Philippine recruitment agencies. According to Bayani S. Mercado, Philippine Consul General, he had a meeting with Clay Allen, acting manager of US State Department’s Fraud Prevention and they discussed joint measures to make the public aware that US has a “no recruitment fee” policy for the H2B visa. Read more.
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Jul
23
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) recently released an advisory for successful examinees of the 6th Employment Permit System-Korean Language Test (EPS-KLT) who until now have not submitted the required documents that will help them land a job in Korea.
According to POEA, two months after conducting the 6th EPS-KLT exam, not all of the 2,775 applicants who passed the test are in the Roster of Jobseekers for Korea’s Employment Permit System- a list where potential Korean employers can choose candidates for employment. Read more.
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Jul
21
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According to POEA Administrator Jennifer Jardin-Manalili, all recruitment activities of manning agencies in Rizal Park area near the National Library are deemed illegal. The government agency issued the new law because of reports of unfair hiring practices in the area. Likewise the POEA has not issued any Special Recruitment Authority (SRA) to manning agencies conducting recruitment activities in the said areas since May 2009. Read more.
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Jun
25
The Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA) dvisory that was released in its website informed that there are unscrupulous individuals that charges very high fees to individuals who want to set an appointment at the DFA office.
The DFA-OCA wishes to remind the public that getting an appointment for passport processing is FREE. You can set an appointment for passport processing by doing any of the following:
1. By calling telephone number 737-1000, or
2. By logging on to www.epassport.com.ph
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