Overseas Filipino Workers who availed the amnesty program of United Arab Emirates are falling in line at the Dubai International Airport Terminal 1 to their respective provinces and cities in the Philippines.
Video Clip 1 from The Filipino Times
HAPPENING NOW AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL 1. The second batch of overstaying OFWs numbering around 116 who have availed of the UAE government's amnesty program queue in at the check-in counter for thier flight home on board Philippine Airlines flight PR 659, expected to arrive in Manila at 8:45am tomorrow Sunday Aug. 26. – #TheFilipinoTimes
Posted by The Filipino Times on Saturday, August 25, 2018
These OFWs are just part of the 116 OFWs who were staying in UAE illegally but were fortunately allowed to leave the country without paying hefty fines.
Financial assistance amounting to $100 were given by the Philippine government to these OFWs, by which they will receive as they arrive in the Philippines on Sunday, August 26.
The amnesty program granted by UAE run for six months and many OFWs and other nationalities availed of this program to return to their respective countries and avoid getting banned.
One Bangladeshi man, 22, who lived in UAE without legal documents since birth, gets his Dh1.3 million overstay fees waived.
As a result of this initiative, the man who was born in Umm Al Quwain became a legal resident.
“He has his birth certificate and passport, but never had a residency visa issued,” Col Khalid Yousef bin Hudibah, executive director of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) said.
The Philippine Consulate expected a total of 5,000 Filipinos who will avail of this program.
Video Clip 1 from The Filipino Times
HAPPENING NOW AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL 1. Part of the estimated 116 OFWs who have availed of the UAE government's six monrh amnesty program, signing on for a $100 financial assistance from the Phil. Govnt. That they will receive Upon arrival in Manila tomorrow Sunday Aug. 26- #TheFilipinoTimes
Posted by The Filipino Times on Saturday, August 25, 2018
