With the deadline extension announced by the government for the application of amnesty for the expatriates all over the Kingdom, the Filipino community leaders continue to provide necessary help to hasten the processing of the status of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and to possibly provide them successful repatriation.
The Philippine Embassy, through official website philembassy-riyadh.org, continues to provide press releases, instructions and warnings regarding the deadline for the amnesty application and other issues that mainly involve OFWs.
The embassy website contains all the answers regarding the concerns and inquiries of OFWs such as how to renew iqama, how to avoid illegal recruitment, downloadable forms and more. The mobile numbers of the people in charge are also on the website. In addition, Filipino versions of the said instructions are also available.
News releases from the embassy and the Department of Foreign Affairs are also put on the website as it is directly affiliated with the Philippine government website.
Filipino expatriate Edward is among the OFWs who experienced firsthand the reliability and the usefulness of the website.
“The Philippine Embassy’s official website really helped my family when we were looking for information and instructions regarding iqama renewal,” he told Arab News. “I also check it regularly to be updated on the happenings here.”
Rosily Adiento, 40, said that the Philippine Embassy official website also helped her when she encountered a passport problem.
“When my passport was taken away by my former employer, I thought I will never be able to find it. To my surprise, when I typed my name on the Philippine Embassy Riyadh’s official website, it showed up and was labeled ‘database found.’ I made my way to the Philippine Embassy the next day to pick up my passport,” Adiento said.
Aside from the website, Filipino leaders in the Kingdom also use broadcast media in order to remind OFWs about the happenings in the Kingdom via advertisements on Filipino channels since Filipinos have Internet access.
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