Oman has extended until May 31 its deadline for illegal foreign workers, including Filipinos, to avail of its amnesty program.
Under the Omani Ministry of Manpower’s Program, illegal expatriate workers may now leave the Sultanate without paying penalties for overstaying or having expired or no labor identification cards.
But it said they would still have to pay for the cost of the one-way ticket to their countries of origin.
Charge d’Affaires Lamberto Monsanto of the Philippine embassy in Muscat said the names of those applying for amnesty would be published in the newspapers before clearance for exit is given.
The publication is meant to enable employers or other parties to raise their complaints, if they have any, against illegal workers to prevent them from leaving the country.
Deportees will not be allowed to return to Oman for at least two years, Monsanto said.
The embassy has received 170 applications and issued 61 travel documents to those who have no passports.
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