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KSA Health Ministry’s Foreign Nurses with 10-yr Service Face Layoffs

KSA Health Ministry’s Foreign Nurses with 10-yr Service Face Layoffs

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has announced a plan to localize nursing jobs across all its facilities, the Saudi Gazette reports. The ministry directed its administrative units, the ministry indicated… Read more »

US Bill Changes Visa Requirements for Foreign Nurses

US Bill Changes Visa Requirements for Foreign Nurses

After the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that modifies the requirements for non-immigrant nurses, these health care professionals may soon change employers even while their new visa… Read more »

UK to Tighten Issuance of Student Visas by 2012

UK to Tighten Issuance of Student Visas by 2012

The United Kingdom (UK) will tighten the issuance of student visas because many foreigners, including Filipinos, are allegedly misusing it to gain employment in Britain. According to UK Ambassador to… Read more »

Filipina Working Illegally for Israel Minister’s Wife Arrested by Oz Unit

Filipina Working Illegally for Israel Minister’s Wife Arrested by Oz Unit

Israel Police on Sunday evening arrested a Filipina woman suspected of working illegally as a housekeeper for Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his wife, Nili Priel. Virginia was located in… Read more »

Kuwait to Abolish Kafeel Sponsorship of Foreign Workers

Kuwait to Abolish Kafeel Sponsorship of Foreign Workers

The Kuwaiti government’s plan to scrap the “kafeel” or sponsorship system of hiring foreign laborers will mean that Filipinos and other foreigners working in the emirate will no longer be… Read more »

Filipino Workers in Yukon Dispute Leaving Canada

Filipino Workers in Yukon Dispute Leaving Canada

Two Filipino men caught working in Yukon without proper paperwork are agreeing to leave Canada voluntarily, rather than face deportation. Francis Dura and Renaldo Verdeflor made the decision after federal… Read more »

Some 800 Filipinos Still Stranded in Jeddah — OWWA

Some 800 Filipinos Still Stranded in Jeddah — OWWA

Around 800 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remain stranded in Jeddah despite government efforts to repatriate them, according to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA administrator Carmelita Dimzon said these… Read more »

Israel’s ‘Illegal’ Children

Israel’s ‘Illegal’ Children

For most children summer is a carefree time. But for the children of Israel’s undocumented migrant workers, deportation looms on the horizon. It has been a hotly contested issue since… Read more »

UK Requirements for Filipino Job Applicants

UK Requirements for Filipino Job Applicants

Good news to those looking for jobs in the United Kingdom: there are almost 150,000 job vacancies available at the moment. The bad news: not all who wish to apply… Read more »

Foreign Employers: How to Hire Filipino Workers

Foreign Employers: How to Hire Filipino Workers

Are you a foreign employer wishing to hire Filipino workers? Here are the guidelines on employing Filipinos. Filipino nurses attending a local convention. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25174817@N05/ 1. A prospective employer… Read more »