Kuwait Grants PH Request to Extend Amnesty Program
20 February 2018 - Kuwait today announced it is extending its amnesty for overstaying Filipino workers a few days after the Philippines made the request to allow it to accommodate more workers who want to go home.
In his report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano, Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa said the amnesty program was extended by two months until 22 April.
Ambassador Villa informed the Secretary that the order for the extension of the three-week amnesty that was supposed to end on Thursday was signed today by Kuwait Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah.
The decision came less than a week after Secretary Cayetano formally conveyed the extension request to Kuwaiti Ambassador Mousaed Al-Thwaikh in Manila.
Secretary Cayetano said the extension is being requested to allow the Embassy to accommodate more of the 10,800 Filipinos believed to have overstayed their visas or ran away from their employers as only close to 3,000 of those qualified have applied so far.
Secretary Cayetano said the DFA remains in close coordination with Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and the Department of Labor and Employment to ensure a successful outcome of negotiations with the Kuwaiti Government to improve protection mechanisms for the more than 250,000 Filipinos working there. END
In his report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano, Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa said the amnesty program was extended by two months until 22 April.
Ambassador Villa informed the Secretary that the order for the extension of the three-week amnesty that was supposed to end on Thursday was signed today by Kuwait Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah.
The decision came less than a week after Secretary Cayetano formally conveyed the extension request to Kuwaiti Ambassador Mousaed Al-Thwaikh in Manila.
Secretary Cayetano said the extension is being requested to allow the Embassy to accommodate more of the 10,800 Filipinos believed to have overstayed their visas or ran away from their employers as only close to 3,000 of those qualified have applied so far.
Secretary Cayetano said the DFA remains in close coordination with Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and the Department of Labor and Employment to ensure a successful outcome of negotiations with the Kuwaiti Government to improve protection mechanisms for the more than 250,000 Filipinos working there. END
