PH Embassy in Manama Continues its Financial Assistance Program for Successful Flexi Visa Applicants

Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver flanks by successful Flexible Visa applicants in a photo opportunity with Bahrain Labour Market Regulatory Authority officials Eman Shabib and Hussain Alsamaheeji. (Manama PE photo)

10 February 2019 – The Philippine Embassy in Manama distributed Flexi Visa cards, better known as Blue Cards, for the second batch of household service worker (HSW) beneficiaries this 2019 of the Embassy’s Financial Assistance Program for successful Flexi Visa applicants. 

Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver led the distribution of the Flexi Visa cards to a total of 42 beneficiaries at the Sitra Branch of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority of Bahrain on 07 February 2019.

The Financial Assistance Program has been a flagship project of the Embassy since October 2018. A total of 591 Filipino workers, including 45 former HSWs, benefited from the program from October to December 2018. 

This year, a total of 60 former HSWs have successfully been issued their Blue Cards through the Embassy’s financial assistance program, bringing the total of HSW beneficiaries to 105 since the program began accepting HSWs to apply. END

For more information, visit www.manamape.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinBahrain.

Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver, respond to questions of the Financial Assistance Program beneficiaries at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority  Sitra Branch. (Manama PE photo)

Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver hands over the Flexi Visa Blue Card to one of the beneficiaries. (Manama PE photo)