PH Embassy in Manama Assists New Batch of Beneficiaries of Financial Program for Flexi Visa Applicants

Successful Flexi Visa applicants benefit from the Philippine Embassy in Manama’s financial assistance program received their Flexi Visa Blue Cards on 05 March 2019 at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority Sitra Branch in Manama, Bahrain. (Manama PE photo)

MANAMA 13 March 2019 – The Philippine Embassy in Manama assisted a total of 45 beneficiaries of its Financial Assistance Program for successful Flexible Visa applicants on 05 March 2019 at the Sitra Branch of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).

The former domestic visa holders are the third batch of beneficiaries for 2019 to receive their Flexi Visa Blue Cards under the Embassy’s Financial Assistance Program for irregular workers, who are successfully approved for the Flexi Visa by Bahrain’s LMRA.

Since the Embassy started the Financial Assistance Program, a total of 695 Filipino workers have been granted the Flexi Visa. Out of this number, a total of 149 are former domestic workers. END

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The Flexi Visa beneficiaries with the Philippine Embassy in Manama and Labour Market Regulatory Authority officials. (Manama PE photo)