02 September 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has received the fourth batch of DNA results for mothers and children who had enlisted and undergone processing and DNA tests in preparation for repatriation.

The Embassy will contact the mothers to inform them of their schedule for fingerprinting and issuance of their final exit visa.  The is currently being done for the earlier batches whose results were released, and they are undergoing fingerprinting at the Jawazat – Wafideen (General Directorate of Passports) at Shumeisy on a daily basis based by batch.

As of August 29, a total of 85 mothers and 102 children have been repatriated. END