Foreign workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) should leave on or before Dec. 31 if some of them desire to return and see their children and their Filipino spouses, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday, Dec. 23.
Foreign workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators should leave on or before Dec. 31 if some of them desire to return and see their children and their Filipino spouses, the Bureau of Immigration said on Monday, Dec. 23.sperson Dana Sandoval during an interview on PTV’s Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon.To those who will comply with the Dec. 31 deadline and desire to return to the country to see their children, they can do so, she assured.
“If they have reason to come back to the Philippines, kagayan n’yan meron po silang asawa, meron silang anak dito sa Pilipinas , they should comply with the regulations,” she stressed. Sandoval warned that those who fail to comply “will be blacklisted, meaning they will be prevented from reentering the Philippines.”are around 33,000 POGO foreign workers who are registered with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation .until Oct. 15 to get their work visas downgraded to temporary visitors visas which only allows them to stay in the Philippines for 60 days.
“Ine-expect po natin siguro mga 6,000 to 7,000 are set to leave the country in the next few days,” Sandoval said.
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