Withdrawal of application from employment agency, but asked to pay 25 thousand pesos

anonymous
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Nag withdraw po ako ng application ko sa agency ko bound to saudi as private nurse. Ayaw po nila ibigay ang documents ko and passport po. Magbayad daw ako ng 25k kasi nakapirma daw po ako sa processing agreement, pero wala pa po ako contrata napirmahan at wala naman po akong visa sa passport ko. Pero sabi po ng agency ko may visa na daw ako sa saudi stammped by polo sa saudi po. Yung huling punta ko po sa agency ko binawasan po nila yung 25k ginawa po nilang 10k. Tama po ba ang ginagawa sakin ng agency? First time ko po sana mag abroad. Salamat po sa inyong reply



Topic: I withdrew my application from the employment agency bound to Saudi Arabia as private nurse. But they refused to give back my documents and passport. They told me that I needed to pay 25 thousand pesos, because I had already signed on the processing agreement. But I had not signed on any contract, and I also do not have a visa yet or passport. But the agency said that I already have a visa stamped by polo in Saudi. When I went back to the agency, they lowered their demand of 25 thousand pesos to 10 thousand pesos. Can they charge and force me to pay them? This was supposed to be my first time abroad.

 

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose
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Actually, dapat talaga'y walang processing fee na pa-babayaran sa iyo hanggang sa wala kang nakikitang employment contract at VISA. Kung hindi ka rin na-medical sa accredited nila na facility o kung ikaw ang nag-bayad ng pa-medical, hindi ka dapat singilin doon. Kasi, iyon yung mga bayarin na covered ng processing fee.

Kung halimbawa, wala ka namang pinirmahan na kahit na ano o kung may pinirmahan kang processing agreement pero wala naman silang proof na may na-process na sila, dapat ay ibalikk sa iyo ang iyong mga documents lalo na ang iyong passport sapagkat ito'y iyo.

Ano ang puede mong gawin? Pumunta ka sa abogado. Kung wala kang pambayad sa abogado, ikaw ay magpunta sa Public Attorney's Office (PAO) o di kaya't sa UP Office of Legal Aid (UP OLA) ito ay matatagpuan sa first floor ng Malcolm Hall sa UP Diliman.

Gagawa sila ng demand letter para sa iyo na naka-address sa agency na dapat nilang ibalik ang iyong mga documents dahil sa hindi naman sila nakapag-pa-deploy pa sa iyo at wala pa naman silang nai-pa-process na contrata o visa para sa iyo. Kung hindi nila ito ibabalik, ito'y magiging daan para ikaw ay maghabla ng illegal recruitment at cancellation ng kanilang accreditation sa POEA.

Magsama ka ng kakilala mong pulis para medyo may dating kung talagang matigas ang agency na iyan. Kung wala naman, i-hand carry mo na lang. Kung away mo naman ng gulo, tawaran mo na lang.
Sheila Garcia
is in the Philippines
atty.gud pm my contract na po ako yung feb. pa dumating pero hinde ko po pinirmihan at wala po tatak ng visa ang passport ko ako rin po nag pa medical saken...napg punta po ako ng POEA kahapon at pinag file nila ako ng complaint..sinabe ko po lahat doon na my contract ako pero hinde na sign tpos chineck po ng POEA hinde pa daw ako na process...kaya pinag file po nila ako ng complaint..tpos po ang sabi sakin ng agency kc tinext ko po kahapon na naprocess na dw po ako sa riyadh kc dw po my visa dw po ako stammped by polo embassy sa riyadh..sinabe ko rin po sa legal assitance kahapon sa POEA ang sabi po nila wala nmn dw po ako dapat bayaran..salamat po sa pagreply godbless po.
Ortiz Burn
is a non-Filipino member from the Philippines
nakapirma na ko ng contract at waiting na lang as i update for stamping na daw ung passport ko.. other may tumawag na agency na shortlisted ako so...nakuha ako dun mataas ang sahod....ang tanog ko lang po pwede ko pa ba iwthdraw at itransfer all my documents sa bagong agency?
anonymous
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Sakin namn po.. nakapirma ako contract at me visa na medical ako 3500 un.. kasu draw balid yung 3500 na medical pinamedical pa 10k...sa bwisit ko kahit.me visa na cancelled ko...pero nagbayad ako process ng papel.5k widraw ko passport me dapat daw ako bayaran sabi ko bat ako magbabayad d naman ako nakaalis.pinagagawa nalang ako ng letter widrawal... me babayaran poba ako dun sa agency para lang makuha ko passport ko.. samantlng nagbgay ako fee... pero ngsign ako contract .un sabi visa nga daw dpa naman nailalagay sa passport ko visa... hawak palang nila

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose

I am a graduate of the UP College of Law. Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines since 1995. I am currently involved in private practice in criminal, civil and labor law.
Profession: Lawyer
Adelaimar C. Arias-Jose
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