Binay warns licensed recruitment agencies against confiscating passports of overseas job applicants 05/25/2011

Binay warns licensed recruitment agencies against confiscating passports of overseas job applicants

05/25/2011
Vice President Jejomar Binay, head of the presidential task force against illegal recruitment, yesterday warned licensed recruitment agencies against confiscating the passports of overseas job applicants to prevent them from changing their minds and switching agencies.

Binay issued the warning after his office received complaints from overseas job applicants about the practice of some licensed recruitment agencies of demanding payments in exchange for the release of their passports.

“This is a clear violation of the Philippine Passport Act of 1996 which states that the Philippine passport remains the property of the government and cannot be surrendered to any person or entity other than the government or its representative,” the President’s chief adviser on OFW affairs said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110525met5.html