As of June, unused proceeds from the verification fee fund stand at P5.9 billion
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.INFOMANILA, Philippines – With billions of pesos generated from collecting fees to verify employment contracts, the Department of Migrant Workers said it is keen to review the mandatory collection that burdens overseas Filipino workers .of the DMW on Thursday, September 19, DMW budget sponsor Ako Bicol Representative Jil Bongalon said there is still a balance of P5.
Bongalon said there was legal basis — though unspecified — that the VFF may be used to fund operations of Migrant Workers Offices or MWOs, the DMW’s satellite offices in countries where there are high OFW populations. There are currently 39 MWOs across the globe, and the DMW is looking to set up six more in 2025.
Employers are meant to shoulder their employees’ verification fees. However, Bongalon admitted that in reality, some OFWs end up paying the fee themselves since they are the ones physically showing up at Philippine posts to process their papers. “The DMW acknowledges that concern,” Bongalon said. “The DMW will review that policy just to thresh out all the differences about the payment of the verification fee.”
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