Escort Services – Undocumented workers are escorted at the airport or any international exit to evade checkpoints set to check on the documents of workers.

Tourist–Worker Scheme – Workers leave the country purportedly as tourist but in reality is being deployed as worker abroad.

Assumed Identity – Workers particularly minors are deployed abroad under an assumed identity.

Direct Hiring – Workers are hired by foreign employers without the intervention of licensed recruitment agencies and are deployed undocumented and without protection.

Trainee Worker Scheme – Hired workers are deployed allegedly not for employment but for training purposes only and will return to sending company after training.

Backdoor Points Scheme – Workers are sent abroad not through regular exit channels like airports but are deployed usually through cargo ships.

Tie-Up System – Unlicensed recruiters with foreign principals who are usually in the blacklist use the name and offices of licensed recruiters in their illegal activity.

Visa Assistance/Consultancy Scheme – Firms that offer services including the pairing of workers with foreign employers and promising applicants immigrant visas but are in reality engaged in the recruitment business.

Blind Ads Scheme – Workers are enticed to apply and send cash payments addressed to a Postal Office Box without the worker having the opportunity to communicate personally with the recruiter.

Source: POEA

hi sir gud pm po.

my question lng ako regarding direct hiring?
e2 po ung situation, my resume was forwarded by the agency to the employer po in riyadh,
den cguro after a week the agency called me and sabi ako dw un selected nun employer and
ini-sked ako for skype interview kz gus2 dw ako makita pra ma-explain ung job and regarding po sa salary offer. den sabi ko s agency if nid muna ng job order before mag-ayos ng docs, sabi po nila sken no nid na ng job order kz gagawin daw ako direct hire..
wait n lng nmen ung contract from the employer at sabi ko dpt included lhat ng napagusapan tungkol sa salary/accomodation/meal allow./transpo and etc.
is it ok if accept it? anu po b risk if tangapin ko ng wlang JO.?

wait ko reply nyo.. tnx

hello po! san po ba ako pwede mag file ng reklamo against this company in dubai alkhawater wedserv ang name ng company nla, although alam ko po kasi na risky ung set up na western union transaction, kinagat ko po kasi nga nirefer po ng kaibigan nmen at guaranteed po na makaka alis, in fact madami npo tlaga itong napaalis dun sa knila, ang sistema po need mo mgpadala ng 50k sa knila in order na iprocess nlla ung papel, since ayoko nga kumagat sa gnong set up cnbi ko po na kumuha muna sila visa then kung pwede kalahti bayaran ko, after po marelease ung visa tinwagan na nila kme na payag nga sila kalahti tpos slary deduct po ung kalahati, nung time na ng deployment at natpos na ung mdical and pdos cnbi nila na makakaalis na nga daw, pagdting sa agncy wla daw sila binayad kahit singko sa agncy dito sa pinas kaya di nila napaalis kptid ko, ung mga batch ng kptid ko that time eh naka-alis nman po, til now po wla na kme nging blita sa agncy sa dubai dhil di na sila nagpparamdam..ano po ba gagawin ko kasi gusto ko pong isoli nlang nila ung pera gusto ko pong maforce sila na isoli ung pera smen... sana po matulungan nyo ko... tnx