Recently, I just read a status
from a friend who is actually furious about the filing of bill he has read on
news online. It was about a proposal in Philippine Congress forcing all OFW to
remit to their families in the country or else a risk of not renewing their
passports in consular offices worldwide.
The House Bill 3576 requires OFWs
to submit proof of remittance to a dependent back in the Philippines as one of
the requirements for passport renewal in consular offices abroad.
This law also conflicts those OFW
whose employer is delayed in giving a salary and what about those housewives
who chose to stay with their husband with visa family but has no work, will
they also affected by this bill?
My husband is an OFW but even
without this bill I always receive remittances from him and so those of his
colleagues at work. There was just a time that I didn’t receive because he needs
to pay for the professional exams and some other schooling that needs for
promotion and grading as an engineer.
I believe that this bill created
because there are other OFWs who never give supports to his family probably
because they are separated or other parties involved which the dependant file a
complaint to the consular and asked not to renew his passport. But this case
should seek a legal matter and not to forced all OFW for remittance in a bill.
For me, there are some OFW who
wished they should decide whether to give or not for their families at home as
they wanted to save the money by themselves. We all know that some families
live luxury once they received remittances and can’t set aside money for
savings.
Government should focus more on
how to protect our overseas worker especially in places where war and abuses
occurs rather than giving them some stress with unnecessary bill.
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