Filipino expats in UAE can apply for cash aid

  • Date: 10-Apr-2020
  • Source: The UAE News
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Filipino expats in UAE can apply for cash aid

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are eligible for a one-time cash aid of $200, or Dh727 if they have the lost the job because of coronavirus crisis.. -Must be at overseas job sites or in the Philippines as 'balik-manggagawa', or already repatriated to the Philippines. To apply, documents such as an accomplished form, passport copy, proof of employment and proof of loss of employment, must be submitted to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Dubai or Abu Dhabi.. Philippine labour secretary Silvestre Bello III said even those whose employment contracts have not been registered with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) are covered by the initiative..