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By: Philippine Embassy
source - http://www.philembassy-seoul.com/ann_details.asp?id=407

Seoul, 18 March 2011 - Philippine Ambassador to Seoul Luis T. Cruz reported to the Department that Korean Labor Minister Bahk Jaewan met with Ambassadors and representatives of 15 labor-sending countries this morning.

During the meeting, Ambassador Cruz mentioned that 1,680 Filipino workers and 308 Korean employers submitted a petition to the Korean government, recommending improvements to the EPS regulations. The petition seeks the following amendments:

1. Waiver of the retaking of the Korean Language Test and other requirements for workers who have returned to the Philippines, but who wish to return to Korea under the EPS scheme;
2. Extension of the age limit , which is 38 under the existing MOU;
3. The extension of the stay of workers beyond the prescribed maximum of four years and 10 months; and
4. The reduction of the waiting period of six months before a former worker can return to Korea for a new sojourn.

Minister Bahk said that the issues raised would be considered by his Ministry, and that “some of them would be accepted in the future”. He declared, however, that the matter of extending the stay of foreign workers beyond the prescribed tenure would have to be addressed together with other Korean government agencies, such as the Ministry of Justice and the Korean Immigration Service.

During the meeting, Director General Han Chang-hun announced that for 2011, Korean will increase the quota of foreign workers to 48,000. The figure is arrived at based on the number of workers whose contracts will expire in 2011 (35,000) plus the number of undocumented workers (13,000). He warned, however that countries with a high rate of undocumented workers “will be subject to suspension of receiving process or rejection of the MOU renewal.”

Beginning 2004, Korea signed bilateral labor agreements with 15 countries through the Employment Permit System (EPS), which includes Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Timor Leste, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, Nepal, Philippines, Kyrgiztan and Uzbekistan. The hiring of non-professional foreign workers is aimed to fill the vacancies in the manufacturing, agriculture and construction sectors, which are normally shunned by Korean workers.

During the last six years, the Philippines sent a total of 26,217 EPS workers to South Korea. A total of 1,250 have completed their contracts while another 6,452 will finish their contracts this year.

SANA NGA MAKA ALIS POH TAUNG LAHAT BEFORE END OF THIS YEAR! hays..sna pagpalain na tau ni god na magkaron n poh taung lahat ng epi,,from 6th klt to 7th klt..hays :-(

ang swerte nman ng mga anjan na pag napatupad yan,isa na aq sa papalarin jan.hehe

Hello,kumusta na po mga ka sulyap...isa pong magandang balita ito sa atin na
medyo naiinip na naghihintay ng EPI.
By faith,makakaalis tayong lahat na 6th & 7klt passers this year!!!!Manalig lang tayo sa Diyos at laging manalangin!!!

magandang balita yan.. God bless to all. God is go0d.

magandang balita yan... Sana nman nxt wk eh mgandang balita na about sa EPI ang mbabasa nman ntin....

sana nga mga kasulyap,hoping na sana makaalis na din tyong lahat na natitira

sana po patuloy tayong mag pray para po sa ikabubuti nating lahat ng EPS. yun man nsa SOKOR pray hard pa rin po pra sa magandang progress pa. sana po magkaroon na po ulit ng maraming NOTICES ds coming week.

May GOD BLESS US ALL..

keep hoping KLT 6th and KLT 7th batch.

ay sana nga at kami eh mag iisang taon nang nag aantay ng employer..

sana nga eh makaalis na tau.. LAHAT
at umulan ng ePI, NOTICES...



to quote...

while another 6,452 will finish their contracts this year.

diba ung iba jan e ma-rerenew din..

SOUNDS GOOD..

GOD IS gOOD ALL THE TIME...just keep our faith in HIM...to our fellow eps Gudluck and Godbless us all.

sana po magkaEPI na tayong lahat, at sana wag muna silang magpaexam ng 8thklt kasi ang dami pa ng 6th na di pa din nagkaEPI lalo na ang 7th... sana naman ubusin muna tayong lahat para di na madagdagan mga pangamba kung mkaalis pa ba o hindi na...

uu sana magka-epi na tayo... ^^

ask ku lang po? kaming patapos na ng 4 years and 10 monts mag hihintay lang poba kami ng anim na buwan bago makabalik ng korea.hnd na poba kami mag exam ulit sa pinas.

koreafroi wrote:ask ku lang po? kaming patapos na ng 4 years and 10 monts mag hihintay lang poba kami ng anim na buwan bago makabalik ng korea.hnd na poba kami mag exam ulit sa pinas.

try mo ask sa mga kababayan dyan sa korea tol baka may info sila tungkol dyan, ^^

sinasala napo nila sa roster ang mga change name, mga tnt girls or boy po, nakikitakopo kasi ito gawa meron po akong tnt sinusubaybayan po. naging back to waiting ang papel nya po. FYI mga kasulyap,kung meron po dito na change name or tnt wag po natin ipagsabi baka po kasi imbes na uusad ang papel nyo may magsumbong pa po sa nyo. salaamt po

goodluck po sa atin lahat

Talagang magandang balita ito para sa mga katulad nating waiting!!!!
Pero higit sa lahat po ay PRAY tayo kay God na bibigyan tayo ng maganda at mabait na employer.Godbless

sana nga pinoy ang kunin ng mga employer d2,,kakainis lagi na lang vietnam ,,dami na nila d2,,

Sana nga magrant lhat ng recommendations it will benefit us all!! Weeeeee