Not true that Immigration rejects visa applications of FDH with unpaid loans, says PCG

 

Only trust the Immigration Department's official website and press releases, says PCG

The Philippine Consulate has advised the public to disregard a fake notice supposedly issued by the Immigration Department that foreign domestic helpers with unpaid loans will no longer be issued visas.

“Please be informed that the Consulate already coordinated with HK ImmD on this matter and has confirmed the notice to be fake,” said the advisory.

“The Consulate wishes to remind the public that any new immigration rule from HK ImmD can only be found at their official website at https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng.index.html and are disseminated through official press releases.”

The notice which started circulating last month was riddled with grammatical mistakes that it looked immediately suspicious, but was nevertheless shared extensively by Filipinos on Facebook.

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It said, “If any maid has borrowed loans or banks and never repay debts, Immigration will not approve visa. Maid must then return home within 7 days, and never allowed to work in HK again.”

The supposed notice came with an Indonesian translation.

Despite the obvious flaws in the notice, a number of Filipinos thought it was genuine. One even raised the suspicion that Immigration officers were in cahoots with debt collectors.

This was because someone who claimed to be working in an employment agency said it happened to one of their clients, a Filipina who finished her contract last April. The said client was supposedly told by an Immigration officer on the 3^rd floor of the Immigration Tower in Wanchai that she had to pay her $8,000 loan first before her new visa would be released.

When interviewed the Filipina reportedly admitted failing to repay her $8,000 loan for the previous three months.

“The immigration give her instructions to pay the loan and bring the receipts proof that she paid it, and that is what she did, she paid her loan and get back to Immigration and they release her visa. I think it’s depends on finance company (sic),” the supposed agency staff said.

But while it dismissed the fake notice,  the Consulate advised everyone to borrow money responsibly and to only deal with licensed money lending companies.

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