Pwede ba ihold ng agency ang passport ko?

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Magbabayad po ba ako sa agency kasi withdraw ko po passport ko? Dahil nakapirma po ako contract at me visa Kuwait na din. Cancelled ko kasi po una medical 3500 not valid daw tapos pinaulit sa halaga 10k naman po. Kaya nako backout pero nagbayad ako process ng papel 5k. Sabi ko dun staff nila bat ako magbayad di naman ako nakaalis...Gusto ko makuha passport ko po kc gusto ko magapply sa iba. Kasu hold nila po. Thank you

 

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose
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Naku, it depends po kung ano ang inyong pinirmahan. Kasi po, pag nag-apply kayo, may pinipirmahan kayo. Doon nakalagay kung magkano ang inyong ibabayad sa kanila na processing fees.
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Ngayon, nabanggit ninyo na kayo'y nakapag-bayad na ng P5,000 bilang processing fee at naka-kuha na kayo ng Kuwaiti visa. Sinabi din ninyo na una'y P3,000 lang ang sinisingil para sa medical pero, nagkamali -- sino po ang nagkamali? Kung agency po ang nagkamali, hindi dapat pinabayaran sa inyo iyong kanila namang pagkakamali.

Ang pinaka-maganda, lumapit kayo sa abogado at alamin ninyo (base sa mga pinirmahan ninyo) kung ano ang inyong mga karapatan. kasi, baka naman puede kayong mag-file ng complaint sa POEA para sa money claims para mabawi ninyo ang inyong ibinigay na na P5,000 at ang inyong passport.

Kasi po, kung ang ipinangako nilang trabaho noong una ay hindi iyong trabahong naibigay nila sa inyo (wari mas mababa ang suweldo), hindi kayo puedeng pilitin na magpa-deploy kung hindi kayo papayag dahil sa nabago ang usapan patungkol sa suweldo o sa uri ng trabaho.

Komunsulta sa isang abogado.

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose

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