News Release - 28 June 2013 Immigration consulting firm padlocked The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration last week closed down an immigration consultancy firm which was found recruiting Filipino workers for overseas employment. Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac ordered the closure of Sheen-Carm Visa Assistance and Consultancy Services located at No. 23 Villa Soledad Subdivision, Barangay 10, Lipa City after verification of its illegal recruitment activities by operatives of the POEA Anti-illegal Recruitment Branch. In a mission report, the POEA operatives said that Sheen-Carm was actively recruiting cleaners and waiters for Dubai and caregivers for Israel in its office. Posing as applicants, the operatives asked for available jobs and were interviewed by “Lourdes ‘Odet’ R. Castro” and “Eddie Reccio”. Castro and Reccio urged them to apply as caregivers for Israel because the “salary is much higher” at US$1,000 a month but they have to pay Php300,000 for processing fee. The offered jobs in Dubai pay a monthly salary of only Php14,000 with an equivalent amount as placement fee. Lourdes ‘Odet’ R. Castro, the POEA officers later found out, is the proprietor of Sheen-Carm and at the same time vice-president of a POEA-licensed recruitment agency based in Manila. Under Republic Act No. 8042 as amended by Republic Act No. 10022, offering overseas employment without the necessary license or authority from the POEA constitutes illegal recruitment. In POEA Memorandum Circular No. 10, Series of 2003, immigration consultants are required to obtain a license from the POEA before they may engage in recruitment and placement activities, regardless of the visa under which deployment shall be made eventually. The officers and employees of Sheen-Charm face illegal recruitment charges and their names would be included in the POEA List of Persons with Derogatory Record. /END poea.gov.ph/news/2013/PR_Jun2013_sheenCarmVisa.pdf
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:41:58 +0000
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