DMW-DO-04-2022 — Lifting of the Ban on Deployment Against Saudi Arabia

Bepartment of Aligrant ITRP entral Records Divisiol

Ortigas Avenue corner Epifanio gebasMtot &Ee IVE City of Mandaluyong 1550 National Capital Megr AREYES IN

Date: 25 April 2022 4:16 P.M

Oftice ot the Setretary

DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 0 4 Series of 2022

LIFTING OF THE BAN ON DEPLOYMENT AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA

Act No. 11641, viz: By virtue of the Powers vested in me under Section 8 and its subsection (k) of Republic

migration and development and the Secretary of the DFA in consonance with Republic and not protective of the best interest, welfare, and safety of migrant workers; "(k) At any time, terminate, suspend, or impose a total ban on the deployment of migrant workers, when upon his or her assessment, after consultation with the advisory board on Act No. 8o42, as amended, the conditions in the receiving country or region are inimical

to lift the suspension of documentary processing, while the others failed and/or refused to give and development and the Secretary of the DFA in consonance with Republic Act No. 8o42, as and upon my assessment, after written consultations with the advisory board on migration amended, where only the Secretary of Labor and Employment opined that DOLE is not inclined an opinion on whether or not the KsA ban should be lifted, and keeping mind the uncounted

ban against verification of documents for domestic workers, the very many recruitment agencies labor market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) composed of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Oman, that the national interest and the interests of OFWs as well as the recruitment industry would best be served thereby. dashed dreams of OFWs who came to the National Capital Region only to be blocked by the said who have given up and discontinued their businesses, and the possible jeopardy of the entire

SUSPEND THE VERIFICATION OF NEW HIRES OF DOMESTIC WORKERS TO I HEREBY COMPLETELY LIFT THE INSTRUCTION TO TEMPORARILY

THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.

employment contracts of Filipino Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia may resume and proceed. Henceforth, until further orders, the verification and processing of applications for

DONE, this 25th day of April 2o22 in the City of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.

ABDULLH D.MAMA-O CONTROLLED AND DISSESCTEtAPEYD By DMW Central Records Division on: 25 April 2022