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    Duped into signing Release

    posted by  Iggy Ramirez in Kuwait forum 

    Dear All,

    I have worked in Kuwait for more than 1 year and 5 months and I was offered a job from another company which I accepted. I am an Engineer with duly attested and authenticated school credentials.

    Earlier, my previous company agreed to give me release but later on they asked me to sign a document that was written entirely in Arabic, which they said "would expedite my transfer process". Later, the mandoub revealed to me that it was a cancellation paper and that I have agreed to have my visa cancelled.

    There was absolutely no problem with me if they did not want grant me release. What I felt extremely atrocious was that they had to deceive me.

    Now my problem is I don't want to go to the Philippines, although my new company can issue me commercial visit visa in 2 days and that they can send a copy to me through email, because of the very strict and corrupt rule of the Philippines regarding commercial visas.

    Once I will be there, I will have to go through any POEA-accredited agency, which is absolutely useless and only wants money, because there is no way the Immigration will let me board the plane without the Agency papers. My salary with this company reaches 6 digits so I think that is also what the agency will steal from me. I don't want to waste one whole month of my life and let these motherf*ckers enjoy the sweat and blood of what I have toiled just because they can play with the rules.

    In short, I went to another country where I do not need to present any visa and fulfill the purpose of exiting Kuwait.

    I already have a commercial visa but it says in the lower portion : "To obtain a work residency requires fetching a valid criminal record free of precedent from authorities of your country or the country in which you are a resident certified by the Embassy of Kuwait, if any stay in country for 1 month from entry"

    I think the "valid criminal record" refers to the NBI clearance. I know that the Kuwait embassy will only certify the document if it was duly attested by the DFA.

    I have searched the net for overseas workers wishing to obtain NBI clearance and I found that I may obtain a clearance through mailing the NBI and enclosing a money order worth P200 or its equivalent in any currency acceptable to the agency. Now my questions are:

    1. Has somebody done this process and how long does it usually take the NBI to remail the document? If they can mail it immediately, the problem is with the Kuwait post office being the worst in the world or the Philippine post office being the second worst in the world. Are there other fast mailing options available?

    2. If I delegate my relatives to apply for the clearance on my behalf, will the DFA also allow them to process the red ribbon on my behalf or will they require me to do it personally? I may ask them to send the NBI clearance to Kuwait and I will apply for the attestation at the Philippine embassy here and after send it back to the Philippines again. What are the requirements?

    3. What documents does DHL need to process the certification at the Kuwait embassy?

    Thank you very much.

    If I have successfully completed the process, I will post the procedures here to inform and help those who have gone through something similar to my ordeal or for those wishing to transfer to another company but are still under the 3-year release probation period.

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