Philippine

Embassy in Riyadh
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Press Release No. PR-073- 2013 1 May 2013

EMBASSY

Diplomatic Quarter Ummayah Abu As-Salat Street P.O. 94366, Riyadh 11693 Fax (9661) 488-3945 TEL 482-3559 , 482-0507, 482-1577 Email: rype@riyadhpe.com Website: www.philembassy-riyadh.org CONSULAR SECTION FAX : 488-3945 TEL: 482-3816
help-consular@riyadhpe.com

ATN SECTION 482-4354, 480-1918, help-atn@riyadhpe.com Labor Attach / OWWA (Riyadh) FAX 483-2204 Phones 483-2201 to 3 MOBILE 054-591-7834 polo-riyadh@riyadhpe.com Labor Attach / OWWA (Eastern Region) TEL (03) 894-1846, 894- 2890 MOBILE: 0501269742
polo-eastern@riyadhpe.com

Philippine Consulate in Jeddah HOTLINE 055-5219-613 www.pcgjeddah.org

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The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has received inquiries from Filipinos to verify calls to them by certain individuals encouraging overstaying Filipinos to come to the Embassy, POLO and the Bahay Kalinga and camp inside the premises of the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and in areas located adjacent to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) and the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) or Bahay Kalinga in Riyadh, in order to seek repatriation. The Embassy reminds Filipinos in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that public rallies and protests are a violation of Saudi law, and impacts on the ability of the Embassy to deliver much-needed consular services to the Filipino community. The Embassy has not authorized any person or group regarding such action, nor has made any representations with the Government of Saudi Arabia for any such arrangement. Filipinos with irregular status who are affected by recent developments and stricter implementation by Saudi authorities regarding labor and immigration law violations need only visit the Embassy or POLO to have their respective cases documented and enable them to be given appropriate advice or assistance. At present, the Embassy is taking information of overstaying Filipinos for documentation purposes, and these cases are endorsed to the Saudi authorities for their appropriate consideration and resolution in accordance with existing regulations. For information regarding assistance that the Embassy can extend, Filipinos may call the following: In Jeddah and regions under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah (Regions of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Tabuk, Al-Madinah, Abha, Jizan, Najran) 0555-219-613 0561-956-142 In the regions of Riyadh, Hail, Qassim, Northern Border, Al-Jouf: 054-591-7834 In the Eastern Region: 050-126-9742

No Need to Come to Embassy and Camp Out for Repatriation

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