This means that our “kabayan” in Saudi Arabia should expect a massive crackdown on all illegal foreign workers in the kingdom at the end of the amnesty period on June 25 (Sunday). The Saudi government has also “granted a grace period deadline to the violator expatriate to leave the kingdom at his own expense within 90 days. But even with the amnesty, not all undocumented or overstaying Filipino migrant workers will be able to go home. Excluded from the amnesty are those with so-called “police cases,” unpaid debts or bank loans and other similar problems. Instead, before being given exit visas, both mother-and-child are required by Saudi authorities to undergo DNA testing.

Source: Manila Times June 05, 2017 16:07 UTC