The live in caregiver contract implemented by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Toronto was still being questioned by live-in caregiver applicant themselves who were directly affected by this new rule. They were asking the need for additional monetary obligations from employers when this same people are already helping them by giving them a chance to come to Canada and become Canadians in the future.
Even some are saying that only those caregivers whose employers are their relatives will be able to get through because the relative would be willing to shoulder the additional requirement which in reality is not supposed to be their burden but of the Philippine government.
I don’t understand the logic of Frank Luna in imposing this ruling. If he claims that he is a practicing lawyer in Canada, then he should know fully well how Canada protects its citizens and residents. Even illegals have protection from the police, the courts and from ordinary citizens as well.
Canada is not a perfect society because there are also instances of failure in court judgement and there are issues with law enforcement sometimes. But I would rather risk my rights here in Canada than in the Philippines where the rule of law belongs to the politicians, the military, judges, police, government officials and the people with money.
Mr. Luna, show some sign of concern to your countrymen and women. Don’t hinder their desire to give themselves and their family a better future which they would not otherwise find in the Philippines. Maawa ka sa mga kababayan mo. Basahin mo mga daing nila.
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teen | E-mail: hidden | IP: hidden
what is the action of POLO if the employer doesnt want to sign the addendum?i guess the POLO will say, we reget to inform u but the Philippine Govt has a policy and the employer must comply to this..so, if the employer wont comply & just cancel the contract & get a caregiver from other countries or they’ll just get caregivers inside canada?can
the POLO give the filipino caregivers a new job?can they replace all the expenses incurred by the caregiver on the application of the visa?caregivers in canada are already protected by the canadian law..i hope the POLO will understand the situation of the caregivers..sponsoring a caregiver by a canadian employer is already a big help for filipino caregivers..asking them to sign the addendum is too much..addendum will only lessen the opportunity for filipino caregivers to get hired.
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teen | E-mail: hidden | IP: hidden
Yes i agree that the addendum is just a hindrance for the filipino caregivers..caregivers in canada are already protected by the canadian law..the new policy of the POLO is just abig problem for the filipino caregivers..if the employer dont want to sign the addendum, why is the action of the POLO on this?convince the employer to sign?what if the employer still dont wanna sign & just replace the caregiver?the filipino caregiver cant do anything about this if their employer is not willing to agree with all the conditions in the addendum.
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filipina | E-mail: hidden | IP: hidden
Filipino ba si Mr. Frank Luna?bakit di yata sya concern sa mga filipino caregivers bound for canada?our visa has been approved, we have our plane ticket but we cannot get an exit clearance from the poea.the addendum is a big problem to us..our employer doesnt want to sign it because of the added expenses..can mr. luna give us a new employer who is willing to sign the addendum?or is he willing to replace all our expenses in the application of our visa if in case our employer didnt sign the addendum?he’ll start calculating our expenses from the caregiver training school, our daily allowances, visa application, speak test, medical, airfare..the addendum must be imposed before the employer applies for the LMO..so, if in case the employer wont agree to the addendum, the filipino caregiver can find another employer..but i doubt it, if ur employer is not related to u, they wont sign it..lucky for those cargeivers whose employers are their relatives..of course dugong filipino pa rin, they will sign it..para lang makapunta ng canada..the solution to this, suspend nalang yung addendum..canadian law is enough..caregivers are already protected by canadian law..
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dominga magsakay | E-mail: hidden | IP: hidden
from taiwan, nag apply ako sa canada. fortunately w/in 2mos. na isyuhan ako 3yrs working visa. gumastos ako ng more than 4k $US.I’m here in the Phils for 2 mos now, bcoz my employer refused to sign that paper. ibabalik kaya ni mr luna ang nagastos ko sakaling i cancel ng employer ang contract ko? maganda layunin nya, pero di maganda ang resulta.
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Florida | E-mail: hidden | IP: hidden
I came to Canada under the LCP twice. Both times I was fortunate enough to have found Canadian employers who, after much communication, and building relationship of trust, decided to trust me enough to hire me directly.
The hardest part for Filipinos who are hoping to come to Canada under the Live-in Caregiver Program is finding a Canadian employer willing to hire, sponsor and wait for them.
With this new LCP Contract, demanding Canadian employers to take more monetary obligations just to hire a Filipino live-in caregiver from the Philippines,who is a stranger to them, will be a huge discouragement and “turn-off” for the possible employers. Mr Frank Luna might have good intentions for the Filipino workers but this move is unrealistic, unproductive and down right foolish!
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hi, i got here in canada last october 2011 under the Live-in caregiver program and it took me almost a month to have that exit pass because of the POLO (verified contract). And now my cousin got her visa (under LCP) so to prevent her from experiencing all the hassle i’ve been through i told her what to do but now, she told me that POEA got a new policy,effective Feb 21 2012, they need to have BOTH the ORIGINAL verified contract and EMAIL LIST from POLO office before they can process the papers(before they only need the email list) which gives us a much bigger problem because she already have a plane ticket booked this march but the original contract will be mailed to her employer after a week and it will take another days or week/s to send it to the Philippines.
This new policy sucks, the policy that they’re making do not help our fellow Filipinos who are trying their best to have a better life. And their policies creates more confusion and problems rather than making it easier and hassle free for the OFW whom they called “Bagong Bayani”