OFWs complain of excessive visa fees

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Kuwait are complaining about excessive visa and medical fees imposed starting early this year by the Kuwait Embassy in Manila, which, the workers said, are highly prejudicial and an added burden to them.

The OFWs’ representative agency, the Philippine Licensed Agencies Accredited to Kuwait (Philaak), “has appealed to the State of Kuwait to recall, stop and/or immediately suspend two nuisances that are highly prejudicial and costly for our countrymen whose only desire is to be able to work in Kuwait for a better future for their family.”