The government quickly moved to offer the displaced workers of shipbuilder Hanjin with alternate sources of employment or income. contributed photo
The temporary ban on the issuance of United States visa to Filipino workers prompted laid off Hanjin shipyard workers to seek employment in New Zealand, Party-list group ACTS-OFW Rep. Aniceto Bertiz II said Sunday.
According to Bertiz, some 10,800 Hanjin workers plan to go abroad to fill in the demand for construction workers due to a building and housing boom.
Bertiz said the suspension on the issuance of new H-2A and H-2B visas contributed to the decision.
An H-2A visa allows temporary entry permits to foreigners for seasonal or farm jobs while an H-2B visa are issued to workers taking non-farm jobs.
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddyboy Locsin. (AFP) Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. blamed the Philippines’ attache for the visa suspension.
Locsin said the attache’s complaint to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about the substandard working and living conditions of Filipinos in the US prompted the DHS to stop issuing the said visas.
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines Inc. closed its shipyard in Subic Bay, Zambales on 8 January after declaring bankruptcy.
