OFW – Overseas Filipino News

With the United Kingdom set to implement more stringent student visa guidelines to prevent “abuse by economic migrants,” a recruitment consultant expressed fears that the thousands of Filipino student nurses in the British isles may be negatively affected.

Filipino jobseekers were warned Friday against dubious job offers in the United Kingdom, especially those coursed through the Internet.

Some major changes will be implemented in processing British passports as part of the United Kingdom Government’s effort to deliver a more streamlined, efficient and secure system and to keep down the cost of new passports, the British Embassy announced.

LONDON – The worst flooding in the country in four decades caused by typhoon Pepeng killed hundreds and left at least half a million homeless. As the country is battered by typhoons, one after the other, Filipinos in the United Kingdom also continue to help raise funds and donations for victims of storm in the [...]

LONDON – Filipino indigenous martial arts which is defined by a system of techniques, both physical and mental, and developed as a successful means for armed and unarmed self-defense is gaining popularity in the United Kingdom.

Philippine officials in the United Kingdom are keeping tabs on an investigation into the death of a Filipino woman there last month.

Before the Philippines could start sending out Filipino health care workers in droves abroad, it should first begin populating its hospitals with nurses.

Two Filipino organizations that aim to promote the interest and welfare of Pinoys and Mindanao region were launched recently in London.

Some 3,500 Filipino care workers in the United Kingdom failed to get their work permits renewed due to a series of immigration and work permit policy amendments implemented by the UK Border Agency.

An alliance of Filipino migrant organizations in the United Kingdom is set to file a legal challenge before the British High Court to obtain a definitive ruling on the eligibility of overseas migrant workers applying for permanent settlement after five years of continuous stay in the UK .