Are you thinking of working in Saudi Arabia as an overseas worker but are below 21 years of age? Unfortunately, a new rule on minimum age requirement would prohibit you from pursuing your plans. The Saudi government recently issued a new policy that requires all Filipino workers to be deployed as household service worker, baby sitter, nurse, flight attendant, and family driver in their country to be at least 21 years old.
This is the content of the new memorandum issued by Consul Faisal H. Al-Kahtani, Ambassador of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the Philippines. The memorandum was sent to the Philippine recruitment agencies to inform them of the new age limit.
Al Kahtani stressed that this new policy is for “strict compliance."
Aside from the job positions listed above, there is also a new minimum age requirements for the following categories:
• Dressmakers, 30;
• Barber and physical therapist, 35; and
• Salesman for textiles and ladies wear apparel shops, 40.
The largest group of manpower agencies in the country, the Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Inc. (PASEI) found the new rule on age limit to be reasonable and would actually benefit the Filipino workers.
Victor Fernandez Jr., PASEI said in an interview conducted by GMAnews.TV,
“Reasonable ‘yun, para matured silang papasok sa trabaho [That’s reasonable, so that they are already matured when they start working]. Maigi na ‘yun, at least protektado sila [That’s actually better, at least they’re protected]," "
The age limit has been proposed and urged by Philippine labor and welfare officials assigned in the Middle East. They want an change in the age limit especially for the domestic helpers.
This is because reports from the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, showed that many domestic helpers in the Middle East who were said to be mentally unstable are below 21 years old. Majority of them are are adolescent Muslim girls from Mindanao. They either escaped from their employers or were fired.
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folks, even if you're @30s or @40s id doesn't make sense. the thing is, u must know the place, gather some info and get some friends. mostly young/old people want to work abroad and if they don't like the place/boss, they quit immediately because of ... even themselves they don't know also what the exact reason. (a sort of crazy) well anyway gud luck & have fun working abroad! don't think to much. - Yoken D. Magic
my comment is why nd pwede ang 50 yrs old magapply sa middle east ? sana 21 to 51 lalo na pg physical fit naman maki2ta namn sa medical - Arceli Buenaventura
Ok lang basta nasa tamang edad na ang isang tao, mas maganda nga yong medyo bata at matutong mghanap buhay kaysa malulong sa masamang bisyo. - Ab Agustin
This is unfair..bakit 21 y/o? pano naman po yung college graduates na nagtapos at the age of 20 or 19? ako po kasi ay gumraduate na from a state university..i took up nursing.. i think unfair po to.. my sister will graduate at the age of 19.. wala bang considerations yung mga tao na na.accelerate? pag below 21 y/o ba, you think we dont have the capacity to perform our duty same with nurses above 21 y/o? depende po yata yan sa performance ng tao..yung determination nila to learn.. di naman nasusukat ung kaalaman ng isang tao sa edad.. i believe dat my skul taught us important things that we need in our profession..our technology here is quiet different from hospitals abroad.. pero, matutunan naman namin how to operate it.. Yung iba nga, they will graduate at the age of 22 or older pero same lang naman ung tinuturo sa amin..mas important po ung passion mo sa profession na napili mo at ung willingness mo to learn more kaysa ung age requirement..marami po kami nkatapos at the age of 20.. sana po maintindihan nyo.. we want to work in Saudi to improve our skills.. - Dianne
This New Age scheme here in K.S.A is sound good,if implemented,how if the agencies makes hocus-fucos,alam nyo na hehehe,when money talks people listen,by the way,i suggest para maiwasan na yang pagkasiphayo ng ating mga kababayang babae,ipatigil na yang pag papadala ng domestic helper sa middle east,especially sa saudi arabia,ang pakistan at bangladesh di sila nagpapadal ng mga domestic helper,kahit naghihirap ang kanilang bansa,alam kc nila ang ugali ng mga saudis,di naman sa nilalahat ko,mas maigi tulungan sila na makapagwork sa mga bansa na safe,tulad ng europe,north america,ah basta,alam nyo naman yan.di naman kayo bobo,nagtatanga-tangahan lang.kawawa ang mga kababayan natin na babae d2,thier last resort ay tatakas,hayun santambak sila sa bahay kalinga...tnx na lang sa inyo,wag kayo magalit ha,sa totoo lang po,and2 kc ako hehehe nag wowork. - Alex Luspo
hindi nman naipapatupad ng maigi kz ang mga agency sa pinas gumagawa ng paraan halimbawa papasok d2 sa saudi ng dressmaker ang ipapagamit na visa sa DH. kaya ang age limit di napapatupad yan. ako technician d2 pero ang visa ko welder..d2 ko nlng nlaman na welder ang visa ko. kulang ang ngipin ng gobyerno ntin para maipatupad ng maayos ang mga batas na yan...kulo muk karpan!!! - Cristian Lizardo
Is there any chance for a 60yro male can find job in Saudi? - Teofilo M. Duabe
folks, even if you're @30s or @40s id doesn't make sense. the thing is, u must know the place, gather some info and get some friends. mostly young/old people want to work abroad and if they don't like the place/boss, they quit immediately because of ... even themselves they don't know also what the exact reason. (a sort of crazy) well anyway gud luck & have fun working abroad! don't think to much. - Yoken D. Magic