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OFW Advisory

Saudi-Bound OFWs: Check Your Electronic Gadgets

Jul 23, 2009

A non-government organization, Migrante-Middle East reminds overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to make sure that all electronic items they are carrying doesn’t contain any material that may be deemed as illegal or unacceptable in Saudi’s beliefs and customs.

 

According to Migrante, screening of electronic devices of migrant workers arriving in the airports of Riyadh, Dammam, and Jeddah are currently being implemented.

 

When a migrant worker arrives at the airport, all electronic items he or she is carrying which includes cellular camera phones, memory card, flash disks, external hard drives, laptops, notebook computers, iPods, and MP3 players with memory cards are surrendered for checkup at the immigration section.

Immigration officials of Saudi Arabia utilize a special scanner that can examine the contents of the electronic items and record the finding to a main scanning computer.

Electronic gadgets that contain prohibited materials such as pornographic items or pirated software are confiscated right away.

The owner of the gadgets with prohibited materials would not be obligated to pay any fines but are expected to surrender the devices at peace. Those who would resist submitting the said items face the risk of either arrest or deportation.

 

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Reader Comments
 pano po sir yung palabas ng saudi i check pa din ba - Lester

 tama wag nyo ng ipilit ilusot yung illegal na materyal sa saudi kc marami naman makukuha d2 eh - Rave

 Tama ang balita na yan kasi nangyari yan sa akin noong pagbalik ko ng saudi, dahil naharang ako sa airport di naman tiningnan ang laptop ko kundi yung external harddisk ko pero kampante naman ako dahil wala naman akong files na masilan para dahilan na mahold ako ngunit tiningnan pa rin ang dala kong external drive tinanong lang ako kung ano ang nasa loob ng external drive tapos yun na pinaalis na ako, yun nga lang medyo abala lang. Kaya kabayan wag niyo nang ipilit na ilusot kung ano man ang gusto niyo ilusot - Onnieb

 Totoo nga na nag ccheck sila for the sake na ma protektahan nila ang kanilang beliefs. hindi naman kasi lahat ng saudis e BADO.. hehe .. the best pa rin ang mag ingat.. kaya yung mga matitigas ang ulo wag na ipag pilitan kasi sayang oras mo pag nabusisi ka ng mga nag ccheck. pag minalas malas ka pa kukunin pa gadget mo. pero hindi para maging ebidensya sa iyo.. kundi.. sila na gagamit hehehe... - Rey De Leon

 Sa lahat ng mga katulad kung OFW sa Saudi arabia, di ko lang alam kung ganu ka totoo ang kanilang sinasabi ng lahat ng electronic device ay binubusisi ng mga crew sa airport pa lamang... ako'y isang umiwi at wala naman takot ako dahil sabi nila na ganun daw. eh wala naman may dala akong 1 loptop mismo sa akin hand cary na bag at isa sa aking bagage at sa aking dala handa cary na bag ay andun pa lahat ng akin External drive 6 pcs.. at aiba pang mga gamit na pang electonics. hindi man lang tiningnan o sinilip. .. at yung dalawang brother ko umuwi ganun din may mga dala dala din silang mga electronics...... - Alex

 Bago lang ako napunta dito sa riyadh (nov09), mahigpit talaga sa airport bro, yung nahiwalay kung memory sa laptop tinatanong pa nila f ano daw yun, binusisi pa maleta ko labas lahat, buti nalang yung isang airport crew alam nya ano yung memory ng laptop ko kaya nakalusot ako sa airport, umabot din kami mahigit 4hrs sa airport, tlagang mahigpit kaya ingat sa mga dala nyo lalo na electronics related, kahit nga portable dvd player hindi pa nila kilala. - Michael13xz

 tanong ko lng yung mga nadeport sa saudi makabalik pa ba sila? - Bobskie

 madali lang yan mga dude.. sa mga may laptop... kung gusto nio makalusot ang gusto niong files, gumawa kau ng isa pang partition then make it hidden so that it cannot be seen while scanning the system. tapos ang problema! pero kung bold wag nlang pra safe, ung games,mp3's,movies and softwares pwde pa. gud luck sadiks! - Abduljackol

 ilan beses na ako pabalik pabalik d2 sa KSA at dammam airport ska bahrain causeway usually ang point of entry ko pro ni minsan di pa ako nka ranas ng ganon na i che check nila mga gamit... pro maigi pa rin na mag ingat alam naman natin ang mga bawal dito sa kingdom... - Gerardo P. Cariaga Jr,

 For those bringing their laptop with them, authorities sometimes check the operating system sticker (at the back of your laptop), as a reference whether u have the genuine operating system. - JUN TAMAYO

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