TIM eMagazine Issue 5 | Page 18

OFW News Baldoz to illegal Filipino migrants in South Korea: Avail of voluntary departure to avoid re-entry ban Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz enjoined illegally staying Filipinos in South Korea to avail of the Korean Government’s six months voluntary departure program to avoid the penalty of re-entry ban imposed to undocumented foreigners. 18 M ccording to the Labor Chief, the South Korea government has implemented the voluntary departure for illegal migrants program, which started on 1 April and will end on 30 Septemberthis year. All illegal migrants willing to leave the country must have viable passports and airline tickets and report to immigration offices on the day of their departure.