Michalcarlisle13 said:
Yes the visa is already stamped in the passport. We already called the phil consulate here in hk to inquire but it seems that they dont know how to handle these types of cases. We will try to inquire again next week. Paiba iba kasi yung naririnig naming sagot from poea so naguguluhan at natatakot kami.
Yeah I would echo wsongco and BOYZONE2 here. Even if your visas were issued in HK, you plan to be exiting using your visas (canada) from the PH. The immigration officers are pretty wary nowadays - there were reports before they were in particular looking for workers bound abroad using HK, Bangkok, KL etc. as jump point enroute to final destination. As you are not required to have visas to these countries, you are exiting the PH as a visitor - so PDOS, POEA, OEC regulations do not apply to you. That was a loophole before.
Immigration officials will definitely see your visa to Canada, regardless of where this was issued, as this is a worker's visa - you are still technically a worker exiting the PH. So you will have to comply to POEA regulations governing the exit of workers - that is OEC, PDOS, OWWA. Immigration will query you on your final destination, in some cases it is even the airline ground staff who asks the question before allowing you to check-in.
Why not ask somebody from the PH to call up POEA on your behalf - para naman siguro kayo sa steps? Lately, regulations and memos from POEA have been relaxed in their implementation - perhaps simpler na lang ang process.
