"DMW padlocks consultancy firm illegally offering jobs in Canada,"

The offices of an immigration consultancy firm were simultaneously padlocked by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday for illegally offering jobs in Canada to Filipino nurses, caregivers, nursing aides, and welders.

DMW Officer in Charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac led the closure operation against Dream Pathway Education and Immigration Services in its head office in Mandaluyong City, while the DMW’s Migrant Workers Protection Bureau (MWPB) conducted the closure of its three branches in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija; Apalit, Pampanga; and Lipa City, Batangas in coordination with local police and government units.

“Dream Pathway is among the unauthorized entities taking advantage of Canada’s immigration programs, which are being used as a doorway to Canada for temporary work before reaching permanent residency,” Cacdac said.

Aside from charging exorbitant processing fees to hopeful applicants, Dream Pathway does not have a proper license from the DMW, he added.

Surveillance operations earlier conducted by the DMW-MWPB showed that the firm charges PHP110,000 as professional fee for various jobs in Canada under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) program...