{"id":777019207,"date":"2024-09-20T08:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777019207"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:54:37","slug":"philippine-doj-sets-deadline-for-foreign-offshore-gaming-workers-to-voluntarily-repatriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-doj-sets-deadline-for-foreign-offshore-gaming-workers-to-voluntarily-repatriate","title":{"rendered":"Philippine DOJ sets deadline for foreign offshore gaming workers to voluntarily repatriate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Foreign offshore gaming workers’ visas will be downgraded to tourist visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Department of Justice (DOJ) has said that foreign workers employed by\u00a0offshore gaming operators\u00a0have until October 15 to voluntarily return to their home countries. The POGO Closure Task Force has decided that from October 16, the visas of foreign offshore gaming workers will be changed to tourist visas. They will be required to leave the Philippines within 60 days or face involuntary repatriation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Task Force includes the DOJ, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), and the Bureau of Immigration (BI). It aims to establish guidelines for the prohibition of offshore gaming operations by the end of the year as directed by president Marcos Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Philippines: SCBPOs won\u2019t be affected by offshore gaming ban<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Members of “Task Force POGO Closure”. Source: DOJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The DOJ has reported that the Philippines’ 41 licenced internet gaming licensees (IGLs), previously known as Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), have indicated their intention to comply with the ban and halt operations before the end of the year. However, PAGCOR’s chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco has cautioned that operators may attempt to employ deceptive tactics to conceal illegal business after the ban comes into force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In related news, the DOLE has announced a job fair for workers<\/a> who have been displaced from offshore gaming operators. DOLE-National Capital Region assistant director Jude Thomas Trayvilla said the job fair will take place in Para\u00f1aque City on October 10. He said over 19,000 employees in roles such as administration, encoding, human resources, liaison, finance and information technology will be affected by the closure of the companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foreign offshore gaming workers’ visas will be downgraded to tourist visas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine Department of Justice has mandated that foreign offshore gaming workers must voluntarily repatriate by October 15, after which their visas will be downgraded to tourist visas, requiring departure within 60 days. This action precedes a complete ban on offshore gaming operations (POGOs\/IGLs) by year-end, with licensed operators indicating compliance but authorities expressing concern over potential illegal activities.","focusai_entities":"Department of Justice (DOJ), POGO Closure Task Force, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), Bureau of Immigration (BI), Marcos Jr., Alejandro Tengco, Jude Thomas Trayvilla","focusai_location":"Philippines, Para\u00f1aque City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Post-Ban Enforcement?","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms and inter-agency coordination strategies will be deployed to mitigate the proliferation of illegal offshore gaming operations post-October 15?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the comprehensive economic impact assessment of this POGO ban on the Philippine economy, considering direct GGR\/NGR contributions, ancillary services, and potential foreign direct investment shifts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,158,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777019207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777019207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019224,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019207\/revisions\/777019224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777019207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}