The promise of earning dollars in the land of milk and honey otherwise known as the United States of America is a dream to professionals like me. Fact is, a lot of my friends are already there or in other countries, earning so much more than what I am earning here.

End of the story? Definitely not.

It is NOT an easy process to have in one’s hand a contract and an H1B visa. Having both does not necessarily mean the start of a new life.

Read about these Filipino teachers in new orleans louisiana who got recruited cheated by a Filipino-owned recruitment agency.

What could have been a wonderful opportunity to earn for the family back home and learn new things to better their craft turned into a nightmare. Nightmare does not even begin to describe what they have gone through.

Their very own kababayan,  doing this to them come not as a shock to me. Yes, people can do these things all for money.

Part of the article says:

The teachers allege that the firm’s leader, ________, charged recruits about $15,000 to obtain a job, and then required them to turn over 10 percent of their salary for two years.

That the teachers were excellent did not help them retain their jobs. They were fired after two years “because they weren’t able to handle the tough students/classes they were given”.

For more information on Teacher Migration or International Teacher Recruitment, this is a helpful material especially because it has a special section about the Philippines.

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