The entry visa of the Chinese worker who obtained a work visa by submitting a Philippines passport was revoked.
In a letter to Vance Polycarp, DBA HK Lucky Restaurant, the employer of William Estacio Lim, Division of Employment Service Director Terralyn Nabeyama stated that the entry and work permit of Lim has been revoked.
Earlier last week, the Bureau of Immigration had put out wanted posters against Lim after the National Security Office found that Lim have submitted a counterfeit Philippine passport as a supporting document in his work permit application.
Nabeyama, in the division’s letter to Polycarp, stated that the employment of Lim “ is no longer in the best interest of the Republic.”
As of press time, it is not known whether Immigration has located Lim after issuing a wanted poster last week.
Lim reportedly arrived in Palau as a tourist on December 23 and applied for and applied for a worker’s permit under HK Lucky Restaurant on January 2024. Lim obtained a worker’s permit on February 20, 2024, despite the pending result of the background check.
In May, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in its diplomatic note to the NSO confirmed that Lim’s Philippine passport was a fake.
It further added that the passport of Lim will not be honored by the Philippine government.
In a related matter, the Division of Employment Services rejected the work visas of 15 Chinese nationals due to fraudulent documents.
The employment permit applications of at least 15 Chinese nationals were rejected by the Division of Employment Services for reportedly submitting fraudulent documents to gain work in the island nation.
The Division in its letters to various employers of the Chinese nationals said that the supporting documents of the workers were “deemed fraudulent in nature,” and that their applications were rejected because of this.
According to the Division, several of the supporting documents including criminal records, work records, and Physical examination records provided by the employers for the Chinese nationals were allegedly falsified. The Division said they have found enough evidence of “willful furnishing of false, incomplete, or misleading information in the application for entry permit. “
The letters were provided to the following employers, Drafting and Designs Company, Trim Inc. Sunshine Palau Tour, Oceanic Assets Management Company, and Galaxy Builder Company. (By: Bernadette Carreon)