Travel ban to Aghanistan is now a source of corruption in NAIA by the immigration officials. Not only for those travelling to Aghanistan but also to Iraq and presumably to Nigeria. An OFW has to give 300 too 500 dollars as grease money before we can have our passport stamped by these crooks, and sometimes an OFW is screwed even if he had paid already,just like the case of my co-worker wherein he had paid already, but still, these crooks hold his passport, delaying his flight to another day, and paying again some hard-earned green bucks. This travel ban doesn't make sense because the OFW influx to countries who can give them decent earnings cannot be prevented by this ban. Actually me as a worker in Afghanistan feels safer working here inside the US NATO bases than working in the Philippines. The area i work is secured with all the hi-tech weaponry and gadgets protecting the area. Even the private companies here has their own means of security. I have a decent job with decent salary to raise my family in which the Pi government cannot provide. Now, i cannot go back to my beloved country to be reunited with my family, fearing the risk that i may not be able to come back here again because of this ban....this immigration officials are unpredictable, they may give you hard time milking you, or they may hold you ultimately. Practically, this travel has no effect on the Filipinos with an empty stomach, resulting in the rise of the so many undocumented OFWs here in Afghanistan. So why not legalized it? At least to heed the call of the Filipinos, and the battle cry of the government to fight corruption in the society. This travel ban really sucks.....
