Manila, April 24 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Tuesday reminded Filipinos planning to work and migrate to Canada to pass through the department's verification process.

DMW Officer in Charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac made this remark after incidents of Filipinos migrating to Canada without going through the right processes and instead dealt with unlicensed recruiters who charged them exorbitant fees.

Cacdac said the DMW on April 12 issued Advisory 9, which provides the guidelines and processes governing the documentation of Filipinos under Canada's immigration programs.

"Ang puno't dulo nito (The problem here) is the proper verification of documents and processing of OFWs bound for Canada. Ang nangyayari meron mga...