Islamabad, 17 December 2022 (GNP): More than 1,600 Pakistani employees had gone to Korea as of the end of November using the Employment Permit System (E9) in 2022.
By getting employment permission from the Korean government, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Korea are allowed to lawfully hire semi-skilled workers from outside.
As a result of the consequences and limitations of COVID-19, Pakistan’s EPS Center has been collaborating closely with the Overseas Employment Corporation of Pakistan (OEC) to speed up the entrance of Pakistani employees who have been denied access to Korea for the last two years.
2,000 Pakistani labourers are what the Center is now aiming to bring to Korea this year. Around 13,000 persons have generally entered Korea from Pakistan in the 15 years since the Pakistan EPS Center was established.
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Through the signing of an agreement in 2006, the EPS Center was created. Compared to past years, this year’s immigration rate is much higher.
The Korean Embassy in Pakistan and Ambassador Suh Sang-Pyo suggested to the Korean government to include the construction sector as a workable occupation alongside the existing manufacturing sector within the Employment Permit System in order to increase employment of Pakistani workers & provide them with better employment opportunities in Korea.
This year, Pakistan’s quota was greatly raised thanks to the constant efforts of the Embassy and the EPS Center, and it is predicted that there will be up to 1,600 additional applications for the EPS-Topik.
In the Employment Permit System (E9), 16 different nationalities were represented, and over the last 18 years, foreign employees have made a substantial contribution to alleviating the labour shortage that Korean SMEs confront as well as the balanced expansion of the Korean economy.
China, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and East Timor are among the 16 sending countries.
Pakistani workers have impressed Korean company owners, particularly in terms of their attention and commitment toward their job and employers. More Pakistanis are projected to work in Korea in the next years.
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In addition, the Korean Embassy in Pakistan is organizing a variety of public diplomacy-related activities in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and Pakistan in 2023.
In order to learn more about the experiences and triumphs of Pakistani employees who traveled to Korea and how their lives changed after successfully returning, the UCC Contest for Successful Returned Workers will also be conducted in 2023.
The Employment Permit System, which will eventually become a public institution, will act as a one-stop shop for support at every step of the process, from the employment and introduction of foreign employees to their stay in Korea and final departure.
The Center also intends to adopt the Korean Proficiency Test (CBT) approach, which advocates switching from computer-based testing to the digital-based UBT (Ubiquitous Based Test) method, to improve the selection of foreign workers.
A mobile tablet device may be used to conduct UBT tests anytime, anyplace, and regardless of location, as it is based on a wired/wireless network environment.
It is significant that 3,100 of the present 253,000 foreign employees in Korea are Pakistanis, as reported by the Employment Permit System.