Visa limitations keep Fostanes from being a professional singer in Israel

Rose Fostanes, the Filipina caregiver who rose from anonymity to instant fame after winning the first season of the reality show “The X Factor Israel,” may be unable to work as a professional singer in Israel despite bagging a recording contract as a prize.
 
According to Israeli immigration, Fostanes isbarred from working as a professional singer in the country since it is not the occupation indicated in her work visa. 
 
The  Israeli Interior Ministry may grant the 47-year-old caregiver an exemption to be able to work as a professional singer, but she has to apply for it.
 
Fostanes, who has been working for about 20 years in the Middle East, arrived in Israel four years ago to work as a caregiver for an ailing woman in her 50s.
 
Fostanes and the producers of “The X Factor Israel” have not issued any statement about this development.
 
In a recent interview, Fostanes told the Associated Press that she has to live in a crowded apartment in south Tel Aviv, a downtrodden area inhabited by foreign laborers, with seven others in order to save money.
 
According to data from the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv, most overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who arrive in Israel in search of work end up being employed as caregivers. Data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) show that Filipino caregivers in Israel earn an average of $1,234 a month, equivalent to P55,665.  — XA/ELR, GMA News

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