THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has called on some 5,000 undocumented and overstaying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to avail early of the host country’s 90-day general amnesty program ahead of the observance of the holy month of Ramadan.

OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac made the urgent call on Monday over a warning from the Saudi government that undocumented foreigners who failed to apply for amnesty would be arrested, jailed and slapped a stiff fine ranging from SR15,000 to SR 100,000 or P199,350 to P1,329,000.