The couple of hundred PHP that they pay for it, is hardly going to make profits to anyone.
Personally I think, albeit very annoying, it is a good idea for people to attend that seminar.
It will not put anyone off from emigrating, for whatever reason they emigrate, but at least it supplies them with an insight of what may happen to them.
And also gives them contact numbers for help, in case things really go pershaped.
Yeah, it will be a trek for a lot of people, with hotel expenses and whathaveyou, but don't you think that having to travel all the way to Manila just to drop the documentation and do the other bits, more of a nuisance???Whereas before it was done by post...???
