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1. CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR VERIFICATION

A. Name/Direct Hiring System (Not applicable to hiring Caregivers and Workers in Agriculture sector)

B. Agency Hiring System

a. Caregivers
i. Two agencies, with FRA and PRA
ii. One Agency, with PRA only

b. Skilled Workers

i. Two agencies, with FRA and PRA
ii. One Agency, with PRA only

FORMS


Addendum to the Employment Contact

• Caregivers
• Skilled Workers
• Direct Hires

Employer/s Profile

• Caregivers
• Skilled Workers

Affidavit of Undertaking

Board Resolution

Important Notices

• Memorandum Circular no. 02-2019 – GUIDELINES ON THE PROCESSING OF RETURNING WORKERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POEA GOVERNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 04, SERIES OF 2018

• POEA Memorandum Circular No. 5 Series of 2018 – Guidelines on the Registration of Direct Individual Employers of Household Service Workers

• POEA Memorandum Circular No. 8 Series of 2018 – Implementing Guidelines on the Registration of Direct Hire Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)

• Pursuant to the POEA Memorandum Circular No. 02 Series of 2019 (Guidelines on the Processing of Returning Workers in accordance with the POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 04, Series of 2018) issued on 14 March 2019, please be advised of the attached matrix detailing the requirements and procedure on the OEC issuances.

  The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Toronto will implement this effective 13 May 2019.

Important Notices:



• We will return without action all submissions for verifications that are found to be incomplete in terms of documentary requirements and payments of fees.
• “Incomplete” means not only lacking in the required documents but refers to those with inaccurate information or data given such as employment contracts and/or addendum without date, name and signature of the employer or the duly authorized representative, and contracts that do not contain basic provisions like salary per hour (which must not be lower than that indicated in the LMO or that which is generally accepted in the industry if the skills category is LMO-exempt) and the frequency of payment (which must not be less than twice a month). It also refers to wrong or inaccurate payment of verification and authentication fees.



iDOLE OFW ID launched, guidelines on issuance out soon

https://www.dole.gov.ph/news/view/3786
• 19 July 2017 – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently launched the iDOLE OFW ID card, an innovation to ease transactions of millions of OFWs with government and private agencies concerning their overseas employment. Guidelines on availment will be issued soon.
• Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said that the OFW ID is a component of the Integrated Department of Labor and Employment (iDOLE) System. It will undergo a three-month pilot run and eventually serve as an OFW’s Automated Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC), and airport and immigration ID pass.
2. OWWA Membership/Renewal Requirements


3. OEC Requirements


4. Information Sheet

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