The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has formed
Task Force Balik-Manggagawa in anticipation of the arrival of thousands of OFWs
who will spend the holiday season in the country even as Administrator Carlos
S. Cao Jr. advises returning workers to have their overseas employment
certificate (OEC) or travel exit clearance processed early.
To avoid long lines at the Balik-Manggagawa Processing
Center, Cao said that OFWs should get their OECs as soon as they arrive in the
country instead of flocking to the POEA office in Ortigas immediately after
Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Cao also suggested that returning OFWs should secure their
exit clearance at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) nearest their
jobsite even before their flight to the Philippines.
Workers going to the provinces may also have their exit
clearance at the POEA regional offices nearest their residence. The POEA
offices are located in Baguio City; Tuguegarao City; San Fernando City, La
Union; Clark Field, Pampanga; Calamba City; Legaspi City; Tacloban City; Iloilo
City; Bacolod City; Cebu City; Cagayan de Oro City; Zamboanga City; and Davao
City.
Cao said OFWs may also use the OEC courier system that is
available online at http://www.citizenservices.com.ph/poea.
The following are considered balik-maggagawa:
1) a worker who is on vacation or on leave from employment
under a valid and existing employment contract and who is returning to the same
employer regardless of any change in jobsite, to finish the remaining unexpired
portion of the contract;
2) a worker who was rehired by the same employer after
finishing his/her contract and who is returning to the same employer, regardless
of a change in jobsite; and
3) a returning worker whose employment contract was not
processed with the POEA but was subsequently verified and registered with the
Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in the jobsite and who is returning to the
same employer either as a worker-on-leave or rehire, regardless of any change
in jobsite.
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