POEA Advisory no. 31: Clarification on new procedure in the processing of Travel Exit Clearance

Exactly 10 days after issuing the advisory no. 31, POEA had issued another advisory to clarify the new procedure in processing the travel exit clearance.  The existing one-day processing of BM documents is actually still in place.  The returning OFWs has an option to use the new two-phase procedure or follow the old procedure.

Here is the content of POEA Advisory no. 31, Series of 2011

 

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

Advisory no. 31, Series of 2011

24 June 2011

 

Further to POEA Advisory no. 30, Series of 2011, on the revised procedures in the processing of Balik-Manggagawa (BM) or returning workers, it is hereby clarified that the existing one-day processing of BM documents is still in place.  The new two-phase procedure merely provides options to returning workers to manage their time better instead of waiting for hours for the release of their documents.  The long wait is due to the big volume of BM applicants queuing at the Balik-Manggagawa processing Center, averaging 1500-1600 daily on regular days and 2500-3000 on peak seasons, particularly during Christmas holidays an school graduations.

 

Balik-Manggagawa workers may secure their Overseas Employment Certificates (OEC) / E-receipts which serves as travel exit clearance from the following POEA BM processing centers:

• POEA Main Office in Mandaluyong City
• POEA Regional Centers in Luzon (San Fernando City), Visayas (Cebu City) and Mindanao (Davao City)
• POEA Regional Extension Units/Satellite Offices located int he Cities of Tuguegarao and Baguio, Clark, Pampanga, Cities of Calamba, Laguna, Legazpi, Iloilo, Bacolod, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan and Tawi-tawi.
• Labor Assistance Centers (LACs) at international airports in Manila, Cebu, and Mindano.  BM OEC issuance at the LAC is limited to vacationing workers whose home leave does not exceed five (5) days, and with confirmed airline bookings on the date of request for OEC issuance.  OECs issued at the LAC are valid only on the date of issuance.
• Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) in major host countries and cities of Filipino labor.

 

The complete addresses of the POEA Offices nationwide and the POLOs are found at the POEA website http://www.poea.gov.ph/ or call 722-1144 / 722-1155 for such information.

 

Another available option at the POEA main office is the door-to-door delivery wherein the worker's OEC/E-receipt is delivered to his home address through courier service.

 

Further, all returning workers are strongly advised to serucre their exit clearance from the POEA offices nearest to their locations ahead of their flight schedules, and not on the actual date of their departure, to avoid unnecessary inconvenience.

 

For information and guidance.

 

CARLOS S. CAO, JR.

Administrator

 

Source:

http://www.poea.gov.ph/