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HONG KONG — Overseas Filipino workers here seeking to secure their overseas employment certificate (OEC) will no longer have to queue up to get their form to apply for the document. Instead, the ...

Work contract verification is a pre-requisite to acquire an OEC, which serves as an exit pass and document certifying the regularity of recruitment and employment of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW).

The Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Dubai and the Northern Emirates is giving a friendly nudge to all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs): Register early on the DMW E-Registration Portal and get ahead of ...

Philippine labour attaché says ‘unprecedented number' of clients are showing up daily Filipinos lining up before dawn at Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) in Dubai Jan Michael T. Dubai: The ...

Starting today, Filipino expats in the UAE should be able to access the Philippine government's app for the new OFW Pass - a digital pass that will replace the printed OEC (overseas employment ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After days of long queues of OFWs lining up at dawn for their documents, the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai has implemented appointments-only transactions, to take ...

The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Qatar advised Filipino workers in the country that beginning July 3, appointments will only be for transactions for Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) ...

I will only have 4-day vacation in March next year and it will be from Thursday to Monday. I do not know where to squeeze the day to get my OEC (Overseas Employment Certificate). My Owwa (Overseas ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned Filipinos aspiring to work abroad not to buy Overseas Employment Certificates (OEC) from social media platforms, as these are fake. In a ...