MGA DAPAT MABATID TUNGKOL SA AKING PASSPORT

Valid pa ba ang Passport ko?

Ang passport po ay maaaring magamit lamang para sa pagbyahe, pagrenew o pag-apply ng working visa, o anumang transaction kung ito ay mahigit pa sa anim na buwan ( at least 6 months) bago ang expiration date. Kung mas mababa na sa 6 na buwan (less than 6 months) hindi na po ito pwede magamit sa ibang  opisyal na transaction at lalo na sa pagbiyahe o pag-apply/renewal ng visa.
Sikapin po nating alamin ang expiration date ng ating passport.

Mayroon bang fine kung expired na ang passport na hawak ko?

Wala po. Subalit ang lahat ng inconvenience at problema na dulot nito ay inyong responsibilidad. Sikapin po nating laging valid ang ating passport para maiwasan ang anumang suliranin.

E-passport na ba ang hawak ko?

Ang mga pasaporte (kulay Maroon) na isyu ng Dubai PCG mula 2011 ay e-Passport na. Makikita ang logo ng e-Passport sa harap na cover.

Kung hindi pa e-Passport, kailan ako dapat mag renew?

Kung ang pasaporte na hawak mo ay MRRP (kulay Green) o MRP (maroon pero walang logo ng e-Passport) makabubuting mag apply na ng appointment para sa renewal sa lalong madaling panahon.
Sa dami ng mga gustong mag-renew ng passport, ang pinakamaagang appointment ay nasa dalawang buwan na sa hinaharap (ibig sabihin, kung kukuha ka ng appointment ngayon, February 18, maaaring sa Abril o Mayo na ang pinaka maagang appointment na makuha mo).
Mas maagang kumuha ng appointment, mas maiiwasan ang inconvenience lalo na kung may mga proseso na kailangan ang passport, tulad ng pagbyahe, renewal ng visa, may bagong trabaho, etc.

Saan ako kukuha ng appointment?

Maaaring kumuha ng appointment sa Dubai PCG. Ang pila ay magsisimula ng ika-9 ng umaga. Sa araw na iyon, hindi ka makakapag renew, bibigyan ka lamang ng appointment date. Sa appointment date na iyon ka makakapag apply ng renewal.

Maaaring kumuha ng appointment sa DITO at hindi na po sa Facebook page ng Dubai PCG.Hindi po kayo makakatanggap ng sagot mula sa FB mula 20 February 2014.
Patuloy na isinasaayos ng Dubai PCG ang appointment system para higit itong maging mabuti.

Less than 6 months na ang validity ng aking passport at hindi ko na mahihintay ang appointment na nakuha ko dahil mas marami na ang nauna sa akin sa pagpapa appointment at kailangan ko na ang aking passport para sa emergency travel, official business, visa application, visa renewal at iba pang dahilan, ano ang maaari kong gawin?

Kumuha po kayo ng appointment at siguraduhin na mag renew ng passport sa appointment date na nakuha.

Mag-apply ng pansamantalang passport extension. Makikita ang form sa www.pcgdubai.netPassport Services. Naroon din ang mga requirements at kaukulang bayad. Makabubuti ring magdala ng proof of urgency. Ika-9 ng umaga nagsisimula ang proseso para sa extension. Mas madali kung handa na ang form at mga requirements bago magtungo sa Dubai PCG. Alamin din ang tamang counter na pupuntahan. Makukuha ang extended passport sa panahon ding iyon.

Sa araw ng aking appointment, maaari ba akong mag apply din ng extension dahil kailangan kong valid ang aking lumang passport?

Opo. Pareho po lamang ang mga requirements tulad ng nasa taas.

Sino ang hindi nangangailangan ng passport appointment?

Ang mga babaeng buntis, ang mga Senior Citizen, ang mga may kapansanan, ang mga sanggol at bata limang taon (5 years old) pababa ay hindi nangangailangan ng appointment. Sa Courtesy Lane po kayo magtungo.

Ang mga asawa, magulang, kapatid o kasama ng mga taong exempted sa appointment system ay hindi maaaring sumabay sa exemption na ito.

Kailan dadating ang bago kong passport?

Mula sa renewal date, maaaring umabot sa 6-8 linggo bago maging available ang inyong passport. Ibig sabihin, maximum ang 6-8 weeks ngunit maaaring minimum ng 2-3 weeks.

Hindi kailangang maghintay ng 8 weeks bago maghanap ng pangalan dahil maaaring lumabas na ang inyong passport sa mga unang listahan. Makabubuti na matapos ang 2 linggo, i-monitor na ang mga listahan na ipapaskil ng Dubai PCG sahttp://www.pcgdubai.net/releases/.

Kada linggo ay magpapaskil ng isang listahan. Ang mga listahang ito ay Alphabetical ang pagkakasunud-sunod kasama ang Apelyido, Gitnang Pangalan, at Pangalan. Hindi mahirap na hanapin ang sariling pangalan sa listahang ito.

Wala pa ang passport ko, dumating na ang sa kasabay ko, bakit ganun?

Ang mga passports na nasa listahan ay base sa mga natanggap na passports mula sa Manila. Maaaring nauna ang pagpapadala sa passport ng kasama mo kesa sa iyong passport depende sa printing batch doon. Wala pong itinatago o inihuhuling passport ang Dubai PCG. Ang lahat ng natatanggap ay ipinapaskil. Muli, makabubuting imonitor lamang ang mga listahan ng mabuti.

Ano ang kailangan kong dalhin sa pag claim ng bagong passport?

Pakidala po lamang ang lumang passport at resibo. Hindi po maibibigay ang bagong passport kung wala ang lumang passport. Kung nawala ang resibo, sabihin po ito sa Releasing Area Staff. Kung hindi personal na kukunin ang inyong passport, magpadala ng authorization letter kasama ng kopya ng ID ng taong kukuha nito kasama ang inyong lumang passport at resibo.

source: http://dubaipcg.dfa.gov.ph

List of POEA Registered recruitment Agencies

Many Filipinos in their desire to provide better living conditions for the families. have opted to work abroad where pay is much higher compared to philippines.

However some have fallen victims to bugos agencies who just wanted to take advantage of these Filipinos.

So before applying for jobs abroad, we need to check first the status of the agencies.

Check the link here:

http://www.poea.gov.ph/cgi-bin/aglist.asp

POEA screen shot:

Benefits of an OWWA Member

1. SOCIAL BENEFITS

An OWWA member is provided with the following benefits within the duration of their contract:


Disability and Dismemberment Benefits. A member is entitled to disability/dismemberment benefit of up to PhP 100,000.00 for injuries sustained due to accident while working abroad.
Death Benefit.  A PhP 100,000.00 benefit  in case of death due to natural cause and PhP 200,000.00 in case of death due to accident.
Burial Benefit. On top of death benefit, a rider of P20,000.00 will be received by the legal heirs for the funeral expenses.

2. EDUCATION & TRAINING ASSISTANCE

A. PRE-DEPARTURE EDUCATION PROGRAM
Country Specific Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) - a whole day orientation to OFWs consisting of a comprehensive module on employment contract, profile of the country of destination, stages of the OFWs' life abroad, health and safety, financial literacy, travel tips and airport procedures and government programs and services.

Comprehensive Pre-Departure Education Program (CPDEP) - A 3 to 6-day live out training for Household Service Workers (HSWs) consisting of language training, culture familiarization and stress management to prepare them for life overseas.

B. TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FILIPINO SEAFARERS


a. Seafarer's Upgrading Program (SUP)
Scholarships for attendance to short-term upgrading courses for seafarers. First availment consists of PhP 7,500.00 training assistance. Availment in another training course every after three (3) recorded membership.


C. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DEPENDENTS
a. Education for development Scholarship Program (EDSP)
A scholarship offered to qualified dependents of OFWs consisting of a maximum of PhP60,000.00 per school year, leading to a four-to-five year baccalaureate course in any college or university.

b. OFW Dependents Scholarship Program (OFWDSP)
Scholarship consisting of a maximum of PhP20,000.00 assistance per school year leading to a baccalaureate or associate degree in a state college or university for dependents whose active OFW-member parents receive a monthly salary of not more than USD400.00.

c. Education and livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP)
Educational assistance for survivors of a deceased OFW consisting of PhP5,000.00 for college per school year and livelihood assistance amounting to PhP15,000.00 is given to the surviving spouse.

D. SHORT-TERM TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR OFWs AND DEPENDENTS


a. Skills-for-Employment Scholarship Program (SESP)


Scholarship for attendance to short-term training program consisting of a maximum of P14,500.00 per course leading to a completion of a vocational or technical course in any TESDA-accredited school.


b. Information Technology (IT) Training Program


This computer literacy program provides OFWs and their families training and access to technology intended to bridge the communication gap between the OFW and his/her family and allow them to communicate with each other through the Internet. The program also aims to upgrade their IT skills.


3. WORKERS WELFARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
On-Site Assistance and Services
- Assistance on OFWs whereabouts
- Psycho-social counseling
- Mediation/conciliation with employer
- Airport assistance
- Hospital/prison/work camp visitations
- Legal assistance to OFWs who wish to pursue labor/welfare case against their employer in the host country


In-Country
- Request from families and next-of-kin (NOKs) for assistance from OWWA overseas posts
- Post-repatriation assistance
- Counseling, referral, and other concerns.


Request for assistance from NOKs or from OFWs may be channeled through the 24/7 operation Center.


4. SOCIAL SERVICES AND FAMILY WELFARE SERVICES

a. Repatriation Program


Repatriation includes bringing distressed OFWs back to the country or bringing back human remains. Emergency repatriation is carried out in the event of any political unrest or natural calamities.

Repatriated OFWs are accorded airport assistance, temporary shelter at the Halfway Home, psycho-social counseling, stress debriefing, and provision of transport services or fares for their onward travel to their respective provinces.

b. Reintegration Program

Reintegration is a way of mainstreaming returning OFWs in the Philippine society.

Reintegration Preparedness (on-Site). Includes training on value formation, financial literacy, entrepreneurial development training, and techno skills and capacity building trainings.

Reintegration (in-Country). Implemented under the auspices of the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) and the OWWA Regional Welfare Offices consisting of job referrals (local and overseas), business counseling, community organizing, financial literacy seminar, networking with support institutions, and social preparation.


2Billion-Peso Reintegration Fund


A 2Billion-Peso Reintegration Fund for business enterprise development is a loan facility, in cooperation with the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines, where a member or their legal dependent can avail of a loan between PhP300,000.00 to PhP 2 million.

OWWA-NLDC Livelihood Development Program

A loan facility where an OFWs can avail pf PhP200,000.00 loan or PhP 1 million pesos for group borrowers.



source: http://www.polodubai.com/benefits-of-an-owwa-member.html

How to Apply OEC online

Most Filipinos in the UAE who try to get their Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) endure long lines and have to head out early to get to either the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Dubai or the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi only to find out all the slots for that day have been given out.


But that would be a thing of the past in a few months as the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) launches an online OEC application process.

OEC is a document attesting that a Filipino is a documented overseas worker who should be allowed to return to his or her jobsite after spending sometime in the Philippines.

It is crucial for every Filipino working overseas, for without it, the airport and immigration personnel would not allow them to board the plane to return to their work abroad.

The soft launch is scheduled to be implemented in the Philippines as early as 2015. Four other hotspots which include Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have the largest population of OFWs, will go live later in the same year.

“We’re included. I think Dubai is ranked as 4th or 5th in terms of population,” Philippine Labor Attaché Delmer Cruz said in a phone interview.

But he stressed there are still issues that must be addressed like synchronizing all agencies involved in the online system so that when one’s name is checked all the necessary details and membership payments would appear.

For the moment, countless Filipinos are facing problems getting their OEC. Rose Icalla, one of the thousands of Filipinos residing in the UAE, speaking to The Filipino Times said she went to the PCG thrice to get her OEC.

“I went there thrice to get my OEC. The first time I went the 250 per day quota had been maxed out. I returned the next day at 7 am but again all the slots were given out. I decided to come at 3 am. But even at that hour, my number was already at 97. It’s just too much hassle for overseas Filipino workers,” she said, adding that the current location of PCG causes inconvenience as it is away from the Metro, thus, visitors had to take a cab or walk several miles.

Cruz said only a maximum of 400 applications per day can be processed right now at the PCG.

“That is true,” Cruz told TFT referring to unusual and long hours that OFWs spent to apply for OECs, “especially during peak season. We only have two dedicated staff to handle that. We’ve been campaigning for them to get their OEC in the Philippines.”

He said his office even had to delegate other staffers just to accommodate the large number of OEC applicants during peak seasons—March, April, May, Holy Month of Ramadan, November and December.

OEC is valid for three months only and Filipinos must get a new one if they spend more time at home to be able to go back to their host countries.

The Philippine government anticipates the number of Filipinos in the UAE to grow further from the current estimated 750,000 as the World Expo 2020 that Dubai is hosting approaches.

While the majority of Filipinos are employed in the retail and hospitality sectors, a growing number of them are getting key positions in various companies.

Cruz said this is an indication that Filipinos employment skills in various industries are genuinely recognized in the UAE as the country pursues further economic growth.

The labor official, a lawyer by profession, said one of the key skills that Filipinos hold is their ability to write, speak and read English better than other nationalities.

Cruz also said the growing number of Filipinos in the UAE require more resources. Unfortunately, their hands are tied up with whatever the Philippine government allocates for their office.

Nonetheless, he urged Filipinos in the UAE to cooperate with their policies to better serve them as the Philippines tries to move forward to become “Asia’s next economic miracle” and a potential powerhouse in the Asia-Pacific region.

“We must be responsible for ourselves. We should not expect the state to baby us all the time,” Cruz told TFT.

THE OEC CONUNDRUM

OEC is crucial for every Filipino working overseas, for without it, airport and immigration personnel would not allow them to board the plane going back to their jobsites.

The OEC program is under the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration or POEA and costs Dh 10. But one is obliged to renew membership with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for Dh92 before the OEC can be issued.

POLO-OWWA is under the Department of Labor and Employment while the Philippine Embassy and PCG are both under the Department of Foreign Affairs. This creates a lot of trouble for Filipinos, who have to shuttle between different departments just to get clearance to come back to their place of work.

Additionally, membership to Pag-IBIG (Mutual Housing Loan Program) must be activated (if inactive) costing Dh10.

Current OEC Requirements

The documents required to process the Balik-Manggagawa OEC include:
1.  Immigration Contract (original) of the worker with two (2) xerox copies
2. Original passport of the worker
3.  Passport copy of the sponsor and the worker – two (2) xerox copies
4.  Residence Visa copy of the worker – two (2) xerox copies
5.  If the sponsor is non local, two (2) sponsor’s residence visa copy
6. OEC forms

7. Preapre the following fees: 10.00 AED for OEC, 92 aed for OWWA membership, 10 aed for Pag Ibig

Click this link: (https://www.bmonline.ph/ ) you will be asked to update your personal information and upload photo. Then you will be directed to choose your appointment date and time.              

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reposted from:

http://filipinotimes.ae/editors-pick/2014/09/05/online-oec-process-by-2015/

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for more information visit:

http://www.polodubai.com/how-to-get-an-oec.html