Government Agencies Involved in Migration

Government Agencies Involved in
Migration
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Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA)
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
Home Development Fund (PAGIBIG)
PhilHealth
Social Security System (SSS)
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Verifies the veracity of the overseas contract to
secure the employment of OFWs.
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Regulates and certifies overseas manning and
recruitement agencies. Here, you can verify if a
certain agency is licensed or not.
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Provides list of licensed Philippine Recruitment
Agencies
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OWWA promotes and protects the welfare of OFWs and
their dependents
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Provides Social and Educational Benefits, Workers
Assistance, Repatriation and Reintegration.
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OWWA Membership Fee is paid upon the processing of
your contract in POEA; it can also be renewed every
after contract ends or upon the expiration of the 2-year
maximum period.
Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA)
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Pag-ibig was established as a national savings program to
afford reasonable housing financing for the Filipino Worker.
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It has housing loans, multi-purpose loans, calamity loan
and Provident Savings Claim.
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Pag-ibig fees are also collected whenever a contract is
finalized in POEA and every time the OEC is processed.
Home Development
Mutual Fund (PAG-IBIG)
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Is a Government Owned and Controlled Corporation.
Mandated to provide social health insurance to all
Filipinos.
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Contribution is also paid upon the processing of the
contract.
Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation (Philhealth)
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SSS aims to develop and promote a viable, universal
and equitable social security through world-class
service.
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Membership contributions, like OWWA, PAGIBIG and
PhilHealth are simultaneously paid upon the
finalization of their overseas contract.
Social Security System
(SSS)
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committed to protect the interest and welfare of the
insuring public and to develop and strengthen the
insurance industry.
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ensure that adequate insurance protection is
available to the public at a fair and reasonable cost
and to assure the financial stability of the insurance
industry so that all legitimate claims of the insuring
public are met promptly and equitably.
Insurance Commission
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Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
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Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)
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Mainly caters to Consular Affairs. These include:
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Passport Renewal and Diplomatic Affairs (incarceration,
commitment of a crime, etc.)
The Philippine Embassy through the Assistance to
Nationals (ATN) handles cases of Filipinos abroad
concrning police/criminal cases, repatriation of
human remains and undocumented workers.
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Welfare and Employment cases are being handled
by the POLO.
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Complaints about your contract (contract
substitution, contract violation, etc.) are
addressed by our Labor Attaches.
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Welfare cases like maltreatment, sexual abuse
and the likes, are handled by the Welfare
Officers.
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OWWA also assists members who have claims against
their employers, this time through their agencies
whether money claims or cases of abuse.
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They have the option to file with POEA or through the
Legal Division of OWWA.
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In cases of OFW money claims:
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The National Labor Relations Commission is a quasijudicial body tasked to promote and maintain
industrial peace by resolving labor and management
disputes involving both local and overseas workers
through compulsory arbitration and alternative modes
of dispute resolution.
In cases of OFW complains,
POEA hears and arbitrates complaints and cases filed
against recruitment and manning agencies, foreign
principals and employers, and overseas workers for
reported violation of POEA rules and regulations, except
for money claims
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Delivers responsive, productive and sustainable
reintegration services to OFW returnees that will
enable them to maximize the gains of overseas
employment, mitigate the social costs of migration
and cushion the impact of forced repatriation due to
unexpected events.
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Government
Agency
Address
E-mail/Website
Tel Nos.
Philippine
Overseas
Employment
Administration
(POEA)
EDSA corner
Ortigas Avenue,
Mandaluyong City
[email protected]
/ poea.gov.ph
(632) 722 -1144 /
722 1155
Overseas Workers
Welfare
Administration
(OWWA)
Main Office:
7th corner F.B.
Harrison Sts.,
Pasay City
owwa_opcenter24
[email protected] /
owwa.gov.ph
551-6641/551-156
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Department of
Foreign Affairs
(DFA)
2330 Roxas
Boulevard, Pasay
City
dfa.gov.ph
(+63)917-8986992
(632) 834-4000
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Government
Agency
Address
E-mail/Web
address
Tel Nos.
National Labor
Relations
Commission
(NLRC)
PPSTA Bldg., No. 5,
Banawe cor. P.
Florentino Sts.,
Quezon City
nlrc.dole.gov.ph
781-7859/781-786
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National
Reintegration
Center for OFWs
(NRCO)
Ground Flr. Blas F.
Ople Development
Center, cor Solana
and Victoria Sts.,
Intramuros, Manila nrco.dole.gov.ph
(632) 526-23-92 /
526-2633 /
527-61-84
Home
Development
Mutual Fund
(PAGIBIG)
Main Office:
Makati Avenue,
Makati
publicaffairs@pag
ibigfund.gov.ph /
pagibigfund.gov.p
h
(632) 724-4244
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Government
Agency
Address
E-mail/Web
address
Tel Nos.
Social Security
System (SSS)
SSS Building East
Avenue, Diliman
Quezon City
member_relations
@sss.gov.ph /
sss.gov.ph
(632) 920-6401 /
920-6446 to 55
Philippine Health
Insurance
Corporation
(PhilHealth)
Citystate Centre,
709 Shaw
Boulevard 1603
Pasig City
actioncenter@phil
health.gov.ph /
philhealth.gov.ph
(+632) 441-7442
1071 United
Nations Ave.,
Ermita Manila,
Philippines
pubassist@insuran
ce.gov.ph /
www.insurance.
gov.ph
(+632)
5238461-70
Insurance
Commission