The OFW Pass, which will be hosted on the DMWMobile app, is the digital alternative to the overseas employment certificate (OEC). The OEC, also known as an exit clearance, certifies the regularity ...

“Unfortunately, the assailed provision of the IRR… requires land-based OFWs to pay SSS contributions before receiving their OEC. This measure unjustly deprives land-based OFWs of their right ...

MANILA, Philippines — Departing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may now obtain their overseas employment certificate (OEC) for free, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said yesterday.

The OEC — also known as "exit clearance" or "pass" — is a slip certifying the regularity of recruitment and documentation of an OFW and a proof of his or her registration with the Philippine ...

All departing OFWs are required to secure an OEC, which shall serve as exit clearance, and as an exemption from payment of travel tax and airport terminal fee. Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople ...

The OFW Pass serves as the digital alternative to the OEC paper, a requirement for every expat working abroad. The OFW Pass is set to be launched as soon as the government's Department of ...

Filipino contractual workers in the UAE have registered the highest number of participants from among 10 selected destination countries for the 2023 pilot-testing of the digitalised Overseas ...

“Until DMW comes out with a written memo or order, which clearly states that no fees will be collected from the OFW pass, it will have no difference from the OEC (overseas employment certificate ...

Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. has vowed to push for the immediate streamlining of the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) and contract verification procedures, long criticized by Overseas Filipino ...

The Bureau of Immigration prevented a Filipina from leaving the country on Monday for presenting a fake Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC). In a press statement on Tuesday, the BI said the OEC of ...

Bureaucratic red tape and cumbersome processes also generated complaints from vacationing OFWs who often found themselves squandering precious family time applying for and obtaining their Overseas ...