Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

August 27, 2021 Dear Ms. Marites Casicas, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 25, 2021 11:28:40 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for an update of your DOLE-AKAP Application. OWWA Verification System shows that you applied online on August 13, 2021 and is on cue for an evaluator from OWWA Region 12. Once, qualified your documents will be forwarded to DOLE Regional Office XII for the processing and release of your benefits. The verification is a maximum of 3 days upon the receipt of a designated evaluator. You will have to inquire from the DOLE Regional Office XII for their Process-Cycle Time since this will be greatly affected by the availability of fund. Ms. Casicas we are taking this opportunity to clarify the Freedom of Information (FOI) which is a project of the Presidential Communication Operation Office under the Office of the President. Its major function is to give the public with information about the data, programs, services and benefits of specific government offices. In your case, you are requesting for a personal information about your DOLE-AKAP application which is not information allowed to be shared to the public. Hence, we suggest you address your request to the DOLE Regional or Provincial Director for the status of your benefits. If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac at email: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within FIFTEEN (15) calendar days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within THIRTY (30) calendar days from the date we received your review request. However, if you are still not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, RODRIGO F. PASCUA, JR. OWWA Deputy Administrator FOI Decision Maker