Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

June 14, 2022 Dear Ms. Rhea Mae Tacuyan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 14, 2022 01:34:51 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for a certification that the OFW is a Distressed/Displaced OFW. Based on the OFW joint data base your OEC was processed on 10/11/2019 for Hong Kong. Likewise, your OWWA membership expired in Oct 11, 2021. If indeed your contract was terminated on on Feb 12, 2020 we need evidences of your repatriation. However, after verification and validation, we do not have records to show that you departed in 2019 and worked with your employer. Neither do we have a record of your arrival in the Philippines. The above stated requirements are proofs that you are a distressed worker and can be entitled to benefits and services. It is suggested that you provide evidences and submit to the OWWA Regional Office or OWWA Provincial Office nearest you. They will evaluate your documents before they can issue a certificate. 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 the OWWA- FOI Decision Makers 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, ATTY. EDELYN D. CLAUSTRO Director IV- Administrative and Financial Management Office OWWA-FOI Decision Maker