Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

June 7, 2022 Dear Mr. Marvin Crisostomo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 06, 2022 10:47:50 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for DOLE-AKAP financial assistance for OFW infected by COVID-19 at Saudi Arabia. Mr. Crisostomo the shared database of OWWA and POEA show that an OEC was issued to you on 02/29/2016 for deployment to Saudi Arabia on 03/10/2016. However, there are NO AVAILABLE RECORDS to show a new/renewal/change of employment contract that was processed by POEA or the POLO at KSA after 2018. Hence, what is your visa status? BE CORRECTLY INFORMED that the DOLE-AKAP is for OFWs who lost their employment due to reasons related to COVID-19 and were repatriated back to the Philippines. You are NOT QUALIFIED to the OWWA Alagang Kabayan Program because your Membership status expired in February 2018 and you have no valid OEC. Moreover, if you are legally employed it is the employer who will assume and shoulder all your medical needs and allowances as stipulated in the Standard Employment Contract approved by POEA or the Phil. Labor Attache of the Philippine Embassy. It is strongly advised that you seek the assistance of the Philippine Embassy to check on your visa status and Employment Contract. The officers of the Phil. Embassy will decide if your are qualified to any financial assistance. 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