Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

February 25, 2021 Dear Mr. Tirso Olito, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 19, 2021 10:50:57 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 January 30, 2021 and was evaluated by OWWA-RWO 4A as DISAPPROVED due to NO PROOF of date of arrival in the Philippines which is evidenced in the arrival visa stamped at your valid passport or a presentation of an airline ticket with Boarding Pass. Neither, you failed to submit a document to prove that your loss of overseas employment is on account of COVID-19. Furthermore, you REAPPLIED on February 17, 2021 and is on cue from an evaluator from OWWA-RWO 4A. If you did not submit the required documentary evidences, your application will again be DISAPPROVED. Be informed that OWWA has a "state-of-the-art" Verification System which integrates and captures OFW databases. 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