Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

December 19, 2022 Dear Ms. Joan Mey Pascua, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Dec 17, 2022 03:15:40 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for the status of application Balik Pinas Balik Hanapbuhay livelihood assistance. Ms. Pascua based on your ID submitted you reside at Bantay, Ilocos Sur. However, based on the OWWA Verification System a certain Joan Mey Parel Pascua submitted an application for BPBH on August 30,2022 at the OWWA-NCR. The status of your BPBH Application is still under process for Enterprise Development Training (EDT). You may follow-up directly at OWWA-NCR for the qualification requirements for the BPBH Program since one of the procedure prior to approval is an ocular visitation of the place where the livelihood will be set-up by the OFW. 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). Respectfully, Ma. Cynthia D. Erum OWWA- FOI Receiving Officer