Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

September 7, 2020 Dear MS. Perlora, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 25, 2020 01:41:07 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. The DOLE-AKAP program can be viewed at the websites of DOLE, OWWA and POEA. The program is spearheaded by DOLE and the task of OWWA is to evaluate the application and credential submitted on-line to the nearest Regional Welfare Offices of the applicant. After OWWA finishes the evaluation and qualifies the applicant, the approval is forwarded to DOLE to inform the qualified applicant the details on how to access the benefits. The DOLE-AKAP Directory is available at the websites of the aforementioned government agencies. 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 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are 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, ROSALIA SUSANA B. CATAPANG OIC Deputy Administrator Decisionmaker