Further to Memorandum Circular No. 17, Series of 2002, and in line with the directive of Her Excellency, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, issued during the Overseas Employment Summit 2004 held at the PICC on 09 July 2004, agencies requesting for Special Recruitment Authority [SRA] with POEA registered/accredited foreign principals/employers and/or their duly authorized representatives who will conduct the recruitment or job interviews shall no longer be required to submit Special Work Permit.

In case the foreign principal/employer or duly authorized representative will conduct recruitment or job interviews inside the agency's registered office or address or acknowledged additional office(s), the agency concerned shall immediately notify the Administration the name(s) of the said foreign principal/employer or authorized representative at least two (2) days before the scheduled date(s) of recruitment activity or job interviews.

For monitoring purposes, the Administration shall provide the Bureau of Immigration with regularly updated list or registered/accredited foreign principals/employers, including their duly authorized representatives, and copy of SRA or Letter of Acknowledgment issued where a foreign principal/employer or duly authorized representative will conduct recruitment or job interviews.

All previous issuances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

For compliance.

Adopted: 10 Aug. 2004


(SGD.) ROSALINDA DIMAPILIS-BALDOZ
Administrator