Validation of the Overseas Employment Certificates at the Labor Assistance Center (LAC) in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)

In view of the increasing number of departing overseas contract workers (OCW's) being attended to by the LAC, the following guidelines are hereby issued to avoid the rush of last-minute processing and validation and unnecessary crowding at the counters and ensure the orderly flow of OCW's in the NAIA terminal:

1.         All departing OCW's are advised to clear with the LAC at least three (3) hours before the estimated time of departure;

2.         All departing OCW's must ensure that they have complete travel and employment documents before securing LAC clearance/validation;

3.         The following employment and travel documents shall be presented to the LAC:

a.         For Land-Based Workers

1.       Passport
2.       Airline tickets
3.       Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) *2 copies
4.       PDOS Certificate**
5.       Repatriation Bond Certificate of Coverage
6.       Certificate of Insurance Coverage (For Entertainers Only)
7.       Employment Contract

b.         For Seafarers

1.       Seaman's Service Record Book (SSRB)
2.       Passport, when required
3.       Airline ticket
4.       Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) 2 copies
5.       PDOS Certificate
6.       Employment Contract

4.         Employment documents must be arranged in a manner that would facilitate validation of the OEC and PDOS Certificate, as indicated in the diagram (see below), and stapled together when presented to the LAC.

5.         Airline tickets must be stapled to the passport or SSRB to avoid misplacement or loss and presented together with the employment as per Number 4 above.

6.         Only documents submitted/presented personally by departing OCW's will be accepted by the LAC for validation purposes.

7.         All licensed agencies shall be required to notify the Licensing and Regulation Office, Attention of the Labor Assistance Center, of group departures numbering fifty (50) and above, in any given flight, twenty-four (24) hours before the scheduled departure to enable the LAC make the necessary adjustments/preparation to service the group departures.

8.         Unless substituted without prior notice, the following airlines maintain regular check-in facilities at the counters indicated below based on their flight schedules:

	Name of Airlines	Airline Code	Counter No.
a.	Philippine Airlines	PR	16-39
b.	Saudi Airlines	SV	08-13/16-23
c.	Cathay Pacific Airways	CX	40-47
d.	Singapore Airlines	SQ	67-73
e.	Thai Airways	TG	50-59
f.	Malaysian Airlines	MH	41-44
g.	China Airlines	CI	01-06
h.	Eva Airlines	BR	50-55/67-73
i.	Japan Airlines	JL	60-65
j.	Korean Airlines	KE	67-74
k.	Northwest Airlines	NW	53-78
l.	United Airlines;	UA	46-52
m.	Continental Micronesia
	Airlines	CO	74-78
n.	Kuwait Airways	KU	08-13
o.	Pakistan Airlines	PK	08-15/67-73
p.	British Airways	BA	74-78
q.	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	KL	67-73
r.	Alitalia	AZ	01-05
s.	Air France	AF	08-13
t.	Lufthansa Airlines	LH	55-63
u.	Qantas Airways	QF	08-13/67-73
v.	Egypt Air	MS	08-15
w.	Air Nauru	ON	64-65

The following airlines do not have regular check-in counter assignments.  However, the information is made available three (3) hours before the estimated time of departure:

a.	Royal Brunei Airlines	(BI)
b.	China Southern Airlines	(CZ)
c.	Emirates Airlines	(EK)
d.	Garuda Indonesian Airlines	(GA)
e.	Gulf Air	(GF)
f.	Air Niugini	(PX)
g.	Swiss Air	(SR)
h.	Vietnam Airlines	(VN)

Agencies and other POEA accredited entities providing PDOS are required to include above informations in the pre-departure/final briefing of their departing contract workers/seafarers.

For strict compliance.

Adopted: 15 Oct. 1993

(Sgd.) FELICISIMO O. JOSON
Administrator

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* The LAC copy of the OEC is retained while the worker ™s copy is validated and returned to the worker/seafarer.

** The PDOS Certificate is validated and returned to the worker/seafarer in accordance with Memorandum Circular No. 21, series of 1993.