[ POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 07, S. 2011, June 06, 2011 ]
INITIAL LIST OF COUNTRIES CERTIFIED AS COMPLIANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 ON GUARANTEES OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OF REPUBLIC ACT 10022
Pursuant to POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 2, series of 2011, and in order to further promote the welfare and protection of OFWs, deployment to the following countries that have been certified by the Department o Foreign Affairs as compliant with the guarantees of the rights of migrant workers required under RA 10022 or where the rights of Filipino workers are protected, is hereby continued:
This Circular repeals POEA Advisory No. 7, series of 2005 on labor markets restricted for the deployment of OFWs in so far as the countries mentioned above are concerned.
For compliance effective immediately.
Adopted: 06 June 2011
(SGD.) CARLOS S. CAO, JR.
Administrator
AFRICA
1. Angola
2. Kenya
3.Namibia
4. South Africa
AMERICAS
5. Argentina
16. Guyana 6. Belize 17. Jamaica 7. Bolivia 18. Mexico 8. Brazil 19. Northern Marianas 9. Canada 20. Paraguay 10. Chile 21. Peru 11. Columbia 22. Suriname 12. Costa Rica 23. Uruguay 13. Ecuador 24. USA 14. Guam 25. Venezuela 15. Guatemala
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
26. Australia 37.Myanmar 27. Brunei 38 . New Zealand 28. Hong Kong 39. Palau 29. Indonesia 40. Sri Lanka 30. Japan 41. Taiwan 31. Korea (South) 42. Vietnam 32. Lao PDR/Laos 33. Macau 34. Maldives 35. Malaysia 36. Marshall Islands EUROPE 43. Albania 64. Romania 44. Austria 65. Russian Federation 45. Azerbaijan 66.SanMarino 46. Belgium 67 . Slovak Republic 47. Bosnia-Herzegovina 68. Slovenia 48. Czech Republic 69. Spain 49. Cyprus 70. Sweden 50. Estonia 71. Switzerland 51. Finland 72. The Netherlands 52. France 73 Turkey 53. Germany 74. United Kingdom 54. Greece
55. Hungary 56. Italy 57. Ireland 58. Latvia 59. Liechtenstein 60. Lithuania 61. Luxembourg 62. Poland 63. Portugal
MIDDLE EAST
75. Israel 76. Oman
This Circular repeals POEA Advisory No. 7, series of 2005 on labor markets restricted for the deployment of OFWs in so far as the countries mentioned above are concerned.
For compliance effective immediately.
Adopted: 06 June 2011
Administrator