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Website owwa .gov .ph The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (abbreviated as OWWA , Filipino : Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat [ 2 ] ) is an attached agency of the Department of Migrant Workers of the Philippines.
President Duterte signing Republic Act No. 11641 or the Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on December 30, 2021. On July 12, 2019, during the Araw ng Pasasalamat for OFWs (Thanksgiving day for the Overseas Filipino Workers), President Duterte in a speech promised to finish the framework for the creation of a department that caters to the need of OFWs.
Valid employment from an employer outside the Philippines; Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) membership, PhilHealth premium payment: Expiration: Varies; same as associated employment contract: Cost ₱100: Rights: Exemptions on travel tax, documentary stamp, and airport fee [1]
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After Ferdinand Marcos was removed from office following the People Power Revolution of February 1986, his successor Corazon Aquino issued Executive Order No. 126, which renamed the Welfare Fund as the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). In 1995, the Republic Act 8042, or Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act, became law.
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Aside from countries experiencing problems with peace and order, the Philippine government can also restrict deployment of Filipino workers to countries determined by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs to be non-compliant to the Republic Act 10022 also known as Amended Migrant Workers Act.
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