[VIDEO] Balik-Manggagawa Online Processing System Guide.

What is Balik Manggawa?

Filipino workers who returned to the Philippines after working abroad for a time need to obtain an overseas employment certificate (OEC) to ensure that they would be registered as a documented overseas Filipino worker (OFW). Read on for guides and information about the processing of returning OFWs or Balik Manggagawa.

There are several types of Balik-Manggagawa OFWs (BM-OFWs):

Workers-on-Leave – OFWs who are in the Philippines for a short vacation but would return to the same employer overseas and is still under a valid and existing job contract.

Re-hires – OFWs who returned to the Philippines after finishing an employment contract overseas but would return to the same foreign employer because they are re-hired.

POLO registered workers – These are returning workers whose employment contracts were not processed by POEA, but were verified by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in the jobsite. They would return to the same employer either as a worker-on-leave or rehire, regardless of any change in the jobsite.

Documentary Requirements for Balik Manggagawa (BM) are the following:
Proof of existing employment (such as valid employment contract, employment certificate, valid company ID, pay slips)
Passport valid for at least 6 months from the time of departure
Valid visa / re-entry permit / work permit or equivalent document

How much would the processing cost?
POEA processing fee – Php 100.00
OWWA membership fee – US$25 or its peso equivalent (per contract basis)
PhilHealth – Php 900.00 (good for 1 year coverage)
Pag-Ibig membership – Php 100 (minimum)

Validity Period: Once issued, an OEC is valid for sixty (60) days, one (1) day for OECs issued by the Labor Assistance Centers (LACs) at the airports.

In case of lost Balik Manggagawa E-receipt/OEC: One cannot apply for a new E-Receipt/OEC as replacement for lost e-receipt/OEC. They should submit an Affidavit of Loss and request for a certificate indicating the particulars of previously issued e-receipt/OEC based on available POEA/POLO records, upon submission of an Affidavit of Loss.

What Is A Multiple Travel Exit Clearance (MTEC)? To save time, a returning OFW can also apply for MTEC which can be used for at least three (3) exits within the validity period of the existing contract of the worker whose contract with the same employer has a duration of not less than twelve (12) months from the date of application for travel exit clearance. MTEC shall strictly be used for travel to the worker’s jobsite.

Where can a BM-OFW apply for OEC?
Balik-Manggagawa Processing Division (BMPD) POEA main office
POEA Regional Centers all over Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
List of POEA Satellite and Regional Offices
– Aside from the POEA Main Office, POEA Regional Offices are set up to further provide assistance for OFWs in various locations.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is the main government agency that regulates the overseas recruitment sector in the country. Because of these, all overseas recuitment agencies and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) would have to abide by the rules set by POEA regarding overseas employment. All legal OFWs would have to go to POEA to take care of their working abroad essentials such as the OFW registration and overseas employment certificates (OECs).

The POEA main office is located in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila but those residing from other parts of the Philippines can go to the nearest POEA satellite and regional offices nearest their area. The list is provided below:

POEA Main Office
Blas F. Ople Building, Ortigas Avenue corner Edsa, Mandaluyong City
POEA Hotlines: 722.11.44 / 722.11.55
[email protected]

POEA Regional & Satellite Offices

POEA Regional Center for Luzon
2nd Floor, LZK-Zambrano Building, Quezon Avenue
City of San Fernando, La Union

(072) 242-5608 (telefax)

(072) 700-4236
[email protected]

POEA Satellite Office Region II
13 Dalan na Pagayayya
Regional Government Center, Tuguegarao City

(078) 844-3076 (telefax)
[email protected]

POEA Regional Ext. Unit-CAR
Benitez Court Compound
Magsaysay Avenue, Baguio City
(074) 442-9478
[email protected]

POEA Satellite Office – Region III
One-Stop Clark Processing for OFW
Claro M. Recto, Clark, Angeles City, Pampanga
(045) 893 4152
[email protected]

POEA Satellite Office – Region IV
No. 4 Penthouse, Hectan Commercial Center
Chipeco Avenue, Brgy. Halang Calamba City
(049) 502-2798, (049) 834-7974 (telefax)
[email protected]

POEA Satellite Office No. V
3rd Floor ANST Bldg., Washington Drive, Legaspi City
(052) 480-0144
[email protected]

POEA Regional Center for Visayas
Ground Flr. DOLE-RO7 Building A (old Insular Building)
General Maxilom Ave. and Gorordo Ave. Cebu City
(032) 412-0040 to 42
[email protected]

POEA Regional Ext. Unit – Region VI
2nd Floor, S.C. Divinagracia Building

Quezon Street, Iloilo City
(033) 336-8611
[email protected]

POEA Satellite Office
2nd Floor, Old City Hall
Araneta-Luzuriaga St.
Bacolod City
(034) 434-7391 (telefax)
[email protected]

POEA Satellite Office
DOLE Compound, Trece Martirez, Tacloban City
(053) 321-7134 (telefax)
[email protected]

POEA Regional Center for Mindanao
2nd Flr., AMYA II Bldg.
Quimpo Blvd. cor. Tulip Drive Ecoland, Davao City
(082) 297-7429 (telefax)
(082) 297-7428, (082) 297-7650
[email protected]

POEA Regional Ext. Unit – Region IX
Unit 3, Dona Pura Building, Metrogate Corp.

Veterans Avenue, Zamboanga City
(062) 992-5523
[email protected]

POEA Regional Ext. Unit – Region X
Ground Floor Trinidad Bldg.
Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City
(08822) 724-824 (telefax)
(08822) 729-465
[email protected]

Satellite Office- CARAGA
Door 2, Nimfa Tiu Bldg II

JP Rosales Avenue, Butuan City
(085) 342-6178/7584, (085) 225-5989

POEA Satellite Office – Tawi-Tawi
Initiative for Tawi Tawi Area Development Foundation Bldg.
Old Housing Project, Tubig Boh
Bongao, Tawi Tawi
0906-3416142
[email protected]

Labor Assistance Centers (LAC) at international airports in Manila, Cebu and Mindanao. (OEC issuance at LACs is limited to those classified as regular balik manggagawa, vacationing workers, rehires, POLO-registered workers – with confirmed airline bookings on the date of request of BM OEC issuance, and whose home leave does not exceed five (5) days. (BM-Name Hires cannot be issued BM OEC at the LACs.)
Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO)

Now Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Officially launched on October 16, the online portal Balik-Manggagawa Online Processing enables workers to apply for their Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) or exit clearance online and have the approved version printed anywhere at any time.
Register now HERE
Watch ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO below :

Source : poea.gov.ph/www.workabroad.ph