POEA Memorandum Circular No. 09 (1999)

(NAR) VOL. 10 NO. 1 / JANUARY - MARCH 1999

[ POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 09, March 01, 1999 ]

VALIDITY REQUIREMENT ON PHILIPPINE PASSPORT FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO (OFWS) BOUND FOR MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHERE NO PHILIPPINE MISSION IS PRESENT

Upon the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), all OFWs due for deployment in the Middle Eastern or African countries where there are no resident Philippine Embassies, should obtain their respective Philippine passports valid for at least two years or six months beyond the duration of their employment contracts whichever is longer to avoid unnecessary inconveniences in the renewal of their passports. All OFWs bound for the following countries with no resident Philippine embassies should comply with this requirement as a pre requisite to processing and issuance of Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC): MIDDLE EAST Cyprus Palestine Syria Yemen AFRICA Algeria Mozambique Angola Niger Benin Namibia Botswana Rwanda Burkina Faso Sao Tome & Principe Burundi Senegal Cameroon Seychelles Cape Verde Sierre Leone Central African Republic Somalia Chad Sudan Comoros Swaziland Congo Tanzania Cote d'Ivoire Togo Djibouti Tunisia Equitorial Guinea Uganda Eritrea Western Sahara Ethiopia Zaire Gabon Zambia Gambia ZimbabweGhana Guinea Guinea Bissau Liberia Madagascar Malawi For the information and guidance of all concerned. Adopted: 1 March 1999

(SGD.) ANGELES T. WONG-GARCIA Deputy Administrator and Officer-in-Charge