Do you have SSS UMID Card? Yan lagi ang isa sa mga tanong during job interviews and also a requirement when you apply for work. Pero ano nga ba UMID Card? What is UMID Card? UMID stand for UNIFIED MULTI-PURPOSE ID CARD. It serves as a single ID Card for all SSS, GSIS, PAG-IBIG and […]
Government Services
Government services and benefits for the Overseas Filipino Workers.
Complete List of Philippine Valid IDs; Primary IDs and Secondary IDs
Possessing a VALID ID is the key and access in almost all kind of transactions and situation (government or private). It contains a person’s personal identity such as full name, address, age, signature and a photograph. As it is a proof of your identification; who you really are, possessing a valid ID is a must. […]
Philippine Passport Validity Extended to 10 Years
Good news to all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), seafarers, capitalists and travelers abroad! The Republic Act No. 10928 extending the validity of passport for 10 years had been finally approved. Last August 2, 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 10928, the Passport Law extending the validity of passport from the current 5 years […]
Balikbayan Box Itemized List Required Starting August 1, 2017
December is now approaching! It will be expected that millions of Filipinos abroad will be sending home balikbayan boxes for their love ones for Christmas season. OFWs must know that there is a new rule of sending balikbayan boxes to avail the tax-free privilege. This new rule will be effective today, August 01, 2017. Under […]
2018 LIST OF PHILIPPINE HOLIDAYS
The Malacanang Palace released last week the list of holidays for the year 2018. Under Proclamation No.269, two non-working holidays are added to the list, November 2, to provide more time for the traditional celebration of All Saint’s Day and All Souls’s Day and December 24, to fortify family ties and promote domestic tourism as […]
iDOLE-OFW Card to Replace Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC)
Last July 4, 2017 Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III together with Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella hold a press conference and debriefing regarding the abolishment of OEC or Overseas Employment Certificate requirements for OFW. The OEC will be replaced by iDOLE or DOLE OFW I.D. iDOLE will serve as identification card […]