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(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

Zimbabwe

Ghana

 

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
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