QuestionsQuestions (POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 09 s. 1990)
It provides rules for processing and issuance of Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs) to Filipino cabin crew/flight attendants on home leave, in connection with travel tax exemption and exit pass, consistent with Memorandum Circular No. 77 s. 1989.
To bonafide overseas contract workers who are Filipino cabin crew/flight attendants of airlines, specifically those who are on home leave.
Effective 15 February 1990.
Memorandum Circular No. 77 s. 1989, which concerns issuance of OECs to bonafide overseas contract workers, including balik-manggagawa, for travel tax exemption and exit pass.
The flight attendant must present any one of: crew ID; employment certification or other documents showing proof of employment.
A processing fee of seventy-five pesos (P75.00) for initial issuance.
Yes. Subsequent issuance is free of charge within one year from the date the first OEC was issued, provided a copy of the initially issued OEC is presented for processing.
It limits eligibility for the stated OEC issuance procedure and where it can be processed to cabin crew/flight attendants who are vacationing/returning for home leave.
POEA issues the memorandum circular; the Labor Assistance Center (LAC) at NAIA is where OECs are processed and issued for covered flight attendants.
It covers both: it sets a P75 processing fee for initial issuance and provides conditions for free subsequent issuance within one year.
It was adopted on 1 February 1990 and signed by Tomas D. Achacoso (Administrator).