QuestionsQuestions (POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 35)
It requires performing artists who are ARB holders to submit a POEA-certified photocopy of their Artist Record Book (ARB) as a new requirement for the Japanese Immigration Office in the application for a Certificate of Eligibility, effective 03 September 1996.
It is in lieu of the presently required Performance Certificate.
Effective 03 September 1996.
A joint letter-request addressed to the Administration stating the talent’s first, middle, and surname and her ARB number.
The Officer-In-Charge of the Welfare and Employment Office, or in her absence, the Officer-in-Charge of the Employment Branch.
The pages containing the name, address, birthdate, skill, category, picture, hair, eyes, weight, height, training and testing records, and the amendments/limitation, if any.
It must be sealed in an envelope and received by the talent in the presence of the authorized Liaison officer of the licensed agency.
Only the Japanese Immigration Office.
Japanese Immigration shall not accept the certified photocopy of the ARB if the seal is broken or tampered, and shall return the document to POEA.
The matter shall be endorsed to the Adjudication Office for proper investigation, and sanctions may include cancellation of the agency’s license, disqualification of the performing artists from the overseas employment program, and watchlisting/blacklisting of the foreign promoter/employer (as applicable).
The talent and agency president submit a joint letter-request; the liaison officer witnesses the talent’s receipt of the sealed envelope; only Japanese Immigration opens the envelope.
“For strict compliance.”
To ensure Japanese Immigration receives specified identity, qualifications, and related records (including training/testing and any amendments/limitations) through POEA-certified documents.
Pages containing amendments/limitation, if any, must be photocopied and included in the certified photocopies.
It is effective 03 September 1996; adopted on 30 Aug. 1996.