QuestionsQuestions (POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 10, S. 2005)
It provides guidelines for the preparation of the “Fees and Salary Declaration for Taiwan Bound Workers,” which is presented to TECO as a visa requirement, in line with POEA’s deregulation and streamlining efforts for overseas Filipino workers’ documentation.
All workers bound for Taiwan and their deploying agencies must sign the required form in person during the orientation to be conducted by the private sector.
A copy of the declaration form stamped by POEA is presented to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) as a requirement for the worker’s visa.
Yes. Orientation is conducted by the private sector. POEA and the private sector must cooperate in developing and applying an accurate orientation module and in monitoring its conduct.
Existing PDOS providers conducting country-specific PDOS for Taiwan are eligible to conduct the orientation at no cost to the worker.
The orientation provider must maintain a database of workers who underwent the orientation, electronically accessible by POEA for validation purposes.
The recruitment agency must submit: (1) the form “Fees and salary declaration” duly accomplished and signed by the worker and the agency; and (2) the worker’s certificate of attendance in the orientation.
POEA evaluates the documents, stamps the forms, returns a copy to the agency, and retains a copy for file.
POEA regularly analyzes the information contained in the forms as input to policy recommendations.
Agencies submitting false information are dealt with in accordance with the POEA Rules and Regulations.
All issuances inconsistent herewith are repealed or modified accordingly.
It takes effect immediately.
It must be duly accomplished and signed by both the worker and the agency.
Through the worker’s certificate of attendance in the orientation, which is one of the required documents for POEA submission.
During the orientation, and the signing must be done in person.
The worker (typically through the visa application process facilitated by the employer/agency) presents the POEA-stamped copy to TECO; it functions as a visa requirement.
The orientation module must be accurate and relevant, developed and applied through cooperation between POEA and the private sector, and monitored to ensure compliance and effectiveness.