Question & AnswerQ&A (OWWA MEMORANDUM OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 127)
The purpose is to provide guidelines on the territorial jurisdiction of Overseas Welfare Offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai to facilitate prompt and correct referral of cases involving overseas Filipino workers in these areas.
The Riyadh office handles cases from the Central Province and Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, including cities such as Riyadh, Afif, Dawadimi, Al Khobar, Dammam, Dhahran, and others listed in the memorandum.
FWSC-Jeddah is responsible for cases in the Western Province of Saudi Arabia, including Jeddah, Makkah, Medina, Abha, Tabuk, Najran, and other areas specified.
The FWSC-Abu Dhabi office has jurisdiction over Abu Dhabi City, Banyas Town, Ruiz Town, and Al Ain City.
FWSC-Dubai handles cases in Dubai City, Sharjah City, Khorfakhan Town, Ajman City, Ras Al Khaima City, Umal Quain City, and Fujairan City.
Cases in Qatar requiring official action of the Philippine Embassy are referred to Riyadh, while whereabouts tracing and less complex cases may be handled by the designated community action officer in Qatar.
Cases requiring official action of the Philippine Embassy from Bahrain are referred to Abu Dhabi. The designated community action officers in Bahrain may handle whereabouts tracing and less complex cases.
The Overseas Programs Department is responsible for notifying all concerned departments of any future changes in the territorial jurisdiction of overseas officers.
The guidelines took effect immediately upon adoption on August 12, 1991.
The guidelines were adopted by Atanacio V. Maronilla, who was the Administrator at the time.