Legal basis and related references
- The circular is issued relative to Memorandum Circular No. 77 series of 1989, concerning issuance of Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs) to bonafide overseas contract workers, including balik-manggagawa (vacationing workers) for travel tax exemption and exit pass purposes.
- The circular operates within the existing OEC framework created by POEA Memorandum Circular No. 77 s. 1989 for overseas employment and travel-related processing.
Scope: who is covered and where
- The circular covers all Filipino cabin crew/flight attendants of airlines who are on home leave.
- The circular allows these flight attendants to be issued OECs at the Labor Assistance Center (LAC) at the NAIA.
- The issuance arrangement applies effective 15 February 1990.
- The circular applies for home leave flight attendants of airlines.
Policy purpose for home leave OECs
- The circular provides a processing mechanism for issuing OECs to Filipino cabin crew/flight attendants during home leave.
- The circular links OEC issuance to the established travel processing purpose reflected in Memorandum Circular No. 77 s. 1989, including travel tax exemption and exit pass processing.
OEC eligibility requirements
- An OEC may be issued to a flight attendant only upon presentation of a passport with the corresponding visa or an equivalent document.
- An OEC may be issued only if the flight attendant presents any one of the following proof requirements:
- crew ID; or
- employment certification or other documents showing proof of employment.
Where and when OECs are processed
- OECs for covered flight attendants are processed at the Labor Assistance Center (LAC) at the NAIA.
- The processing arrangement is effective 15 February 1990.
- OEC issuance under this circular is available to eligible flight attendants who are on home leave.
OEC processing fees and conditions
- Initial issuance of an OEC for the flight attendants is charged a processing fee of seventy five pesos (P75.00).
- Subsequent issuance is free of charge within one year from the date the first OEC was issued.
- The free subsequent issuance is conditioned on presentation of a copy of the initially issued OEC for processing.
- If the initially issued OEC copy is not presented, the flight attendant must pay the full processing fee of seventy five pesos (P75.00).
Compliance instruction
- The circular requires compliance with its OEC processing rules, eligibility requirements, and fee conditions for covered flight attendants.