OWWA fee collection for OFWs in Europe

OWWA membership fees for Filipino overseas contract workers in Italy, Spain, Benelux, France, and Germany are payable once every two years.

Land-Based Workers:
- US$25.00 for workers hired by private recruiting agencies.
- US$25.00 for household workers and entertainers.
- US$25.00 for those employed by foreign governments in their civil services.
- US$25.00 for workers employed by Philippine construction companies for overseas projects.
- US$25.00 for those employed by foreign diplomatic missions/offices abroad.
Sea-Based Workers:
- US$25.00 for seafarers on foreign-registered vessels.
- PHP 170.00 for seafarers on Philippine-registered vessels.

Fees may be paid at the Filipino Workers’ Desk Center (FWDC) or through designated OWWA Collecting Officers at various posts or areas.
Procedural Steps:
1. Community networking and dissemination of information by Welofs/Cecors/Collecting Officers.
2. Issuance and completion of the information sheet by the Collecting Officer and Overseas Contract Worker (OCW).
3. Payment of the appropriate fee by the OCW.
4. Issuance of Official Receipt and OWWA ID card along with Certificate of Cover by the Collecting Officer.
5. Preparation and transmission of collection reports to the home office.

Upon payment, members receive an OWWA ID card and Certificate of Cover evidencing insurance coverage.
The ID card is necessary to avail of OWWA services.

The designated cashier issues the Official Receipt in triplicate:
- Original (white) to the payor.
- Duplicate (pink) for attachment to the Report of Collection.
- Triplicate (blue) retained by the cashier.

Daily deposits of collected fees are made into a designated account, preferably at Land Bank or its correspondent banks.
The account system restricts withdrawals and permits only fund transfers to the main OWWA account.
Deposit slips are triplicated and distributed accordingly for proper accounting and reconciliation.

Collections are remitted monthly to the OWWA Capital Fund Dollar Account at the Land Bank of the Philippines during the first week of the succeeding month.

The designated cashier must maintain and submit various reports:
- Daily Cash Book.
- Monthly Report of Collection and Report of Accountability, submitted in the first week of the succeeding month.
- Bank Book and Statement of Account maintained at the post.
- Weekly Summary of Collection and Deposits, submitted every Monday of the succeeding week.