POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 09, March 01, 1999

VALIDITY REQUIREMENT ON PHILIPPINE PASSPORT FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO (OFWS) BOUND FOR MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHERE NO PHILIPPINE MISSION IS PRESENT

National Administrative Register March 1, 1999

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Upon the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), all OFWs due for deployment in the Middle Eastern or African countries where there are no resident Philippine Embassies, should obtain their respective Philippine passports valid for at least two years or six months beyond the duration of their employment contracts whichever is longer to avoid unnecessary inconveniences in the renewal of their passports.

All OFWs bound for the following countries with no resident Philippine embassies should comply with this requirement as a pre requisite to processing and issuance of Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC):

MIDDLE EAST

Cyprus
Palestine
Syria
Yemen

AFRICA

Algeria	Mozambique
Angola	Niger
Benin	Namibia
Botswana	Rwanda
Burkina Faso	Sao Tome & Principe
Burundi	Senegal
Cameroon	Seychelles
Cape Verde	Sierre Leone
Central African Republic	Somalia
Chad	Sudan
Comoros	Swaziland
Congo	Tanzania
Cote d’Ivoire	Togo
Djibouti	Tunisia
Equitorial Guinea	Uganda
Eritrea	Western Sahara
Ethiopia	Zaire
Gabon	Zambia
Gambia	Zimbabwe
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi

For the information and guidance of all concerned.

Adopted: 1 March 1999

(SGD.) ANGELES T. WONG-GARCIA
Deputy Administrator and Officer-in-Charge

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