DMW-ADVISORY-14-2025 — IMPLEMENTATION OF WHITELISTING SYSTEM FOR OFWS ON THE WATCHLIST

Republic of the Philippines MBepartment of Hliarant Morkers

Blas F. Ople Building, Ortigas Avenue cor. EDSA, Mandaluyong City 1550

1159.8724366 BAGONG PILIPINAS

ADVISORY No. 1 4 Series of 2025

Implementation of Whitelisting System for OFWs on the Watchlist

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), through the Adjudication Bureau and the Management Information Technology Service, will be launching the Phase 1 of the Whitelisting System for OFWs flagged on the departments' watchlist of temporary and permanently disqualified workers.

process their Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) through the DMW Online This system allows OFWs with similar names of watchlisted workers to

DMW office. Processing System Balik-Manggagawa (DOPS-BAM), without the need to visit a

The Phase 1 implementation of the system covers the whitelisting of OFWs

Clearance. An OFW whose name is not yet whitelisted will be flagged by the system will then be instructedto emailtheir previously issuedclearance to who were previously cleared by the Adjudication Bureau and issued with an official and will receive a message prompt during their online OEC application. The OFW [email protected]. Similarly situated workers will also be allowed to submit their whitelisting reguest even before processing their OEC.

will be added to the whitelist and may proceed with online OEC processing. The Adiudication Bureau will verify the document. Once confirmed, the OFW

be also encoding the names of OFWs who were previously cleared in past years for inclusion in the whitelist. To proactively support this rollout, the MITS and the Adjudication Bureau will

more convenient services to our OFWs. This initiative is part of the DMW's commitment to providing faster, easier, and

abovementioned email address. For any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate tocontact us at the

HANS LEO J.CACDAC Secretary

DEPARTMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS Date: June 02, 2025 RECEIVED By:_RICHIE M. GUEVARRA General Services Divisio Administrative Service Time: 11:00 A.M CONTROLLED AND DISSEMINATED By: DMW General Services Division on June 02, 2025