Here are the Department of Labor and Employment's guidelines for its cash assistance program for OFWs affected by the coronavirus outbreak. COVID19PH
or OFWs who could not return to their host country because of the Philippines' ongoing lockdown.
To prove that one is regular and documented, OFWs must have a valid passport and appropriate visa or permit to stay and work in the receiving country. The OFW's contract should have been processed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration or the corresponding Philippine Overseas Labor Office .
Undocumented OFWs covered by the program include OFWs who were once documented but"for some reason or cause" have lost their documented status; undocumented OFWs who have undertaken actions to regularize their contracts or status; and undocumented OFWs who are Overseas Workers Welfare Administration members.The OFW must have experienced job displacement due to the receiving country's lockdown or quarantine, or because of infection of coronavirus.
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