Para po sa kaalaman ng lahat lalo na sa mga first timer, ito po dapat ang tamang procedure na gagawin sa inyo ng agency kapag kayo ay mag apply ng trabaho sa abroad. Sa mga gustong mag abroad, ito po ang dapat nyong tandaan na mga hakbang na ginagawa dapat ng agency sa inyo:

1. Employer Interview - Face to face, yong iba online via Skype or Chat. Yong iba naman pnapadala lang ang Resume mo via email doon sa employer at ipapadala rin sa agency ang acceptance kung napili ka or hired kana.
2. Signing of Contract or Job offer - Dito malinaw na nakasaad kung magkano ang sweldo mo at hindi yong sasabihin lang sayo ng agency para matuwa ka. Dapat pumirma ka ng kontrata o kasunduan at nakasaad ang mga detalye tungkol sa sweldo pati yong ibang benepisyo. Hindi puede yong tatawagan kalang ng agency at ipaalam na natanggap kana sa trabaho, dapat pumirma ka dpat ng kasunduan tungkol sa inaplayan mong trabaho at ang offer ng employer mo para syo na dpat pagkasunduan nyo pareho.
3. Documentation Requirements - Passport, NBI, etc...
4. Medical Exam - Gustong manigurado ang employer mo at yong agency mismo kung physically fit ka magtrabaho sa ibang bansa, so kung wala ka pang employer na nag offer syo ng trabaho dapat walang Medical Examination na gagawin dahil masasayang lang ang pera mo. Dapat tandaan na ang pagbayad ng medical examination ay direkta dapat doon sa clinic at hindi sa agency.
5. Visa Issuance - Mangyayari lamang ang pag process ng visa kapag "fit to work" ang result ng medical examination. Ang bayarin sa prosesong ito ay sagot dapat ng employer mo. Kung sisingilin ka ng agency sa kabayarang ito, walang kwenta ang agency na yan!
6. Flight Schedule- Kapag may VISA kana sa bansang pupuntahan mo, puede kanang bigyan ng flight schedule ng agency mo. Tandaan uli na dapat employer parin ang sasagot sa ticket mo dahil sila ang may gusto na papuntahin ka para magtrabaho sa kanila.
7. OEC Processing (Overseas Employment Certificate) - Ito ay patunay na ikaw ay legitimong OFW na magtatrabaho sa ibang bansa. Ang mga gastosin dito ay sagot mo at hindi ng employer. OWWA membership, Philhealth at Pagibig: Ang mga ito ay para sayo bilang benepisyo ng isang legitimong OFW, kapag nagkasakit ang pamilya mo habang ikaw ay nasa abroad, andyan ang Philhealth para mabigyan ka ng discount sa iyong hospital bills. Tandaan nyo na hindi ka puedeng umalis ng bansa bilang isang OFW kapag wala kang OEC, requirement po ito pagdaan mo ng immigration. Approximate amount na babayaran mo lahat dito (POEA/OWWA, Philhealth, Pag-ibig) ay hindi lalampas ng 2,500 pesos. Ito po ang alam kung halaga na babayaran pag-uwi ko noong 2011.
8. PDOS - Pre Departure Orientation Seminar. Napaka importante po ang seminar na ito para sa lahat ng Pilipinong nangangarap mag abroad. Ito po ang kahuli hulihang gawin ng agency sa iyo bago ka makaalis ng bansa para mabigyan ka ng kaukulang impormasyon doon sa bansang pupuntahan mo. Tandaan wala pong mangyayari na PDOS kung wala kapang VISA dahil wala kapa namang pupuntahan na bansa.

Sa ganitong paraan, hindi napo tayo maloloko ng mga agency na puro kasinungalingan at piniperahan lang ang mga pobreng applikante. Dapat alam po natin ang tamang processo para hindi tayo maloko.

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this is a good thread ,,

sana may mag elaborate pa..

like , if pag nerequire tayo ng agency for processing fee, does that mean na lalakarin tlga nila
un sa poea para magbayad dun sa ating fees like POEA USD 100, OWWA USD 25.

If your agency will ask for a processing fee, you need to ask them back on what kind of process are they asking for payment. As posted above, you need to figure out on how much are you going to pay with the agency for the "processing fee" that they've ask. Yong sa OEC processing step number 7, dapat mayron kang official receipts for the amount that you've paid na galing mismo sa gobyerno at hindi official receipt ng agency.

Sa experience ko yesterday sa GBMLT, ang sabi nila processing fee nila is P5,400 to be collected before ng flight. At tinanong ko rin kung saan nagbabayad ng medical ang sagot ay sa kanila din daw.

tanong ko lang po, sa number 7 po (OEC) kasma na po ba yan sa babayaran na procesesing fee sa agency????

Mayron talagang mga agency na humihingi ng processing fee na kung tutuusin wala na dapat dahil sapat na yong binayad sa kanila ng employer para kumita sila. Peru kahit ganon pa man may naniningil parin at kung hindi naman ganon kalakihan ay OK nalang basta makapag-abroad lang.

Base po sa aking kaalaman regarding payments of medical examination, you have to pay it directly to the clinic kung saan ka magpa medical. Hindi kolang alam sa GBMLT kung bakit ganon ang processo nila, you should have an official receipt of your medical expense payment coming from the clinic and not from your agency. Tanungin mo kung anong clinic at saan banda para matanung mo rin doon sa clinic mismo kung ganon nga ba ang usapan nila ng agency para maliwanagan ka.

Kung mayron mang hinihingi na processing fee ang agency sa application mo, please lang linawin nyo po ng maayos at sa kanila kayo magtanong para alam mo kung ano yong mga babayaran mo. Basahin mo nalang sagot ko sa tanong ni daxjeremy.

Kabayang tabachuyRN, pakibasa nalang po ulit yong step number 7 sa itaas at e-share mo sa ibang kababayan natin ng sa ganon mabawasan yong mga pobreng naloloko ng mga tiwaleng agency.

Hello po mga Dre, i add ko na rin po eto, kailangan po ay i-verify nyo po muna sa POEA kung my Job Order po ang Employer/Principals. Importante po ang J.O.. Pede nyo pong i check sa website mg POEA, www.poea.gov.ph/cgi-bin/JobVacancies/jobsMenu.asp po. at kung wala po dun ang JO, twagan nyo nalang po sila, sa 722 1144 or 722 1155. Minsan po kasi under process pa daw or approval kaya di pa naka post sa website nila.
Sana po makatulong..

Ive experience this part at the momet.
I already paid my documentation last june 26 and just lately
when i joined to this forums it helped me to realize
that i must check if a job order from that agency on poea exist.
i found out on the website that it is not included in their
approved list. But im hoping though that its under process nga..

Kabayang dhenzio good day.

I would like to share my experience on this agency and give your thoughts if
i they did follow the legit process on my application.
If it fall then sa tama at procedure for job applcation abroad.

I attended PESO jobfair here in our city last dec
Last MArch 16 2012 i recieved a call from the agency in Cebu informing me
to attend for their client interview on the 18th. I went there.
They asked for my resume and other docs. I took the exam.
I passed the interview and signed an offer letter (contract).

The agency told us to wait for their call since their Principals
will still be advising them if we are approved to take our medical.
I sense that maybe they are accepting more than the required applicants
and probably theyre going to make a final pick for those who are offered later.
They also said i need to submit to them my orig passport , so i did.

I waited, comes April 12. The agency call and said to report for my Medical the following day.
I went there , they gave us reference letter to be given to the clinic were assigned to.
After the medical, we returned to the agencys office and fill up forms like
the PAGIBIG OWWA . They took my nbi clearance. they said they need us to forward
8 pcs 2x2 pic formal. I recieved their feedback tht im fit to work after 3 days.
I send 10 2x2 pics. and thats it.

Alot of waiting,, I made a follow up and the said my visa was still on process.

Then last June 21 , i call to follow up my docs at thier main office
They said thier Principals had emailed them that our visa will be
arriving by next week. She informed me to prepare 10thou for the processing fee.

By June 26, i recieved a text from the main office informing me to report for my
visa,, and need to settle the 10 thou for the documentation fee.
So i went at the branch in cebu to pay for my Processing fee 10thou.
But first i asked the personnel there to confirmed on their main office
If my visa really did arrive. They tried to contact through the net but they
said the people at the main office were not online yet. It seems that the main office
hadnt contacted them about visa matter.. This cast a little doubt on my part
for i thought there are papers to show me like my visa documents
and stuff like that before pating anything like the 10thou processing fee.
I paid the amount to their accounting personel
I asked for a receipt and she told me they dont issue any receipts on those.
At that time i was even hesitant but still submit accordingly.
Im aware its kind of irrregular but waht could i do if i must insist
to take what they really couldnt give they might try to jeopardize the ongoing
process . The accounting personal who entertained me, created an INDEX CARD,
opened up excel and took my details name, company,position and the amount i
pay. She printed it on the index card , and she told me to singed it.
That she said will be the proof that i paid my dues to them.
They will show that index card at their main office they said.

Last july 8, i follow up and they said its still under process.
When i check at the poea website if they have job order on the
position i have with on the agency, there isnt one.

Could it possibly that the JO is still on process as well or havent been updated
on their website. Can hardly make a costly mobile to landline inquiry
at the poea hotlines. But i will invest on that one later.

Kabayan, it was indeed a long story, and i hope you could give some lights on these.
I know i wasnt vigilant enough to guard on my transactions , since it
was just lately that i joined here on the forums and found out tips on how
to avoid frauds.

I still trust them though. And hopeful , that by this week or next theyd
call for the final steps (placement and flight sked)


Does the agency indeed followed the legit steps?

thanx.

vladthorfin, i appreciate you for bringing this up.

First of all, would you mind telling us here the name of the agency?

I really could not say if your agency is fraud, it just happen that they're so hungry to take your money without getting the job done first. Now here's the trigger point and let me ask you this, they asked you to pay 10K for the processing of your visa? That sounds S**PID for me! They could have proceed the visa application process to the embassy without asking your money first. The employer's point of contact for hiring you is the agency, if the employer is really pushing them to speed up the recruitment process considering that all requirements are complete, then you wouldn't be here already asking these questions. After all, they can still ask for it before your departure. Most or shall i say majority if not all employers in the middle east countries are paying for their workers visa application process. So asking payments for visa processing from the applicants should not be required. This processing fee payment is just a compliment for what they've done to their applicants. During my first flight abroad, i gave 2,500 pesos to the man in charge of the agency as processing fee but it was given in the airport on the day of my departure without any receipts. I came from the province and due to time constraints, we just met at the airport where they handed over my passport and some documents.

I have a feeling that the visa application process to the embassy have not started yet since no job order was issued from the POEA. Although i am not 100% sure about this process but this might be the cause of the delay. For as long as all requirements are complete which you have done from your side, it should'nt take that long to get the visa stamp on your passport. Visa application process in Saudi Embassy will take 3-5 days only and i think it is similar to other middle east emabassy as well provided that all required formalities are complete from both sides.

I hope that helps...

Gud pm po sir Dhenzo..new lang po ako dto and new lang din po for work abroad..need help po kasi po Yung agency ko po ay nanghihingi po ng documentation fee wich is 5,000 pesos daw po and the visa po na hinihintay ko po for almost a month na po is waiting for aproaval nlng daw po..legal po ba na hingan po kami ng documentation fee except pa po sa placement fee?..enewe po name po ng agency is
REACH MANPOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
POEA License No. POEA-263-LB-122111-R
2nd Floor Paraiso Bldg., #36 Alabang-Zapote Road (adjacent To Zapote Fly-over) Zapote, Las Piñas City 1742
...thanks po in advance

thanx sa pagpost nito sir dhenz! helped me a lot... now i'll have to ask the agency, which is YHMD in Ermita, sa breakdown ng documentation fee thingies na to.,.. haist...

aokiatsuihime, you are most welcome! Good luck sa job application mo abroad...