How OFWS Can Avail Exemption For TRAVEL TAX and TERMINAL FEE?

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With the changes that took place giving exemptions to many OFWs from paying OEC starting September 15, 2016, many Filipino migrant workers are asking how they could avail FREE TRAVEL TAX and FREE TERMINAL FEE?  Previously, OFWs have to present OEC in order to be exempted from paying travel tax and terminal fee. 

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Overseas Filipino workers who are exempted from paying OEC can still avail FREE TRAVEL TAX and TERMINAL FEE EXEMPTION by following and presenting documents that will prove that they are OFWs. 


How to Get Exemption For TRAVEL TAX and TERMINAL FEE? 

On the departure day, overseas workers who are exempted from OEC payment will have to follow the procedure below to get FREE travel tax and be exempted from paying terminal fee.

FOR TRAVEL TAX EXEMPTION: 

1. Proceed to the airline counter at the airport for check-in.

2. At the immigration counter, present the 

• passport  

• and valid work visa or work permit.

 It is important that the document shows the employer name and jobsite. 

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TO GET EXEMPTION FOR TERMINAL FEE, the OFW must present ANY of the following as proof of overseas employment:

a. Valid work visa/ work permit

b. Valid employment contract 

c. current employment certificate 

d. Valid company ID 

e. Recent pay slip

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Infographics from POEA, Verification of OEC

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VALIDATION OF EXIT CLEARANCE AT NAIA TERMINAL 1

Guide for OFWs and Seafarers

Departure Area, Third Floor

1. Submit your OEC or E-Receipt for validation at the POEA-LAC., OFW Lounge. 

{Separate counters for seafarers and land-based workers.}

2. Check-in at your airline counter (including your luggage).

3. Get terminal fee exemption from the OFW counter

4. Proceed to the Bureau of Immigration counters

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VALIDATION OF EXIT CLEARANCE AT NAIA TERMINAL 2

Guide for OFWs and Seafarers

Departure Area, Second Floor

1. Submit your OEC or E-Receipt for validation at the POEA Labor Assistance Counter. 

2. Check-in at your airline counter (including your luggage).

3. Get terminal fee exemption from the OFW counter 

4. Proceed to the Bureau of Immigration counters

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VALIDATION OF EXIT CLEARANCE AT NAIA TERMINAL 3

Guide for OFWs and Seafarers

Departure Area

Second Floor

1. Submit your OEC or E-Receipt for validation at the POEA Labor Assistance Counter. 

2. Check-in at your airline counter (including your luggage).

3. Get terminal fee exemption from the OFW counter 

4. Proceed to the Bureau of Immigration counters

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GUIDELINES ON THE SPECIAL VALIDATION

OF EXIT CLEARANCE OF SEAFARERS

1. Deploying manning agencies shall provide the Labor

Assistance Center a list of names, OEC/E-receipt serial

numbers and departure dates of their seafarers.

lac_poea@yahoo.com; lac_poea@gmail.com

NAIA Terminal 1: 877-1109 loc. 3703

LAC mobile number: 0917-5540390

2. A team or group leader of departing seafarers shall

present the above-cited list and the OEC/E-receipts

issued to workers for cross checking purposes by the

LAC evaluators.

3. For manning agencies with two or more seafarers in

their crew list, only a team or group leader shall be

required to proceed to the LAC counter for validation of

the seafarers’ exit clearances. The other seafarers in a

group are not required anymore to be present or to stay

inside the LAC counter to avoid long queuing and

unnecessary congestion.

4. All manning agencies shall advise their seafarers to

proceed to the OFW lounge for validation of their exit

clearances at the LAC counters at NAIA Terminals 1, 2

and 3 at least three to four (3-4) hours before the

appointed time of departure

Download here for source: POEA

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