Clarification on the Lifting of Deployment Ban in Kuwait and to Resume Deployment Thereto of OFWs, Except Deployment of Newly-Hired and Returning (B-M) Domestic Workers or Household Workers

February 7, 2020POEA ADVISORY NO. 15-20TO : All Concerned   SUBJECT : Clarification on the Lifting of Deployment Ban in Kuwait and to Resume the Processing and Deployment Thereto of Overseas Filipino Workers, Except the Deployment of Newly-Hired and Returning (Balik-Manggagawa) Domestic Workers or Household Workers Further to POEA Governing Board Resolution (GBR) No. 06, series of 2020 issued on 06 February 2020, all concerned parties are hereby informed that Overseas Employment Certificate (OECs) for all category of workers bound for Kuwait issued prior to 16 January 2020 shall be valid for deployment. HTcADCReturning workers who availed of BM exemption prior to 16 January 2020 shall likewise be valid for deployment.Newly-hired workers with expired OECs issued prior to 16 January 2020 shall proceed and submit the expired OECs to the Labor Assistance Center (LAC) for clearing. The LAC shall stamp the expired OECs with the wording "CLEARED" for deployment based on the list of expired OECs provided by the POEA ICT Branch. Likewise, returning workers with expired OECs or BM Exemptions issued prior to 16 January...