Guidelines on the Resumption of the Deployment of Domestic Workers to Kuwait

June 1, 2018POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 009-18TO:All Concerned   SUBJECT:Guidelines on the Resumption of the Deployment of Domestic Workers to Kuwait Pursuant to the Agreement on Employment of Domestic Workers between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of State of Kuwait, signed on 11 May 2018, and Administrative Order No. 254-A, Series of 2018, signed by Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III lifting the deployment ban for domestic workers to Kuwait and further thereto Governing Board Resolution No. 02, Series of 2018 on the resumption of deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait, the following guidelines are hereby adopted. Philippine Recruitment Agencies (PRAs) shall comply with the following:A. Medical Fitness and Work-Readiness of Domestic Workers1. Only medically fit domestic workers free from infectious/transferrable diseases as certified by medical clinics accredited by the Department of Health to conduct medical examination for OFWs shall be deployed for overseas employment;2. Only domestic workers within the allowable age; properly trained in accredited training institutions; and properly certified on household work and received satisfactory orientation on Kuwaiti law,...