2nd OFW One-Stop-Shop Opens at Clark Int’l Airport
MANILA: To facilitate and grease wheels government processes for overseas Filipino workers, the second One-Stop Shop Center has been set up at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga.
“This is part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s program to provide convenience to our OFWs, most of them working in the Middle East, who can now go to Clark to transact their requirements for their convenience,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III was quoted as saying by The Standard.
Bello reportedly said they will put up the same centers in other parts of the country—such as in San Fernando City in La Union, Cebu City, Cagayan de Oro and Davao City—adding the facilities will be completed within the year.
Clark Airport is being prepared as the next alternative airport to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila, Bello reportedly said.
“There is now a move to transfer several flights [to] Clark Airport, and the establishment of the One-Stop Shop in Clark is timely,” he added.
For his part, Tugade reportedly said the establishment of the One-Stop Shop Center in Clark, now open and operational, is part of the requirements of International carriers especially those from the Middle East.
Tugade also said the facility will benefit OFWs mostly residing in Central and Northern Luzon who fly out or in of Clark International Airport in Pampanga.
Among the agencies included in the facility are the Bureau of Immigration, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG Fund, Philippine Statistics Authority, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Department of Labor and Employment, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Professional Regulation Commission, Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, Social Security System, Maritime Industry Authority, Commission on Filipino Overseas and Bayad Center, said the news portal.
The Center will reportedly provide services such as the processing of the Overseas Employment Certificate, NBI clearances , the processing of Pag-IBIG OFW members contributions, PhilHealth payment premium contributions and members registration, SSS registration and membership data amendment including acceptance of loans and benefits claim applications, PSA’s processing and issuance of birth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, and CENOMAR.
MARINA’s issuance and revalidation of seaman’s book, issuance of PRC’s professional licenses and TESDA’s issuance of training certifications and applications for scholarship programs will also be facilitated in the Center, the report pointed out.
The new facility is home to 16 agencies in a single building at Clark Polytechnic, a few kilometers from the Clark International Airport, reported The Standard, adding that it is also equipped with a WiFi internet connection for the convenience of the agencies and the OFWs.
(Source: FilipinoTimes.ae)