We received a lot of questions every day about employment and other query related to Overseas Filipino Workers and some question needs a legal assistance where we can no longer provide answers.
Don’t worry! You can now contact the POEA Legal Assistance Division online.
The POEA or Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has a Legal Assistance Division (LAD) that provides free legal counseling services to Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs, overseas work applicants and walk-in clients for their overseas employment concerns such as:
These services have been made more accessible because you can now submit your concerns online. It means that you just have to go to the Legal Assistance website using your computer or smartphone that is connected to the internet.
To file administrative cases and illegal recruitment cases against a violating recruitment agency, simply go to http://legalassistance.poea.gov.ph/ and fill out the form with accurate information. Upon completing the details being asked, a reference number will be issued to you that you can use to verify the status of your filed complaint. You may also upload a file of evidence.
The page is accurately straightforward and you would have to choose specific categories for some.
Note that the stronger the evidence, the heavier POEA will treat your case. Although you are not really required to provide evidence, of course it will lift you up the ladder and it can even turn the situation around in a snap.
After you’ve done all of this, you will be provided with a reference number which you can use to track the status of your request.
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