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POEA Accredited Agencies – The Licensing Process For Recruitment Agencies in the Philippines
Erie Capipe asked:
The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency or POEA is the government arm in the Philippines that accredits would be private overseas employment agencies.
The POEA is tasked with weeding out the many “phony” recruitment agencies” that take advantage of Filipinos seeking greener pastures abroad. Illegal recruitment is rife in places where there is an outflow of migrant workers, so the POEA has its hands full staving off and catching these heartless pretenders here in the Philippines
Many “recruitment agencies” operate without a license and/or pose as migration experts, leading people to believe that they have a license to furnish jobs abroad when in fact they are only licensed to “coach” would-be migrants in achieving the steps that will bring them closer to the country of their choice.
There are several thousand POEA accredited agencies in the Philippines as of 2009, and almost 15-30 percent of them a year get their licensed revoked for non-compliance or for a major violation
For the benefit of Filipino OFW’s who wish to work abroad here is a quick look at the licensing process that a potential recruitment agency has to go through:
1. The recruitment agency must posses a contract from employers abroad proving that there is in fact a job order
2. Special Power of Attorney
3. Manpower request
4.Copy of Business License
The POEA then has investigators that follow up on these items and makes sure that everything is above-ground. Only when the investigators are satisfied does the license request is turned over to higher authorities within the agency.
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The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency or POEA is the government arm in the Philippines that accredits would be private overseas employment agencies.
The POEA is tasked with weeding out the many “phony” recruitment agencies” that take advantage of Filipinos seeking greener pastures abroad. Illegal recruitment is rife in places where there is an outflow of migrant workers, so the POEA has its hands full staving off and catching these heartless pretenders here in the Philippines
Many “recruitment agencies” operate without a license and/or pose as migration experts, leading people to believe that they have a license to furnish jobs abroad when in fact they are only licensed to “coach” would-be migrants in achieving the steps that will bring them closer to the country of their choice.
There are several thousand POEA accredited agencies in the Philippines as of 2009, and almost 15-30 percent of them a year get their licensed revoked for non-compliance or for a major violation
For the benefit of Filipino OFW’s who wish to work abroad here is a quick look at the licensing process that a potential recruitment agency has to go through:
1. The recruitment agency must posses a contract from employers abroad proving that there is in fact a job order
2. Special Power of Attorney
3. Manpower request
4.Copy of Business License
The POEA then has investigators that follow up on these items and makes sure that everything is above-ground. Only when the investigators are satisfied does the license request is turned over to higher authorities within the agency.
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Why Do Many Filipina Girls Marry Foreigners?
Peter Finch asked:
A Filipina in her early twenties, clad in a tight-fitting pair of jeans, a body-hugging shirt walks on a busy street in the Philippines. She attracts attention not only because of her looks but because she is holding hands with a foreigner who is old enough to be her grandfather.
Two blocks away, a woman in her late forties is hanging on to the arm of a 65-year old foreigner. Both women will be marrying their boyfriends soon and each had her own reasons. Every year more Filipina ladies are leaving the country each year to marry a foreigner. Here are some of the common reasons for these marriages:
The search for greener pastures.
It is undeniable that a big percentage of the Filipina girls who marry foreigners look at their husbands as a “visa” for them to go find better opportunities abroad. Filipina ladies have a mission to support their family as soon as they are able to, like help send younger siblings to school or take over the responsibility as the head of the family.
Travel and adventure
A foreigner husband is a ticket to exciting worlds beyond the desolate place she may have grown up in. She looks at him as the realization of her childhood dreams of traveling to far places.
Status elevation
As ironic as it seems, majority of the Filipino women prefers American love stories over Philippine films and they get all dreamy eyed and instantly fall in love when they see a caucasian man.
Age factor
While a woman in her late thirties is considered in the prime of life in other countries, it is not the case for a Filipina because when she is past 30 and is still unmarried, eyebrows will start to rise and her chances of getting married starts to get slim and meeting a foreigner for a prospective husband online is one of her few choices. Usually, a Filipina marries in her late teens or early 20s and should already have a child in college by the time she is 40 years old.
Failed marriages
Failure in her marriage could also push Filipina ladies to look to foreigners for a second chance. Some of these Filipina ladies are unwed mothers, while others are victims of abusive husbands, forced to do menial jobs for a meager pay just to support her children.
Average looks
An average looking Filipina (meaning not the beauty queen material) may feel she does not have to go to lengths and pay huge amounts to augment her physical features to attract a foreign husband-to-be.
True Love
You may find it hard to believe this but despite the perception that the Filipina is taking a risk marrying a person with a different set of values with a different cultural background, love could be the reason why she will marry a foreigner.
A Filipina in her early twenties, clad in a tight-fitting pair of jeans, a body-hugging shirt walks on a busy street in the Philippines. She attracts attention not only because of her looks but because she is holding hands with a foreigner who is old enough to be her grandfather.
Two blocks away, a woman in her late forties is hanging on to the arm of a 65-year old foreigner. Both women will be marrying their boyfriends soon and each had her own reasons. Every year more Filipina ladies are leaving the country each year to marry a foreigner. Here are some of the common reasons for these marriages:
The search for greener pastures.
It is undeniable that a big percentage of the Filipina girls who marry foreigners look at their husbands as a “visa” for them to go find better opportunities abroad. Filipina ladies have a mission to support their family as soon as they are able to, like help send younger siblings to school or take over the responsibility as the head of the family.
Travel and adventure
A foreigner husband is a ticket to exciting worlds beyond the desolate place she may have grown up in. She looks at him as the realization of her childhood dreams of traveling to far places.
Status elevation
As ironic as it seems, majority of the Filipino women prefers American love stories over Philippine films and they get all dreamy eyed and instantly fall in love when they see a caucasian man.
Age factor
While a woman in her late thirties is considered in the prime of life in other countries, it is not the case for a Filipina because when she is past 30 and is still unmarried, eyebrows will start to rise and her chances of getting married starts to get slim and meeting a foreigner for a prospective husband online is one of her few choices. Usually, a Filipina marries in her late teens or early 20s and should already have a child in college by the time she is 40 years old.
Failed marriages
Failure in her marriage could also push Filipina ladies to look to foreigners for a second chance. Some of these Filipina ladies are unwed mothers, while others are victims of abusive husbands, forced to do menial jobs for a meager pay just to support her children.
Average looks
An average looking Filipina (meaning not the beauty queen material) may feel she does not have to go to lengths and pay huge amounts to augment her physical features to attract a foreign husband-to-be.
True Love
You may find it hard to believe this but despite the perception that the Filipina is taking a risk marrying a person with a different set of values with a different cultural background, love could be the reason why she will marry a foreigner.
