In time for the anticipated surge in the arrival of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the country for the Christmas holidays, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said they target to print and hand out the much-awaited OFW identification cards on December 5 to 6, 2017.
The iDOLE which aims to streamline the delivery of government services to OFWs was launched last July.
In a report published by The Manila Times, Labor undersecretary and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) officer-in-charge administrator Bernard Olalia was quoted to have said that they are now finalizing the memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the implementation the iDOLE system.
“By first week of December we will roll out the ID,” Olalia said.
As of last week, he revealed that all agencies concerned have already signed the MOA for iDOLE except DFA.
“After DFA signs the said MOA and data-sharing agreement, we will issue the guidelines (for the OFW ID),” Olalia said.
The guidelines would contain the issuance and application process for the OFW ID.
He said they already coordinated with APO Production Unit, another signatory of the MOA, for the printing of the OFW IDs.
“Once it is printed they (OFWs) could pick it up or may be delivered by APO to a location of their liking. They could also pick it up in POEA…,” Olalia said.
He noted the ID would be available for OFWs, but only after they applied for it.
The iDOLE system allows its users through the OFW ID to access their data in POEA, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Bureau of Immigration (BI), Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
