Correspondences with POLO Australia
I inquired with POLO Australia, here are some of the information they've relayed to me.
Verification requirements
When I inquired about OEC's and contract verification requirements, here was their reply:
Yes you need to secure an OEC before departing from the Philippines.
In order for the POEA to issue your OEC you need to present to them your verified and authenticated employment documents.
The following are the requirements for verification and authentication of employment documents by POLO:
- employment contract (signed on all pages by the employer and the worker)
- copy of the worker's passport
- copy of the worker's visa
- copy of company's business registration
- copy of employers passport or drivers license
- company certification that they have not hired more than 5 Filipino workers processed by POEA and POLO and that the company has not partnered with Philippine Recruitment agency to process the deployment of their workers.
Please submit them through this email and i will advise you of the payment of fees.
The annual salary is ok .which is not lower than AU$53,900
Kindly secure a POEA Compliance Sheet which should be signed by the employer in order to cover the Philippine requirements that are not covered by the employment contract.
It is allowed in Australia that the Health Insurance is for the account of the employee. For the Life and Insurance Coverage you can ask the POEA about the details of that.
Thank you.
— from a Labor & Employment Officer, email dated May 29, 2018
Contract addendums
I inquired in POEA Mandaluyong on how to secure a POEA Compliance Sheet, and said that they can't issue that unless you have a verified contract. When I told POLO about this, their response was:
If that's the case you need to let your employer sign the attached Addendum. You can retype to replace your name and the company.
— from a Labor & Employment Officer, email dated May 30, 2018