WITH most of the country still under community quarantine, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has temporarily suspended the conduct of ocular inspection of offices of land- and sea-based recruitment agencies seeking issuance or renewal of their licenses.
“The temporary suspension of inspection/assessment activities remain in effect until further notice,” said POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia in POEA Advisory No. 90-2020,
Ocular inspections are regularly conducted on agencies that are renewing or upgrading their licenses, transferring offices, acquiring additional office space, giving up office area, or are applying for the issuance of license, establishment or renewal and transfer of branch office, among others.
Instead of the mandatory ocular inspections, Olalia said all agencies are instructed to submit the following post-inspection requirements both via e-mail at licensing@poea.gov.ph, with the subject format name of agency (space) post-inspection requirements; and hard copies at designated drop box, labeled Post-Inspection located, at the POEA lobby.
Documents include copy of valid contract of lease; photos of the building (frontage/facade), and of exact unit/door occupied by the agency; and photos and videos of the entire office layout, including areas/offices located inside its premises, such as the reception/waiting area, executive office, conference room.
