Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)

DMW / OFW Clearance

Department of Migrant Workers procedures starting with OEC / OFW Travel Pass exit clearance for overseas workers.

Guides cover OFW Travel Pass for same-employer Balik-Manggagawa cases, related OEC paths, and a Balik-Manggagawa documentation overview. Post-specific MWO contract-verification checklists and first-time deployment deep-dives are not separate pages yet.

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Balik-Manggagawa Documentation Overview

Overview for returning OFWs: OFW Travel Pass when employer/job/country are unchanged versus MWO contract verification and OEC when they changed.

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DMW OEC / OFW Exit Clearance

Current Department of Migrant Workers exit-clearance paths for overseas workers—including Balik-Manggagawa OFW Travel Pass / OEC exemption versus appointment cases. Legacy “POEA OEC” searches still point here.

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DMW OFW Travel Pass (Same Employer / Job / Country)

Balik-Manggagawa exit clearance via the OFW Travel Pass in eGovPH when returning to the same employer, same job, and same country—replacing the printed OEC for that path.

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