Philippines Policy Repository on Migrant Workers’ Legislation and Practices of ASEAN Member States

1. Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Land based Overseas Filipino Workers (2016)
2. Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Seafarers (2016)
3. Memorandum Circular No. 13: Guidelines on the Recruitment and Deployment of Filipino Workers to Spain
4. Memorandum Circular No. 13: Guidelines on the Deployment of Filipino Caregivers to Israel
5. Batas Pambansa Bilang 185: An Act to Implement Section Fifteen of Article XIV of the Constitution and for other Purposes
6. Executive Order No. 857: Governing and Remittance to the Philippines of Foreign Exchange Earnings of Filipino Workers Abroad
7. Executive Order No. 935: Amending Section 5(A) of Executive Order No. 857
8. Executive Order No. 203: Establishing an Inter-Agency Committee on the Shaped Government Information System for Migration
9. Executive Order No. 582: Streamlining the Process of Authenticating Documents Intended for Use Abroad and Transferring the Authentication Office from the Office of the President to the Department of Foreign Affairs
10. Presidential Decree No. 1183: Amending and Consolidating the Provisions on Travel Tax of Republic Act No. 1478 as Amended and Republic Act No. 6141, Prescribing the Manner of Collection Thereof, Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof, and for other Purposes
11. Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act of 2003
12. Letter of Instructions No. 527
13. Memorandum Circular No. 12: Prequalification of Foreign Placement Agencies Hiring Filipino Household Service Workers (HSW)
14. Memorandum Circular No. 42: Sample Employment Contract for Various Skills
15. National Statement Philippines National Consultation on the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
16. Recruitment for Overseas Work Law
17. Foreign Investments Act of 1991
18. Executive Order No. 252: Establishing the inter-agency committee on Philippine schools overseas, defining its composition, structure, and functions
19. Executive Order No. 182: Transferring the Medicare funds and the Medicare functions of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, amending for the purpose Executive Order No. 195 dated August 13, 1994
20. POEA Advisory 12, Series of 2007, Implementation of the UAE Employment Agreement for Domestic Workers and Sponsors
21. Agreement on Social Security between the Republic of the Philippines and the Swiss Confederation
22. Agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and Japan for an Economic Partnership
23. Administrative Arrangement for the Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security between the Republic of the Philippines and the Swiss Confederation of September 17, 2001
24. POEA Advisory 3, Series of 2003, on the Philippine Seafarers One-Stop Processing Center (PSOC)
25. Administrative Order No. 56: Creating the Philippine Seafarer’s One Stop Processing Center
26. Memorandum Circular No. 11 Series of 2006 Transition Period to Implement the Governing Board Resolution Affecting Household Service Workers (HSWs), Low/Semi-skilled Female Workers and Applicants for New Licence using HSWs as their New Market
27. Republic Act 7610 An Act Providing for Stronger Deterrence and Special Protection Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination, Providing Penalties for Its Violation, and for Other Purposes, 17 June 1992
28. Republic Act 8552 An Act Establishing the Rules and Policies on the Domestic Adoption of Filipino Children and for Other Purposes, 25 February 2998
29. Republic Act 8043 An Act Establishing the Rules to Govern Intercountry Adoption of Filipino Children, and for Other Purposes, 7 June 1995
30. Republic Act No. 10801 An Act Governing the Operations and Administration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration