MANILA, March 26 -- Filipino workers who are based overseas and want to take their board licensure examinations can now do so without returning to the Philippines. OFW POEA
The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), an attach
ed agency of the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE), has approved and issued a Resolution, revising the implementing guidelines on the conduct of Special Professional Licensure Board Examinations (SPLBE) for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
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“The new guideline is our way of bringing PRC programs and services closer to the people. It simplifies and makes faster official transaction with the PRC,” Baldoz said in a news release posted on the DOLE website.
Baldoz said that with the new guideline, the DOLE, PRC, and DFA would now be jointly responsible in the administration of the SPLBE overseas.
The guideline directs the PRC and the Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs) to conduct SPLBE with the active role and participation of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through its Embassies/Consulates and the DOLE, through its Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs).
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Based on the new guidelines, OFW-applicants can submit requests for board exams through the overseas professional organizations or by OFW-applicants themselves to Philippine embassies or consulates through the POLOs.
The POLOs will conduct a pre-registration of OFW-applicants in coordination with the overseas professional organizations or FILCOMs to determine the number of examinees expected to take the exams.
After the pre-registration, embassies/consulates or the POLOs shall submit to the PRC data on the number of pre-registered OFW-applicants at least three months before the proposed dates of examinations.
The PRC shall then determine the dates and venues of examinations in coordination with the PRBs and this shall be communicated to the concerned embassies/consulates or POLOs, which can also recommend the venues.
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Dates of the examinations shall be as follows: for countries in the Middle East, during the observance of religious holidays;for other countries, as requested by Philippine Embassies/Consulates and as approved by the Commission.
PRC advises interested OFW-applicants who wish to take the SPLBE to download application forms for the examinations from the PRC Website, www.prc.gov.ph and submit the accomplished forms, together with the documentary requirements, to the POLOs for initial evaluation/screening.
