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Filipinos in UAE: Contract verification for OFWs to become more efficient from May 1
The Migrant Workers Office will roll out a streamlined system from Thursday in which there will be just two ways to get documents verified
- PUBLISHED: Wed 30 Apr 2025, 2:06 PM
Filipino residents in Dubai and the northern emirates can now benefit from a more efficient contract verification process, as the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) is set to roll out a streamlined system starting May 1, 2025.
Under Advisory No. 07, Series of 2025, the new guidelines reduce verification to two main methods and expand online services to better serve Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the mentioned areas.
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Here are the two ways that you can get your documents verified:
1. Online submission
OFWs may submit their documents online through the online submission system for contract verification.
A new online submission form opens every Monday at 8am with 800 slots. The form closes once all slots are filled or on Wednesday at 11:59pm, whichever comes first.
The new submission link is posted on our website and Facebook page at 8am every Monday.
Process cycle time (PCT) for processing of documents: 11 working days.
OFWs with an approved application will be given a date to collect and pay for their verified documents.
Sample form schedule:
Application date: May 5, 2025
Result of application: May 15, 2025
Releasing, Collection & Payment: May 19–21, 2025
PCT for collection: 15–20 minutes
OFWs covered:
OFWs with visa issued in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah or are working in any of these Emirates.
2. Walk-in
OFWs may visit MWO-Dubai to have their documents verified one working day before their confirmed flight to the Philippines.
OFWs with flight schedule falling on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday may visit MWO-Dubai on the Thursday or Friday nearest/prior to their flight.
If the day before the flight was announced as a holiday/non-working day, then the worker may visit on the nearest working day before his/her flight.
OFWs who are already in the Philippines but were unable to have their documents verified prior to their flight may authorize someone to submit their documents to MWO for verification. Authorized representatives will only be allowed entry in MWO-Dubai 1–3 days before the OFW’s OEC appointment in the Philippines or 2–5 days before the worker’s flight going back to the UAE.
OFWs covered:
OFWs with confirmed flight the following day who were unable to submit their documents in Option 1 prior to their flight.
OFWs who could not visit MWO and are instead sending an authorised representative one working day before their flight.
OFWs who are already in the Philippines but were unable to have their documents verified prior to their flight to the Philippines.
OFWs required by MWO-Dubai to submit in person.
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