requirements_overview.md

Introduction Requirements overview

Here's a list of items required by both POLO (A) and POEA (B and C).

	Item	A	B	C
	Your passport Must be valid for at least 6 months	x	x
	Your visa Visa or entry permit	x	x
	Business registration of the employer	x	x
	Employment contract Signed on all pages by the employer and employee	x
	Contract addendum (If needed) additions to the work contract to conform to POEA standards	x
	Employer's ID Passport or driver's license	x
	Business registration Showing that they hired 5 Filipinos max, and that they haven't dealt with a Philippine recruitement agency	x
	Notarized statement Describing how you found your work abroad		x
	Resume/CV		x
	NC II/PRC license If applicable		x
	Verified contract Employment contract verified by POLO		x
	Diploma		x
	Transcript of records		x
	POLO endorsement To verify that you're exempted from the direct hire ban		x
	Proof of insurance		x
	Country-specific requirements for USA, Canada, Middle East, and African countries		x
	PDOS Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar			x
	PEOS Pre-Employment Orientation Seminar			x
	PEME Pre-Employment Medical Exam			x
	POEA clearance			x

A - POLO contract verification, B - POEA evaluation phase 1, C - POEA evaluation phase 2

Dependency graph

Items on the right require the items linked to its left. For example, an OEC requires POEA evaluation phase 2, which requires PDOS seminar, and so on.

```mermaid graph RL OEC("OEC
Overseas
Employment
Certificate") EVAL1(POEA
Evaluation
phase 1) click EVAL1 "./direct_hire_evaluation.html" "POEA evaluation phase 1"

EVAL2(POEA
Evaluation
phase 2)

PDOS[PDOS
Pre-departure seminar] click PDOS "./pre_departure_orientation_seminar.html" "Pre-departure seminar"

PEOS[PEOS
Pre-employment seminar] click PEOS "./pre_employment_orientation_seminar.html" "Pre-employment seminar"

CLEARANCE[POEA clearance]

PEME[PEME
Medical exam] click PEME "./medical_exam.html" "Medical exam"

CONTRACT(POLO
Contract
verification) click CONTRACT "./contract.html" "Contract verification"

VERIFIED["Verified contract
Verified by the
POLO (PH Overseas
Labor Office)"] click VERIFIED "./contract.html" "Verified contract"

EMPLOYMENTCONTRACT["Employment contract
With POEA-required
revisions"] ADDENDUM["Contract addendum
if needed"] click ADDENDUM "./contract_addendum.html" "Contract addendum"

CERTIFICATION["Company certification
Showing they hired 5
Filipinos max"]

ODOCS(" ") PASSPORT["Passport
Valid for 6+ months"] VISA["Work visa
or entry permit"]

ENDORSEMENT["POLO endorsement
Endorsement letter"] click ENDORSEMENT "./polo_endorsement.html" "POLO endorsement"

INSURANCE["Proof of insurance
Endorsement letter"] click INSURANCE "./proof_of_insurance.html" "Proof of insurance"

STATEMENT["Notarized statement
Describe how you got the job"] click STATEMENT "./notarized_statement.html" "Notarized statement"

EMPLOYERID["Employer's ID
Drivers license or passport"]

JOBDOCS(" ") CV["Resume / CV"] PRC["PRC License
(Professional Regulatory Commission)"] click PRC "./prc_license.html" "PRC license"

DIPLOMA["Diploma"] TRANSCRIPT["Transcript of Records"] PROFILE["Business registration
and business license of employer"]

OEC === EVAL2

subgraph Phase 2 EVAL2 --- PDOS EVAL2 --- PEOS EVAL2 --- CLEARANCE EVAL2 --- PEME end

EVAL1 === JOBDOCS EVAL1 === ODOCS VERIFIED === CONTRACT

subgraph For POEA evaluation JOBDOCS --- STATEMENT JOBDOCS --- CV JOBDOCS --- PRC JOBDOCS === VERIFIED JOBDOCS --- DIPLOMA JOBDOCS --- TRANSCRIPT JOBDOCS --- ENDORSEMENT JOBDOCS --- INSURANCE end

subgraph For POLO and POEA ODOCS --- PASSPORT ODOCS --- VISA ODOCS --- PROFILE end

subgraph For POLO verification CONTRACT --- EMPLOYERID CONTRACT --- EMPLOYMENTCONTRACT CONTRACT --- ADDENDUM CONTRACT --- CERTIFICATION end

CONTRACT --- ODOCS STATEMENT -.- |Needed for notarization| EMPLOYERID

PDOS --- EVAL1 PEOS --- EVAL1 CLEARANCE --- EVAL1 PEME --- EVAL1

style OEC fill:#fff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:9px style EVAL1 fill:#fff,stroke:#3bd,stroke-width:9px style EVAL2 fill:#fff,stroke:#3bd,stroke-width:9px style CONTRACT fill:#fff,stroke:#d3b,stroke-width:9px

style ODOCS fill:#333,stroke-width:0 style JOBDOCS fill:#333,stroke-width:0

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## Direct hire

The process and requirements described here are for "direct hires"&mdash;that is, workers who acquired work without the intercession of a recruitment agency. See [direct hire](./direct_hire.md) to understand what a "Direct Hire" is, and how to apply for an OEC as a direct hire.

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> Next: [What is a direct hire](./direct_hire.md), and how do I get an OEC as a direct hire?