Documents to prepare before you board a plane
- Pre-Departure Overseas Seminar or PDOS Certificate
- Valid passport
- Working visa
- Overseas Employment Certificate or OEC
- Flight ticket and Boarding pass
- Employment Contract
- NBI Clearance
- Valid government-issued ID with your photo
- Letter of Guarantee or Letter of Endorsement, if applicable
- Seaman’s Book, for seafarers
What you need to prepare to the Immigration Officer
- Passport
- Visa
- OEC
- Plane Ticket
- Seaman’s Book for Seafarers
- Departure Card
Other things to bring:
- Black Pen
- Small notebook
- Cash
- Water tumbler
- Extra clothes
Step-by-Step Process of what to do once you enter NAIA Airport:
- Go to the OFW Lounge. This where your OEC and Employment Contract will be validated
- Go through the airport security and scanning
- Proceed to your designated airline for check-in and dropping of bags. A boarding pass and baggage claim tag will be given to you after.
- Go to the departure lobby for another scan. Make sure you present your passport and boarding pass.
- Get a departure card and fill it out
- Head to the immigration counter – OFW Express Lane. Make sure that all your documents are ready
- Once approved the IO, pass though Customs for scan. At this point, body search is legal and you will be asked to remove your shoes
- After passing through customs, go to your designated pre-departure gate for boarding