How to Legit Check the Licensed Recruiment Agencies in the Philippines

Better to be aware of the licensed recruitment agencies in the Philippines if you are planning to work abroad. 

The list includes all recruitment agencies licensed by POEA to recruit Filipino workers for overseas jobs, both land-based and sea-based. Also included were agencies that have been closed down or permanently banned from participating in the recruitment industry and agencies with licenses that were canceled or suspended.

You can check it at the official website of the Department of Migrant Workers, HERE! 

The list is updated every two hours. You will know which agencies have a valid license, suspended and canceled.

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is the executive department of the Philippine government tasked to protect the rights and promote the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The department was created by virtue of Department of Migrant Workers Act or the Republic Act No. 11641, which was signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on December 30, 2021.

The Department of Migrant Workers Act (RA 11641) took effect on February 3, 2022, wherein the DMW was created, established, and constituted. It now assumes and performs all the powers and functions of seven merged agencies, namely: the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA); the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs (OUMWA) of the DFA; the International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) and all Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) under DOLE; the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP); the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRC) under the OWWA, and the Office of the Social Welfare Attaché (OSWA) under the DSWD.