When I finished my graduate studies in Japan, I landed a job at my dream company and changed my student visa to a working visa. And soon after I started working, my company approved my leave to go home to the Philippines for Christmas.
Everything was going smoothly until…
I discovered that I needed to secure an Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) before I could leave Japan!
Honestly, I had no idea what it was. Contract verification? Agencies? Ban on direct hiring? As far as I knew, I was already a legitimate foreign worker in Japan.
But now that I was officially classified as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), I had to comply with the Philippine laws governing OFWs. But the whole OEC process seemed so vague and daunting.
Given my situation, I fall under the Balik-Manggagawa (BM) category of OFWs. Among all the steps required to secure an OEC as a BM, the contract verification process is undoubtedly the most complex and challenging part.
So, how does it work? I’ll guide you through the entire BM contract verification process, based on personal experience and insights from the Filipino community in Japan.
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