POEA: Temporary suspension of processing and deployment of new hire Nurses, Nursing Aides and Nursing Assistants

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has issued an advisory on the temporary suspension of processing and deployment of new hire Nurses, Nursing Aides and Nursing Assistants.

POEA advisory no. 144 series of 2021 dated October 26, 2021, states that:

Pursuant to POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 17, Series of 2020 and POEA Advisory No. 79, Series of 2021 on the lifting of the moratorium or temporary suspension on the deployment of nurses, nursing aides and nursing assistants, and increasing the annual deployment cap from 5,000 to 6,500, the Administration hereby announces that the said ceiling has been reached as of date.

In view of the above, the processing, issuance of overseas employment certificates (OECs) and the deployment of new hires for nurses, nursing aides and nursing assistants are hereby suspended effective immediately. Healthcare workers who were already issued with their corresponding OECs however are allowed to depart for their overseas employment.

The suspension shall take effect until a new Resolution has been issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
For the information and guidance of all concerned.

Source: https://www.poea.gov.ph/advisories/2021/Advisory-144-2021.pdf