{"id":15862,"date":"2016-09-12T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/?p=15862"},"modified":"2016-09-12T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T12:44:25","slug":"how-to-be-a-member-of-owwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/how-to-be-a-member-of-owwa-15862.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Be A Member of OWWA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The OWWA is a membership institution. As such, its programs, projects and services are geared towards safeguarding and promoting the welfare and interests of its members.<\/p>\n<p>For a US$25.00 membership contribution, an OWWA member is entitled to various benefits and services. Membership in OWWA may be obtained in two ways:<br \/>\n1. By enrollment upon processing of contract at the POEA; and<br \/>\n2. By voluntary registration of a would-be member at job sites overseas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effectivity<\/strong><br \/>\nOWWA membership, either through the compulsory or voluntary coverages, shall be effective upon payment of membership contribution, until expiration of the employment contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voluntary membership<\/strong><br \/>\nIn case of voluntary members who register on-site, membership shall not exceed two (2) years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Renewal<\/strong><br \/>\nMembership shall be renewed upon payment of contribution on contract renewal \/ issuance of new contract. In the case of voluntary membership, coverage shall be renewed upon payment of contribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proof of membership<\/strong><br \/>\nThe names of all OWWA members are maintained by the OWWA and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in a database which is updated regularly. Members are issued an Official Receipt upon payment of contribution. They shall likewise be issued an OWWA e-Card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OWWA is a membership institution. As such, its programs, projects and services are geared towards safeguarding and promoting the welfare and interests of its members. For a US$25.00 membership contribution, an OWWA member is entitled to various benefits and services. Membership in OWWA may be obtained in two ways: 1. By enrollment upon processing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[998],"class_list":{"0":"post-15862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-faq","7":"tag-owwa"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}