POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 07, S. 2011 INITIAL LIST OF COUNTRIES CERTIFIED AS COMPLIANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 ON GUARANTEES OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OF REPUBLIC ACT 10022 June 06, 2011

Pursuant to POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 2, series of 2011, and in order to further promote the welfare and protection of OFWs, deployment to the following countries that have been certified by the Department o Foreign Affairs as compliant with the guarantees of the rights of migrant workers required under RA 10022 or where the rights of Filipino workers are protected, is hereby continued:

AFRICA
1. Angola
2. Kenya
3.Namibia
4. South Africa
 

AMERICAS
	5. Argentina	16. Guyana
	6. Belize	17. Jamaica
	7. Bolivia	18. Mexico
	8. Brazil	19. Northern Marianas
	9. Canada	20. Paraguay
	10. Chile	21. Peru
	11. Columbia	22. Suriname
	12. Costa Rica	23. Uruguay
	13. Ecuador	24. USA
	14. Guam	25. Venezuela
	15. Guatemala
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
	26. Australia	37.Myanmar
	27. Brunei	38 . New Zealand
	28. Hong Kong	39. Palau
	29. Indonesia	40. Sri Lanka
	30. Japan	41. Taiwan
	31. Korea (South)	42. Vietnam
	32. Lao PDR/Laos
	33. Macau
	34. Maldives
	35. Malaysia
	36. Marshall Islands
EUROPE
	43. Albania	64. Romania
	44. Austria	65. Russian Federation
	45. Azerbaijan	66.SanMarino
	46. Belgium	67 . Slovak Republic
	47. Bosnia-Herzegovina	68. Slovenia
	48. Czech Republic	69. Spain
	49. Cyprus	70. Sweden
	50. Estonia	71. Switzerland
	51. Finland	72. The Netherlands
	52. France	73 Turkey
	53. Germany	74. United Kingdom
	54. Greece
	55. Hungary
	56. Italy
	57. Ireland
	58. Latvia
	59. Liechtenstein
	60. Lithuania
	61. Luxembourg
	62. Poland
	63. Portugal
MIDDLE EAST
	75. Israel
	76. Oman

This Circular repeals POEA Advisory No. 7, series of 2005 on labor markets restricted for the deployment of OFWs in so far as the countries mentioned above are concerned.

For compliance effective immediately.

Adopted: 06 June 2011

(SGD.) CARLOS S. CAO, JR.
Administrator