Optional online verification of overseas employment contracts is now available to qualified Filipino workers through the e-Verifier System and the Dataflow platform, the Department of Migrant Workers announced during a community gathering in Singapore.
Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac detailed the two systems while meeting Filipino community leaders on 28 June 2026 at the “Kamustahan with Sec. Hans,” explaining that the tools let eligible workers process Overseas Employment Certificates remotely. The shift is meant to cut down on in-person transactions and bring the agency’s services within reach of OFWs regardless of where they are based.
To familiarize workers with these and other programs, the department will run a webinar series alongside the Migrant Workers Office in Singapore, covering the OFW Pass, services offered by the OFW Hospital, and additional government assistance available throughout a worker’s time abroad.
Airport processing was another point Cacdac addressed. He said the department is working with carriers and the New NAIA Infrastructure Corporation to broaden what departing workers can gain from the OFW Pass. “Patuloy po kaming nakikipag-ugnayan sa mga airlines at NNIC upang maging lubos ang benepisyo ng OFW Pass,” he said.
On financial aid, the secretary reported that the AKSYON Fund drew a larger budget after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed off on the increase. The added funding lets the department assist upwards of 80,000 workers across the globe, roughly 1,000 of them based in Singapore.
Cacdac framed these moves as part of a wider buildout of welfare, health, protection, and reintegration services, despite the DMW being among the newer agencies in government. Returning workers, he noted, can tap the National Reintegration Network, which links them to job placement, TESDA skills programs, livelihood backing from the Department of Trade and Industry, and similar support aimed at helping them establish stable footing back home.
Rounding out the health side of its work, the department pointed to the OFW Hospital and its OFW Wings, set up together with the Department of Health to widen medical access for migrant Filipinos and their families.
