ABBEY: I don't care how big
or small or how beautiful the embassy is. What matters to me is that they can
provide the services that must be offered to any OFW. I heard others say that
its just like a bungalow house with tents on the sides. Here is where I get my
OEC, a certificate that entitles an OFW to be exempted for travel taxes. What I
had in mind are these suggestions on how to improve their processes:
WILL: From orchard road, it will take a 15 minutes walk to reach the Philippine Embassy in Singapore and on this area also located the embassies of different countries.
Its just like an old ancestral house with so many cars parked. But now, it is under renovation and that's the cause of Monday to Friday sked instead of Sunday-Thursday.
I am one of the Filipino who filed my OFW here in Singapore. The requirements? NRIC ID, Passport, and $42.00.
Unlike other government employees, here, smile never left their lips, very accommodating. My OFW application and OEC just took me not more than 45 mins. :)
1. Since the embassy
is under construction, they should first put their notification about the change
of their office days (Mon-Fri currently). They can use their website since
almost all the institutions here in SG are connected via web.
2. Located at Nassim
road, its a long walk from Orchard. When somebody comes to the embassy, unaware
of the change of sched, he will be greeted by a 5-foot tall tarp saying that
the embassy is closed.
It would be better if
they will have other notices in other places along Orchard.
I saw another sign in
the SSS office, but its not very noticeable unless you will have remittance or
you will inquire in SSS.
3. Given that the
renovation is in progress, they should set first their number system. Not by
marking each form with red marker. How about those who downloaded the forms and
filled it up before going at the embassy? I guess they have to fill up the
forms again.
I know improvement is
a long process, but I'm hoping for the better of our own embassy.
WILL: From orchard road, it will take a 15 minutes walk to reach the Philippine Embassy in Singapore and on this area also located the embassies of different countries.
Its just like an old ancestral house with so many cars parked. But now, it is under renovation and that's the cause of Monday to Friday sked instead of Sunday-Thursday.
I am one of the Filipino who filed my OFW here in Singapore. The requirements? NRIC ID, Passport, and $42.00.
Unlike other government employees, here, smile never left their lips, very accommodating. My OFW application and OEC just took me not more than 45 mins. :)