Migrant Workers Office
Office of the Labor Attaché
Mr. Antonio M. Jr. Mutuc
Labor Attaché
Ms. Sylvia . Tolentino
Welfare Attaché
Ms. Maria S. Jayona
Administrative and Technical Staff
Ms. Glesie M. Ching
Administrative and Technical Staff
Mr. Adrian Silvestre
Administrative and Technical Staff
Address: Level 1, 286 Thorndon Quay, Pipitea, Wellington, New Zealand
Tel.: (00644) 260 1161
Email: polo.newzealand@philembassy.org.nz
Website: https://mwo-newzealand.dmw.gov.ph
TO ALL FILIPINO WORK VISA HOLDERS IN NEW ZEALAND
It has come to the attention of the Philippine Embassy and its Overseas Labour Office (POLO) that many work visa holders have gone into buying insurance for the purpose of complying with a requirement for POLO verification of their Employment Cont...
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TO FILIPINO WORK-VISA HOLDERS, particularly those who have been hired to New Zealand through a Philippine Recruitment Agency (PRA):
It is lawful in New Zealand to resign anytime from your original employer.
However, if at the point of your deployment to New Zealand, you have signed...
TO ALL JOB APPLICANTS SEEKING WORK IN NEW ZEALAND:
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) has been receiving email queries from Filipinos looking for work in New Zealand, asking POLO to confirm the legal status of alleged recruiters which they connected with through Facebook, namely: WorkHe...
Message of Sec. Silvestre H. Bello III, Department of Labor and Employment, on the 122nd Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence
'#Kalayaan2020 #PHILinNZ'
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To all concerned Filipino work visa holders in New Zealand whose employer/company has applied for and was granted COVID-19 wage subsidy through the Ministry of Social Development (MSD):
If you were informed that you are entitled to such wage subsidy but your employer has not yet paid yo...