Here's the updated Procedure in the Recruitment of EPS Workers to Korea As Of March 2022 (Post Pandemic)
To ensure proper guidance to the public, the following procedure shall be maintained in the recruitment of Filipino workers under the Point System of the Employment Permit System (EPS) through Government-to-Government hiring program, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) of the Republic of Korea and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Republic of the Philippines.
In implementing the MOU, MOEL designates the Human
Resource Development Service of Korea (HRD-Korea) as the receiving agency while
DOLE designates the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) as the
only sending agency in the Philippines.
The POEA provided the official announcement of the conduct
of EPS recruitment process for every year. The information shall be posted at
the POEA website, www.poea.qov.ph., which
includes among others the following:
a.Registration
process
b.Test
Schedule 
Test Fee
d.Point
Distribution
e.Passing
score
f.Conditions
upon inclusion in the Roster of jobseekers
1 . Registration
process
Applicants shall register their application within
the scheduled 3-day period either thru manual or online procedure.
Corresponding test fee shall be charged per
applicant payable directly to the HRDKorea account ,
2.EPS - Test
on Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK)
The 1 st round of Test (either
Paper-based or Computer-based Test) will consist of
Reading and Listening modules of 25 minutes each
module ,
3.Skills and
Competency Test
Only Passers from the 1 st round of test
will be eligible to take this 2 nd round of test.
Skills test will consist of three (3) parts, that
is,
a.Physical
strength Test including Ishihara Color Blind test,
b.Basic
Skills Test, and
c.Interview,
Competency Test is the submission of Certificates of
Employment for those who have work experiences in their chosen industries
and/or a National Certificate and Diploma or completed Training Course related
to their chosen industries.
4. Job Seeker's Roster
4.1 Passers of the 2nd round
of test shall be required to submit to the POEA the following documents:
a.Medical
Test result
b.Scanned
copy of valid passport
c.Duly
accomplished Information Sheet for EPS Passers Form
4.2 POEA
will submit to HRD-Korea the information of these passers using the Korea's
Online Sending Public Agency System (SPAS).
4.3 Passers
may then create their respective EPS account and shall be informed of their
status including the approval by the HRD-Korea to be officially included in the
Job-seeker Roster.
4.4 However,
one's inclusion in the Roster is not yet a guarantee of any job in Korea; it
only means that he/she would be considered an active job-seeker and would be
given preference in the selection process.
4.5 The
Roster will be valid for one (1) year. Upon expiration, job seekers shall
coordinate with POEA for the renewal which shall be within the validity period
of their test (Point System) result.
5.Labor
Contract
Upon selection of a worker in the Roster, the
Employer will draw up a labor contract and the HRD Korea will send the contract
to POEA for processing and shall be signed/accepted by the worker within
fourteen (14) days.
The POEA will explain the content of the labor
contract to each selected worker from the Roster, including the type of
industry of employer, so that the worker can fully understand it and decide
whether or not to sign the labor contract of the worker's own free will.
6.Pre-Departure
Education
The POEA will conduct a pre-departure
education/Korean Language and Culture Training (KLCT) Refresher promptly for
the workers who have a signed labor contracts schedule of which shall be agreed
by both HRD-Korea and POEA
7. Visa Issuance
Upon receipt of the Certificate for Confirmation of
Visa Issuance (CCVI) from the
HRD Korea, POEA will inform the workers immediately and facilitate their applications for the issuance of visas at the Korean diplomatic mission in the Philippines.
Application of visa shall be done within three (3)
months validity period of the CCVI.
POEA is the only organization authorized to assist
in visa applications ,
8.
Deployment process
The POEA and the HRD-Korea will confirm the entry date for
workers who are issued with the CCVI at least one (1) week prior to their
entry.
The POEA will take necessary measures in making
flight reservations in advance, to ensure that workers can enter Korea on the
scheduled date. The MOEL and the POLO will be advised of the confirmed flight
schedule of the workers for proper assistance upon their arrival/entry in
Korea.
The MOEL will conduct the post-arrival education
and medical checkup for workers before they start working. The MOEL will
determine the organization(s) in charge of the post-arrival education and
medical checkup.
The POLO would be given a schedule during the post
arrival education to present to the newly arrived workers its programs and services
for EPS workers.
9.Post-Deployment
The MOEL-HRD Korea will assist returning workers to
receive their insurance payments from the Departure Guarantee Insurance and
Return Cost Insurance before departing from Korea and will give support for
those who have already returned home but were not able to receive or apply for
their claims.
10.
Important Announcement
All applicants are reminded of POEA Advisory No. 147, series of 2020 "POEA warns jobseekers to South Korea about Language Center Scams"