Practice question
A pending AEP application and its records remain with a DOLE regional office when DO 248-B-26 takes effect. Which treatment accords with section 6?
- The regional office must destroy the records and require a new application
- The employer must automatically abandon the pending application
- The records and pending application must be turned over to BLE, which assumes custody and jurisdiction
- The city PESO becomes the adjudicating office
- The application becomes automatically approved
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html — Labor Code, Articles 40–41.
- https://www.ble.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Department-Order-248-25-New-Rules-and-Regulations-on-the-Employment-of-Foreign-Nationals-in-the-Philippines.pdf — DO 248-25, alien employment framework.
- https://dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2025/06/Department-Order-248A-25-Supplemental-Guidelines-Clarifying-and-Amending-Provisions-of-DOLE-DO-248-25.pdf — DO 248-A-25, section 1, amendment to Rule II section 1(a).
- https://dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2026/06/DO-248B-26-Centralizing-the-Filing-Processing-Evaluation-Approval-Issuance-Release-Adjudication-and-Enforcement-Functions-Relating-to-AEPs-and-Amending-Relevant-Provisions-of-DOs-248-248A-25.pdf — DO 248-B-26, issued June 11, 2026, sections 2–4, 6, and 12.
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