Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act
Section 17. Grounds for Reopening the Establishment.
(a) That the office is not the subject of the closure order;
(b) That the contract of lease with the owner of the building or the building administrator has already been cancelled or terminated. The request to re-open shall be duly supported by an affidavit of undertaking either of the owner of the building or the building administrator that the same will not be leased/rented to any other person/entity for recruitment purposes without the necessary license from the POEA;
(c) That the office is shared by a person/entity not involved in illegal recruitment activities, whether directly or indirectly; or
(d) Any other analogous ground that the POEA may consider as valid and meritorious.