A person who is to be engaged, is engaged, or has been engaged in a renumerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a legal resident; to be used interchangeably with overseas Filipino worker. (R.A. 8042, also known as the "Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995," Sec. 3 [a])

A "person who is engaged in a renumerated activity" refers to an "applicant worker who has been promised or assured employment overseas and acting on such promise or assurance sustains damage and/or injury. (Omnibus Rules and Regulations Implementing the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, Sec. 2 [a])