Commission on Filipinos Overseas(CFO)

Dear Ms. Baleva, Greetings from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)! Thank you for your eFOI request regarding the statistics on Filipinos Overseas. As the CFO’s primary clientele are the emigrants who will permanently reside in other countries, we are pleased to provide you in the webpage link below the statistics of CFO-registered emigrants as of year 2019. These numbers include annual statistics on Filipinos who underwent the CFO’s mandatory Pre-departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) for emigrants or Guidance and Counseling Program (GCP) for spouses or partners of foreign nationals prior to their departure, and are classified according to countries of destination and age group, among other categories. https://cfo.gov.ph/statistics-2/ On the other hand, temporary migrants or overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are not required to register with the CFO before their departure from the Philippines. They are instead required to register with and obtain their Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs) from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). The link below that contains information about OFWs and other professions by skill and by country might help you: http://poea.gov.ph/ofwstat/ofwstat.html For questions or clarifications, you may contact Mr. Elfred del Rosario of the Policy, Planning, and Research Division through email at [email protected]. Thank you and best regards. COMMISSION ON FILIPINOS OVERSEAS