Commission on Filipinos Overseas

Laguna 02:32 PM, Oct 18, 2018

October 18, 2018

Dear Martha,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 10, 2018 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The number of overseas Filipinos in 2017.

We received your request on Oct 10, 2018 and will respond on or before Oct 31, 2018 03:04:49 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEENGTy0yNTAyNjYxOTc0ODUM, for request with ticket number #CFO-250266197485.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Elfred del Rosario
FOI Receiving Officer

Pimentel-Naik 09:57 AM, Oct 23, 2018

23 October 2018


MS. MARTHA JOLO


Dear Ms. Jolo:

Greetings from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas!

This refers to your information request regarding the number of overseas Filipinos in 2017. Please be advised that the CFO will no longer release for an indefinite period of time, any updates on the stock estimate, pending the approval of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board of the proposed framework on the counting of overseas Filipinos. 

The framework which aims to develop a more comprehensive data on migration and harmonize different migration sources of relevant government agencies, was developed in 2016 by the Inter-Agency Committee (IAC) on Migration Statistics. The stock estimate is the aggregate of all Filipinos residing or working overseas at a given time. It consists of three categories - permanent, temporary and irregular migrants.

The main sources of the Stock Estimate include the administrative data of different government agencies such as the CFO, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The latest stock estimate published by the CFO was as of December 2013 and can be accessed through this link: http://www.cfo.gov.ph/program-and-services/yearly-stock-estimation-of-overseas-filipinos.html

You may also contact the email addresses below of the DFA’s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs for DFA’s latest statistics on overseas Filipinos:

oumwa@dfa.gov.ph and/or 
oumwa.database@gmail.com

For questions or clarifications, you may contact Mr. Frencel Tingga of the Policy, Planning and Research Division directly at 552-4766.  

Thank you very much.


Sincerely,



MR. RODRIGO V. GARCIA, JR.
FOI Decision Maker