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Official Website of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas

  • www.cfo.gov.ph
  • www.cfo.gov.ph
  • www.cfo.gov.ph
  • www.cfo.gov.ph
  • www.cfo.gov.ph
  • www.cfo.gov.ph
  • www.cfo.gov.ph
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Batas Pambansa Blg. 79, mandates the CFO to perform the following functions:


  • Provide assistance to the President and the Congress of the Philippines in the formulation of policies and measures concerning or affecting Filipinos overseas;
  • Develop and implement programmes to promote the interest and well-being of Filipinos overseas;
  • Serve as a forum for preserving and enhancing the social, economic, and cultural ties of Filipinos overseas with the motherland; and
  • Provide liaison services to Filipinos overseas with appropriate government and private agencies in the transaction of business and similar ventures in the Philippines.