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๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ (๐๐
๐) registers Filipino participants in the U.S. Exchange Visitor Program (EVP), an international educational and cultural exchange program that aims to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.
Over the past decade, the CFO has registered more than ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. Participation from the Philippines peaked in 2016, with nearly 8,200 participants recorded that year. Numbers dropped sharply in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, which brought about extensive travel restrictions and border closures. However, participation began to recover by 2021, and by 2023, figures had returned to pre-pandemic levels, reaching almost 5,800 participants.
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๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, accounting for only 10% of Filipino EVP participants, highlighting the broad distribution of participants across various U.S. states.
This page is from the Compendium of CFO Statistics 2025, which provides a comprehensive overview of Filipino international migration data from 2012 to 2023.
The Compendium is also part of the Commissionโs open data initiatives, forming part of the Freedom of Information (FOI) program.
It can be accessed here: https://cfo.gov.ph/publications-statistics-details/21238
