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The OFW ID was launched in 2017 as an intended replacement for the OEC [8] but the implementation was stopped by 2018. [9] In 2023, President Bongbong Marcos directed the Department of Migrant Workers and other relevant agencies to make OEC processing free-of-charge. The OFW Pass, a digital version of the OEC is being developed. [6]
Its head office is at F.B. Harrison Street corner 7th Street in Pasay, near EDSA Extension, Philippines. The agency was founded as the Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers through Letter of Instruction No. 537, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on May 1, 1977.
Map of states with diplomatic missions in the Philippines. This is a list of diplomatic missions in the Philippines. The National Capital Region, more commonly known as Metro Manila, is host to 70 embassies. Several other countries have diplomatic missions accredited from other capitals.
Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines has a network of diplomatic missions in major cities around the world, under the purview of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to forward the country's interests in the areas that they serve, as well as to serve the ever-growing numbers of Overseas Filipinos and Overseas Filipino Workers.
President Duterte signing Republic Act No. 11641 or the Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on December 30, 2021. On July 12, 2019, during the Araw ng Pasasalamat for OFWs (Thanksgiving day for the Overseas Filipino Workers), President Duterte in a speech promised to finish the framework for the creation of a department that caters to the need of OFWs.
Consulate-General 2019 [39] Toronto Belgium: Consulate-General 2014 [40] New Zealand: Consulate General 1982 [41] Sweden: Consulate-General 1993 [38] Venezuela: Consulate-General 2019 [39] Vancouver Norway: Consulate-General 2017 [42] Sweden: Consulate 1991 [43] Venezuela: Consulate-General 2019 [39] Winnipeg Philippines: Consulate-General 1985 ...
The former chancery (and now consular section) located at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue. The Philippine embassy's chancery annex, originally constructed in 1917 as a private residence for platinum mine owner Daniel C. Stapleton and his wife, Stella Stapleton, functioned as the embassy's primary chancery from 1946 (the year of Philippine independence) to 1995.
The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa is currently headed by Ambassador Maria Andrelita S. Austria, who was appointed to the position by President Bongbong Marcos on November 8, 2022. [12] Prior to becoming Ambassador, Austria, a career diplomat, served as Consul General at the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver. [12]