I. Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act 1995
Republic Act No. 8042 was enacted in June 1995 to concretize government's commitment to protect the rights and promote the welfare of migrant workers, their families and other overseas Filipinos in distress. It also provides the framework for concerted government action in dealing with the difficulties faced by Filipinos abroad.
II. Foreign Investments Act 1991
Republic Act 7042, also known as the Foreign Investments Act of 1991, was enacted to spell out the procedures and conditions under which non-Philippine nationals, including former Filipino citizens, may invest and do business in the Philippines with a required paid-in capital of at least US$200,000. The law was amended by Republic Act 8179 to further liberalize the entry of foreign investments into the country.
III. Retail Trade Liberalization Act (New Law)
Republic Act 8762, also known as Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000, was enacted to promote consumer welfare by attracting, promoting, and welcoming productive investments of foreign nationals and Filipinos overseas to stimulate economic growth, and enable Philippine goods and services to become globally competitive through the liberalization of the retail trade sector.
IV. Inter-Country Adoption Act of 1995
Republic Act 8043 also known as the Inter-Country Adoption Act of 1995 was enacted to allow aliens to adopt Filipino children if such children cannot be adopted by qualified Filipino citizens.
V. Domestic Adoption Act of 1998
Republic Act 8552, also known as the Domestic Adoption Act of 1998 encourages domestic adoption to preserve the child’s identity and culture and only when this is not available shall inter-country adoption be considered as a last resort.
VI. Tax Reform Act of 1997
The enactment of Republic Act 8424 or the Tax Reform Act of 1997 provides wide-ranging tax break to different groups of individual including overseas Filipinos. According to Section 23 of the law, a non-resident citizen will be taxed only on income derived from sources within the Philippines
VII. Travel Tax
Under Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1183, as amended by PD 1205, Batas Pambansa 38, and Executive Order 283, Filipino and other nationals traveling to other countries are required to pay travel tax before departure form the Philippines, irrespective of the place where the air ticket is issued and the form or place of payment.
VIII. Balikbayan Law
Republic Act No. 6768 was enacted in November 1989 to attract and encourage overseas Filipinos to visit the Philippines as a “Balikbayan”.
IX. Re-acquisition of Philippine Citizenship
Republic Act 8171 was enacted to allow the repatriation of Filipino women who lost their citizenship by marriage to aliens and natural-born Filipinos who lost their citizenship on account of political or economic necessity.
Programs and Services of Government Agencies for Overseas Filipinos
X. Lingkod sa Kapwa Pilipino (LINKAPIL)
Lingkod sa Kapwa Pilipino or LINKAPIL is a program designed by the Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) in 1988 to tap the potentials of overseas Filipinos as partners in nation building. The program provides a mechanism for the transfer of assistance from overseas Filipinos to beneficiaries in the Philippines.
XI. Lakbay-Aral Program
Lakbay-Aral is a program of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas to enable children of Filipino immigrants to trace their roots and rediscover their rich Filipino heritage. First implemented in 1983, it consists of a two-week travel study program to the Philippines for children of Filipino immigrants between 15 to 25 years old.
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