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PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP

HOW TO ACQUIRE PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP

RA 9225 took effect on September 17, 2003, and is also generally referred to as the Dual Citizenship Act. The citizenship reacquires itself by pledging its oath of allegiance before a duly authorized Philippine official.

There are two acknowledged forms of aquiring a Philippine Citizenship:

(1) Filipino By Birth

Jus soli (right of soil) which is the legal principle that the place of birth defines a person's nationality at birth (e.g., the territory of a given state) Jus sanguinis (right of blood) is the legal policy that, at birth, an individual acquires the nationality of his/her natural parent/s. The Philippines adheres to this principle.

(2) FILIPINO BY NATURALIZATION

Filipino by naturalization which is the judicial act of adopting a foreigner and clothing him with the privileges of a native-born citizen. It implies the renunciation of a former nationality and the fact of entrance into a similar relation towards a new body politic (2Am.Jur.561,par.188).

http://www.immigration.gov.ph/faqs/citizenship

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