What is needed to become a citizen of the Philippines?

[Pentiumn3540 0]

What is needed to become a citizen of the Philippines?

[TBoneTX 45,498]

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[Greenbaum 12,259]

What is needed to become a citizen of the Philippines?

Commonwealth Act No. 473, approved June 17, 1939, provided that persons having certain specified qualifications may become a citizen of the Philippines by naturalization.

Republic Act No. 9139, approved June 8, 2001, provided that aliens under the age of 18 who were born in the Philippines, who have resided in the Philippines and have resided therein since birth, and who possess other specified qualifications may be granted Philippines citizenship by administrative proceeding subject to certain requirements.

Under Section 2 of the Revised Naturalization Law the applicant must possess the following qualifications:

• He/she must not be less than twenty-one (21) years of age on the day of the hearing of the petition;
• He/she must have resided in the Philippines for a continuous period of not less than ten (10) years;
• He/she must be of good moral character and believes in the principles underlying the Philippine Constitution, and must have conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period of his residence in the Philippines in his relation with the constituted government as well as with the community in which he is living;
• He/she must own real estate in the Philippines worth not less than five thousand (5000) pesos, Philippine currency, or must have some known lucrative trade, profession, or lawful occupation;
• He/she must be able to speak or write English or Spanish or any one of the principal languages
• He/she must have enrolled his minor children of school age in any of the public or private schools recognized by the Bureau of Public Schools of the Philippines where Philippine history, government and civics are taught or prescribed as part of the school curriculum, during the entire period of the residence in the Philippines required of him prior to the hearing of the petition for naturalization as Philippine citizen.

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Edited July 2, 2015 by Greenbaum

[Mike-eeh and Odie 193]

Well as a US Citizen, you can marry a Filipina and wait 5 years. Then you have to renounce your US Citizenship to become a Philippine Citizen.

Or

Live in the Philippines for 10 years, then renounce your US Citizenship to become a Philippine Citizen.

- must own land or a business worth more than 5000 PhP for 5+ years

Or

Be born in the Philippines

Or

Be a child of a Filipino parent who is still a Philippine Citizen.

Edited July 2, 2015 by Mike-eeh and Odie

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Men (yes - US citizen men but not just US it can be any nationality that marries a Filipino woman) married to a Filipino woman, teachers who have worked there for at least two years and people who established an innovative industry or invention in the country can apply for citizenship after a residency of only five years.

[Pentiumn3540 0]

Well as a US Citizen, you can marry a Filipina and wait 5 years. Then you have to renounce your US Citizenship to become a Philippine Citizen.

Or

Live in the Philippines for 10 years, then renounce your US Citizenship to become a Philippine Citizen.

- must own land or a business worth more than 5000 PhP for 5+ years

Or

Be born in the Philippines

Or

Be a child of a Filipino parent who is still a Philippine Citizen.

Thanks I would happily renounce my residency if I had too.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Thanks I would happily renounce my residency if I had too.

You would not be renouncing your residency. You would be renouncing your U.S. citizenship. Residency and citizenship are not the same thing.

[Pentiumn3540 0]

You would not be renouncing your residency. You would be renouncing your U.S. citizenship. Residency and citizenship are not the same thing.

Well that's what I meant I guess

[Boiler 45,658]

I know it is not easy to renounce US Citizenship and seem to remember they put up the price, keep us advised of your progress, you may be a VJ first.

Edited July 3, 2015 by Boiler

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Thanks I would happily renounce my residency if I had too.

Why would you renounce your US citizenship, and how old are you? There are many factors that contribute when people think about doing this. The people that usually do this are people that reside more in that country than they do in the USA, and also they are usually citizens of that other country. Also if you renounce citizenship then more than likely you will not receiving Social Security, I do not know about any other benefits.

[Darnell 8,478]

would the use of a balikbayan visa be more appropro, before you made the decision to give up yer usa citizenship ?