Canadian Becomes A Filipino Citizen

[Dave Hounddriver]

On 3/11/2023 at 4:23 PM, Dave Hounddriver said:

So it looks like more of a formality for the foreigner to renounce their original citizenship.  It would be entirely impractical for a Canadian to do that.  They would not be able to visit Canada on a Philippine passport.

7 hours ago, Major Tom said:

you had previously stated that he would have to visit Canada to officially renounce his citizenship.

I do understand your confusion.  However, it is not the writer's problem if the reader makes an incorrect assumption.

My statement actually said they would not be able to visit Canada on a Philippine passport.  Nothing to do having to visit Canada to officially renounce citizenship.

[Jollygoodfellow]

Looks like Kyles beach cottage burned down so more content to view. 

 

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[Kingpin]

What's funny is getting Filipino citizenship is so impossibly rare, it makes headlines news.

It even requires a majority vote in the Philippine Senate to be approved, and then it needs a signature from the President...for each individual application.

https://philstarlife.com/celebrity/257250-kyle-jennermann-becoming-filipino-journey

 

[Mike J]

9 hours ago, Kingpin said:

What's funny is getting Filipino citizenship is so impossibly rare, it makes headlines news.

It even requires a majority vote in the Philippine Senate to be approved, and then it needs a signature from the President...for each individual application.

https://philstarlife.com/celebrity/257250-kyle-jennermann-becoming-filipino-journey

 

In the news because it was indeed a rather rare event.  For the "average" person below is what steps are required.  Number 2 on the list is five years if married to a Philippine citizen.

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Section 2. Qualifications. – Subject to section four of this Act, any person having the following qualifications may become a citizen of the Philippines by naturalization:

First. He must be not less than twenty-one years of age on the day of the hearing of the petition;

Second. He must have resided in the Philippines for a continuous period of not less than ten years;

Third. He 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.

Fourth. He must own real estate in the Philippines worth not less than five thousand pesos, Philippine currency, or must have some known lucrative trade, profession, or lawful occupation;

Fifth. He must be able to speak and write English or Spanish and any one of the principal Philippine languages; and

Sixth. He must have enrolled his minor children of school age, in any of the public schools or private schools recognized by the Office of Private Education1 of the Philippines, where the 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 his petition for naturalization as Philippine citizen.

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source document;  https://lawphil.net/statutes/comacts/ca_473_1939.html

 

[Kingpin]

8 hours ago, Mike J said:

For the "average" person below is what steps are required.

Requirements are one thing, approval is very much a different thing.