QuestionsQuestions (LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 270)
It directs the Solicitor General, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, and NISA Director General to form a committee that screens aliens for naturalization by decree, to integrate deserving aliens who have shown love for, loyalty to, and affinity with Filipino customs, traditions, and ideals, and who have contributed to the Philippines’ development.
The Solicitor General, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, and NISA Director General must constitute themselves as a committee, with the Solicitor General as Chairman.
The applicant must not be less than 21 years of age on the date of filing of the petition.
If born in a foreign country, the applicant must have been legally admitted into the Philippines either as an immigrant or a non-immigrant.
The applicant must have had continuous residence in the Philippines for ten (10) years.
It is reduced to five (5) years for applicants with any of the following special qualifications: (1) honorably held office in the Government; (2) established a new industry or introduced a useful invention; (3) married to a Filipino; (4) engaged as a teacher in the Philippines in a public or recognized private school for at least two years; or (5) born in the Philippines.
The applicant must be of good moral character; believes in the principles underlying the Philippine Constitution; and must have conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period of residence both in relation with the government and the community.
The applicant must have a known trade, business, profession, or lawful occupation from which he derives income sufficient for support, and if married or with dependents, also that of his family.
The applicant must be able to speak and write Pilipino; or English or Spanish, and any of the principal Philippine languages.
The applicant must have enrolled his minor children of school age in public or private schools recognized by the Department of Education and Culture where Philippine history, government, and civics are taught or prescribed as part of the curriculum, during the required period of residence prior to filing the petition.
It requires that the applicant mingled socially with Filipinos and evinced a sincere desire to learn and embrace Filipino customs, traditions, and ideals during the period of residence.
The applicant must not be opposed to organized government or affiliated with any association/group that upholds and teaches doctrines opposing organized governments.
The applicant must not defend or teach the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault, or assassination for the success and predominance of his ideas.
The applicant must not be a polygamist or a believer in the practice of polygamy.
The applicant must not have been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.
The applicant is not suffering from mental alienation or any incurable contagious disease.
If the applicant was born of a Filipino mother before the effectivity of the new Constitution and has resided continuously in the Philippines since birth, he is considered qualified without need of any further qualification, provided he does not suffer from the enumerated disqualifications.
Application must be in triplicate, signed and verified by the petitioner himself, accompanied by photographs and certified true/xerox copies of (if any) certificate of arrival, Alien Certificate of Registration, and Immigrant Certificate of Residence; and supported by separate affidavits of two credible witnesses personally knowing the petitioner for the required period, stating he is of good repute and morally irreproachable, that in their opinion he has all qualifications to become a citizen, and is not disqualified.
The application must be filed with the committee not later than an unspecified deadline shown as “______________, 1975” in the text; and the committee must submit recommendations to the President not later than May 15, 1975.