QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 8171)
RA 8171 provides a procedure for the repatriation and reacquisition of Philippine citizenship by Filipino women who lost Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens, and by natural-born Filipinos who also lost Philippine citizenship, together with their minor children, under specified conditions.
1) Filipino women who lost Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens, and 2) natural-born Filipinos who lost Philippine citizenship—both including their minor children—who lost citizenship due to political or economic necessity.
It refers to the circumstances showing that the loss of citizenship occurred because of political or economic reasons, which the law treats as a basis to allow repatriation and reacquisition.
It requires reacquisition through repatriation in the manner provided in Section 4 of Commonwealth Act No. 63, as amended.
An applicant must not be: (1) opposed to organized government or affiliated with groups teaching doctrines opposing it; (2) defending or teaching the necessity/propriety of violence for the predominance of their ideas; (3) convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude; or (4) suffering from mental alienation or incurable contagious diseases.
It applies to both: Filipino women who lost citizenship by marriage to aliens, and natural-born Filipinos who lost citizenship.
Yes. The law expressly includes the applicants’ minor children.
Repatriation is effected by (1) taking the necessary oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines and (2) registration in the proper civil registry and in the Bureau of Immigration.
After the required oath and registration, the Bureau of Immigration cancels the pertinent alien certificate of registration and issues a certificate of identification as Filipino citizen.
It is cancelled by the Bureau of Immigration upon completion of the repatriation steps.
Yes. Section 3 states that all laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations (or parts) inconsistent with RA 8171 are repealed or amended accordingly.
It takes effect thirty (30) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
It indicates that the bill became law pursuant to Section 27(1), Article VI of the 1987 Constitution—meaning it passed into law by lapse of time when the President did not sign or veto within the constitutional period.
The text references Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution regarding the lapse into law without the President’s signature, and it includes legislative history regarding passage by the House and Senate and presidential approval.