QuestionsQuestions (Commonwealth Act No. 63)
Under Section 1, a Filipino may lose citizenship by: (1) naturalization in a foreign country; (2) express renunciation; (3) subscribing to an oath of allegiance to a foreign country at 21 years of age or more; (4) accepting commission in the military/naval/air service of a foreign country; (5) cancellation of the certificate of naturalization; (6) being declared a deserter of the Philippine army/navy/air corps in time of war unless later pardoned/amnestied; and (7) for women, marriage to a foreigner when the husband’s country’s law causes acquisition of that nationality.
Yes. Section 1(b) provides that citizenship may be lost by express renunciation of Philippine citizenship.
Section 1(c) states that subscribing to an oath of allegiance to support the constitution or laws of a foreign country upon attaining 21 years of age or more results in loss of Philippine citizenship.
Under Section 1(d), accepting such a commission in a foreign country is a ground for loss of Philippine citizenship.
Section 1(e) provides that if a person is declared by competent authority a deserter of the Philippine army/navy/air corps in time of war, citizenship is lost unless subsequently a plenary pardon or amnesty has been granted.
Yes. A woman loses citizenship upon her marriage to a foreigner if, by the law in force in her husband’s country, she acquires his nationality.
Section 2 states citizenship may be reacquired by: (1) naturalization (subject to disqualification rules referenced); (2) repatriation of deserters of the Army/Navy/Air Corp (with a special rule for women); and (3) direct act of the National Assembly.
By naturalization, provided the applicant possesses none of the disqualifications prescribed in Section 2 of Act No. 2927 (as referenced by CA No. 63).
Under Section 2(b), citizenship may be reacquired by repatriation of deserters of the Army/Navy/Air Corp. Section 2(b) also provides that a woman who lost citizenship due to marriage to an alien may be repatriated after the termination of the marital status, in accordance with the Act.
Section 3 requires that the applicant be at least 21 years of age and have resided in the Philippines at least six months before applying for naturalization.
No. Section 3 provides that the qualifications and special qualifications prescribed in Sections 3 and 4 of Act No. 2927 shall not be required for reacquisition by naturalization under CA No. 63.
The applicant must have conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period of residence in the Philippines, in relations with the constituted government and with the community where he lives.
The applicant must subscribe to an oath declaring his intention to renounce absolutely and perpetually all faith and allegiance to the foreign authority/state/sovereignty of which he was a citizen or subject.
Section 4 states that repatriation is effected by merely taking the necessary oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of the Philippines and registration in the proper civil registry.
Section 6 states that the Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Section 2(c) provides that citizenship may be reacquired by direct act of the National Assembly—meaning the individual’s reacquisition can be granted legislatively.