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denotes membership of a permanent character in a political community. A citizen of a state is one who owes allegiance to it and is correspondingly entitled to its protection
Citizenship
SECTION 1. The following are citizens of the Philippines:
(1) Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution;
(2) Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines;
(3) Those born before January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority; and
(4) Those who are naturalized in accordance with law.
Natural-born citizens are those who are citizens of the Philippines from birth without having to perform any act to acquire or perfect their Philippine citizenship. Those who elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with paragraph (3), Section 1 hereof shall be deemed natural-born citizens.
SECTION 2.
Philippine citizenship may be lost or reacquired in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 3.
Citizens of the Philippines who marry aliens shall retain their citizenship, unless by their act or omission they are deemed, under the law, to have renounced it.
SECTION 4.
Dual allegiance of citizens is inimical to the national interest and shall be dealt with by law.
SECTION 5.
Citizenship by birth
Jus Sanguinis
Jus soli
– the principle of determining a person’s citizenship through one or both of their parents’ citizenships. It means the “right of blood” and is also referred to as the principle of descent.
Jus sanguinis
Methods of acquiring citizenship
Citizenship by birth
citizenship by naturalization
under this principle a child’s citizenship is determined by the place of birth.
Jus soli
Naturalization refers to an act whereby person acquires a citizenship different from that person’s citizenship at birth
Citizenship by naturalization
signifies the act of formally adopting a foreigner into the political body of a nation by clothing him or her with the privileges of a citizen. Under current and existing laws, there are three ways by which an alien may become a citizen by naturalization: (a) administrative naturalization pursuant to Republic Act No. 9139; (b) judicial naturalization pursuant to Commonwealth Act. No. 473, as amended, and (c) legislative naturalization in the form of a law enacted by Congress bestowing Philippine citizenship to an alien.
Naturalization
