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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 491 |
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Manuel Collantes
Director General Fabian Ver of NISA
SUBJECT : Amendment of Letter of Instructions No. 270
In order to enhance the integration into the national fabric of deserving aliens by the grant of Philippine citizenship, LOI 270 is hereby amended to read as follows:
1.
As Chairman and members of the Special Committee
on Naturalization created by LOI 270, you are authorized to receive
anew applications for naturalization by decree from any alien residing
in this country with the following qualifications and none of the
following disqualifications:
Qualifications:
(a)
He must not be less than 18 years of age on the
date of the filing of his petition;
(b) If born in
a foreign country, he must have been
legally admitted into the Philippines either as an immigrant or
non-immigrant;
(c) He must
have had a continuous residence in the
Philippines of ten (10) years, which period shall be reduced to five
(5) years for applicants with any of the following special
qualifications:
(1)
Having honorably held office under the Government
of the Philippines or under than of any of the provinces, cities,
municipalities or political subdivisions thereof;
(2) Having
established a new industry or introduced a
useful invention in the Philippines;
(3) Being
married to a Filipino;
(4) Having
been engaged as a teacher in the
Philippines in a public or recognized private school not established
for the exclusive instruction of children of persons of a particular
nationality or race, in any of the branches of education or industry,
for a period of not less than two years;
(5) Having
been born in the Philippines;
(d)
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;
(e) He must
have a known trade, business, profession,
assets or lawful occupation from which he derives income sufficient for
his support, and if he is married or has dependents, also that of his
family; provided that this requirement may be waived with respect to
bona fide students at least 18 years of age who, on the basis of their
qualifications and potentials, can become useful citizens of the
country;
(f) He must be
able to speak and write Pilipino or
any of the principal Philippine dialects; provided that where the
applicant is, in the opinion of the Committee, otherwise clearly
qualified for naturalization by decree, the requirement that the
applicant should know how to write Pilipino or any principal Philippine
dialect may be waived or dispensed with;
(g) He must
have enrolled his minor children of
school age in any of the public or private schools recognized by the
Department of Education and Culture during the period of residence in
the Philippines required of him prior to the filing of his petition
hereunder; and
(h) He must
have, during the period of his residence
in the Philippines, mingled socially with the Filipinos and evinced a
sincere desire to learn and embrace the customs, traditions and ideals
of the Filipino people.
Disqualification:
(a)
He must not be opposed to organized government or
affiliated with any association or group of persons who uphold and
teach doctrines opposing all organized governments;
(b) He must
not defend or teach the necessity or
propriety of violence, personal assault, or assassination for the
success and predominance of his ideas;
(c) He must
not be a polygamist or a believer in the
practice of polygamy;
(d) He must
not have been convicted of any crime
involving moral turpitude;
(e) He is not
suffering from mental alienation or any
incurable contagious disease.
Aliens born of Filipino mothers: If, however, 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 shall be considered qualified without need of any further qualification, provided he is at least 18 years of age and does not suffer from the disqualifications above enumerated.
2. The application shall be in triplicate, signed and verified by the petitioner himself and accompanied by his photographs and certified true or xerox copies of his certificate of arrival (if any), his Alien Certificate of Registration and his Immigrant Certificate of Residence (if any), and supported by the separate affidavits of two credible witnesses stating that they have personally known the petitioner for the period of time required under par. 1 hereof, that petitioner is a person of good repute and morally irreproachable, and that said petitioner has, in their opinion, all the qualifications necessary to become a citizen of the Philippines and is not in any way disqualified under the provisions of this LOI;
3. The application shall be filed with your Committee not later than March 31, 1977;
4. On the basis of the data available to your Committee, you shall submit appropriate recommendations to me as to who, among the aforesaid applicants, are eligible and qualified for naturalization by decree;
5. You are authorized to promulgate additional rules and regulations and prescribe appropriate forms and collect appropriate fees for the effective and expeditious implementation of these instructions; and
6. These instructions amend Letters of Instructions Nos. 270 and 283 on the same subject.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
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