HOW TO BECOME A FILIPINO CITIZEN

CITIZENSHIP • Check if you qualify through

the jus sanguinis law. Jus
sanguinis means “right of
blood,” and it refers to the
right of becoming a citizen if
IS THE your parents hold the same
citizenship. According to
Filipino law, a person born STEP
• Enroll your children in a public
school that teaches Filipino history,
civics and the basis of how the
after 1935 has a right to government works. If your children

CHANCE TO STEP 1 obtain Philippine citizenship if

he has either a father or a
mother who is Filipino. This
applies regardless of whether
5
don’t attend a school that includes
these topics in the curriculum, you
won’t qualify for citizenship. This
means that if you have home-

MAKE A you were born in the

Philippines or abroad
schooled children or children who
attend alternative schools or those
with a foreign-based curriculum, you
might not qualify for citizenship.
• Apply for citizenship if have

DIFFERENCE lived legally in the Philippines

for at least 10 years. This rule
only applies if you’re at least
21 years old at the time of the
• File a declaration with the Bureau of
Justice one year before you intend

TO THE STEP 2 application. The naturalization

law only applies to people who
don’t have a jus sanguine right
to citizenship.
to apply for citizenship. This
declaration is a sworn bona fide
statement declaring personal
information, such as full name,

PLACE • Meet the ownership and

STEP place of birth and other details —
as well as your intention of
becoming a citizen. Once the
financial requirement.
6 declaration is submitted, you will
receive an approval via email. If

WHERE YOU Besides a 10-year residence,

you also need to own real
estate or have a lucrative
trade or company in the
your application is not approved,
you'll get a letter telling you why so
you can reapply.
Philippines to qualify for
BELONG STEP 3 naturalization. You also must
speak and write either
Spanish or English plus one • Visit a local court a year after your
of the major local languages. declaration has been approved.
You’ll need to present a number of

• Determine if you qualify for a

UGPO, JOHN WYLL I.
STEP
time reduction. Men married
to a Filipino woman, teachers
who have worked there for at
7 by at least two Filipino citizens who
least two years and people
who established an
papers, including a filled-out
application, two photographs, proof
of residency and an affidavit signed
know you and can vouch for your
moral character.Once you file
paperwork, it can take from days to
several months for approval. This
varies based on whether you're

HUMSS 12-B STEP 4 innovative industry or

invention in the country can
apply for citizenship after a
residency of only five years.
applying from inside the Philippines
or at an embassy.
How much does it cost?
Philippine Citizenship
ITEM DESCRIPTION Law
AMOUNT
There are 3 bases in Philippine nationality
law:
Application Fee
Philippine Citizenship through
-Php 1, 000. 00
 By Birth Marriage
Certification Fee  By Blood
-500. 00  By Naturalization Can you become a Filipino citizen if
DOJ Processing Fee you married a Filipino? Lots of
-1, 500. 00 -By birth a.k.a Jus soli is quite foreigners think if you have married a
Legal Research Fee self explanatory. It means you’re an Filipino, they can also become a
automatic citizen if you were born Filipino citizen right away. The fact is
20. 00
in the Philippines soil or territory. you won’t be entitled automatically.
Identification Certificate
3, 000. 00 -By blood a.k.a. Jus sanguinis is
also obvious. You are a citizen if If you have married a Filipino, you are
Service Fee entitled to the citizenship privilege
any of your parents is a Filipino
5, 000. 00 your spouse have received when
citizen on your birth date according
Legal Research Fee (LRF) for he/she married you. Unlike a foreigner
to the Philippine Nationality Law. who can apply for citizenship if he
each immigration fee except
-By Naturalization according to stayed for 10 years here, you being
Head Tax and Fines
the Bureau of Immigration of the married to a Filipino allow you to apply
30. 00 Philippines is the judicial act of after 5 years instead.
Express Fee (Certification) adopting a foreigner and clothing
500. 00 him with the privileges of a native- Under the law of Naturalization, you
Express Fee (Filing) born citizen. It implies the must take
500. 00 renunciation of a former nationality an oath and renounce your
Express Fee (IC Processing) citizenship and leave your former
and the fact of entrance into a nationality. Your wife however can
500. 00 similar relation towards a new body choose to be a citizen of this country
politic. or your country or both according to
TOTAL the Philippine Dual Citizenship
PHP 12, 550. 00 Law.