REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

FIRST JUDICIAL REGION

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ILOCOS NORTE
LAOAG CITY BRANCH 2

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR

NATURALIZATION OF
RAJESH KOOTHRAPALI
Petitioner,

SP. PROC NO. ______

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PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION

PETITIONER, and unto this Honorable Court, respectfully avers:

1. That the petitioner’s full name is RAJESH KUMAR KOOTHRAPALI, of legal

age, the son of KUNAL KOOTHRAPALI, his father and KAREENA
KOOTHRAPALI, his mother ; born in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines in May
7,1970.

2. That his present place of residence is Brgy. 55-B Barit, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte;

3. That his former place of residence were Mumbai City, India;

4. That he was born in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte;

5. That he is married to Maria Anna Sanchez Koothrapali; and is a father of Layla

Priyanka Sanchez Koothrapali ;

6. That his wife Maria Anna is 41 years old; having been born on July 28, 1973;

7. That the name, sex, date and place of birth of his daughter are as follows;

Name of Children Name of School

Layla Priyanka Sanchez Koothrapali Mariano Marcos State University

Female, July 24, 1993 Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
Laoag City,Ilocos Norte

8. That he arrived in the Philippines from Mumbai, India on June 26, 1980

9. That he has resided continuously in the Philippines for not less than ten (10) years as
a permanent resident immediately preceding the date if this petition;

10. That he speaks and writes English and Tagalog;

11. That his trade of profession is a Restaurant Chef in which he has been engaged since
January 4, 1989; and from which he derives an annual average income of one million
pesos (P1,000,000.00);

12. That he is the owner of a real estate, situated in Brgy. 55-B Barit Laoag City, Ilocos
Norte, worth not less than five thousand pesos (P5,000.00)
13. That he has enrolled his daughterof school age in the following schools recognized
by the government and civics are thought as part of the school curriculum. Said
enrolment having lasted during the entire period of his required residence in the
Philippines;

14. That he believes in the principle underlying the Philippine Constitution; is of good
moral character and had conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner
during the entire period of his residence in the Philippines in his relations with the
constituted government as well as with the community in which he lives; has mingled
socially with the Filipinos, and has evinced a genuine desire to learn and embrace the
customs, traditions, and ideas of the Filipinos;

15. That he is not opposed to organized government or affiliated with any association or
group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized government;
that he does not defend or teach the necessity or propriety of violence, personal
assault, or assassination for he success and predominance of their ideas; that he is not
a polygamist or a believer in polygamy or in the practice of polygamy, that he has
never been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, that he is not suffering
from mental alienation or incurable contagious disease’ and that he is not a citizen or
subject of a nation at war in the Philippines;

16. That he has complied with the requirements of the Naturalization Law (CA No. 473)
regarding the filing with the Office of the Solicitor-General of his bona fide intention
to become citizen of the Philippines;

17. That it is his intention in good faith to become a citizen of the Philippines and to
renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign state or
sovereignty, if this petition is granted, and particularly to Sergei Dragonuv Ivanovich
of which at this time he is a citizen or subject that he will reside continuously in the
Philippines from date of the filing of this petition up to the time of his admission to
Philippine citizenship;

18. That he has bit heretofore made petition for any citizenship to any court;

19. That Juan Dela Cruz of legal age residing at Brgy.7 Sucsuquen Piddig, Ilocos Norte
and John Altarejos Mitra of legal age, residing at Brgy. 2 San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte,
who are Filipino citizens, will appear and testify as witnesses at the hearing of this
petition;

20. That attached hereto and made integral parts of this petition are; ( a ) Affidavit of
witnesses ( Annex “A” ); and ( b ) a signed copy of petitioners declaration of
intention to become a citizen of the Philippines ( Annex “B” ).

WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays that he be admitted a citizen of the Philippines.

Dated at this 23rd day of July, 2014 in Laoag City, Philippines.

___________________________
RAJESH KOOTHRAPALI
Petitioner

Brgy. 55-B Barit, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

 VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

I, SERGEI D. IVANOVICH, of legal age, a citizen of Russia and a resident of Brgy:

55-A Barit Laoag City, do hereby depose and say:

That I am the petitioner in the above captioned Petition for Naturalization; and

That I have read the allegations therein and the same are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge and belief.

And I further certify that:

I have neither commenced any other action involving the same issues in the Supreme
Court, Court of Appeals or any other court, tribunal or agency; and

Should I hereinafter learn that the similar action or proceeding has been filed or its
pending therein, I hereby undertake to notify this Honorable Court within five (5) days from said
notice of such similar and/or pending action or proceeding.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affixed my signature below on this 25 th Day of

July 2014 at Laoag City, Philippines.

RAJESH KOOTHRAPALI
CTC #0123456
Issued at: Laoag City
Issued on: July 25, 2014

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )

PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE ) S.S
CITY OF LAOAG )

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

BEFORE ME, a Notary Public in the City of Laoag, Province of Ilocos Norte,
Philippines, personally appeared RAJESH KOOTHRAPALI for his execution of a
PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION with a CTC numbered 79134679.

IN WITNESS WHEROF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal on
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this 25 day of July, 2014 in Laoag City, Philippines.

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