Qualifications For Naturalization their word may be taken at face

value
1. Not less than 21 years of age on the
b. The lack of credibility of a
day of the hearing of the petition
witness, weakens or renders
2. Resided for a continuous period of not
futile to the applicants claim of
less than 10 years
worthiness
a. It can be reduced to 5 years
4. Must own real estate in the Philippines
under the following
worth not less than 5,000 php, or must
qualification:
have a lucrative trade profession or
i. Honorably held office
lawful occupation
under the government of
a. It must be shown that there is
the Philippines or under
an appreciable margin of his
any LGU
income over his expenses as to
ii. Having established a new
be able to provide for an
industry or introduce new
adequate support in the event
invention in the Philippines
of unemployment sickness or
iii. Married to a Filipino
disability. (avoid becoming
woman
object of charity or public
iv. Engaged as a teacher in a
charge)
public or recognized
b. It should permit him and his
private school not
family to live with reasonable
established for exclusive
comfort, in accordance with the
instruction of children of a
prevailing standard of living and
particular nationality or
consistently with the demands
race in any branches of
of human dignity
education or industry of
c. Consider only applicant’s
not less than 2 years.
income and should not include
v. Having been born in the
the spouse
Philippines
d. Determined at the time of the
3. Of good moral character and believes in
filing of the petition
the principles underlying the Philippines
5. He must be able to speak and write
Constitution and must have conducted
English or Spanish or any of the
himself in a proper and irreproachable
principal Philippine Language
manner during the entire period of his
6. Enrolled his minor children of school
residence in the Philippines in his
age, in any of the public schools
relation with the government and the
recognized by Department of
community
Education, Culture and Sciences (Office
a. To support that he has good
of Private Education of the PH dati),
moral character, applicant must
where history, government and civil are
present witnesses of good
taught and prescribed as part of the
standing in the community,
school curriculum during the entire
known to be honest and
period of the residence in the
upright, reputed to be trust
Philippines required of him prior to the
worthy and reliable and that
hearing of his petition