TO: | Solicitor General Estelito P. Mendoza Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Manuel Collantes Director General Fabian Ver of NISA |
SUBJECT: | AMENDMENT OF LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS No. 270 |
(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 that 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 known 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. |
(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. |