4/14/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly obligations appurtenant to such grant, and with the following effects and subject to the following conditions: 1. The grant of Philippine citizenship to the aforesaid aliens under this Decree shall be effective upon their taking the oath of allegiance as Philippine citizens and the issuance to them of certificate of naturalization by the Special Committee. The Commission on Immigration and Deportation shall thereupon cancel their certificate of registration as aliens and issue to them the corresponding identification certificates as citizens; 2. If the naturalized alien should die before taking the oath of allegiance as Filipino citizens and the issuance to him of the certificate of naturalization, his widow, if residing in the Philippines and found by the Special Committee to have none of the disqualifications specified in said LOI 270, may take the oath of allegiance as Filipino citizen, after which the minor children of said deceased alien and his wife, subject to the provisions of the next succeeding section, shall follow the acquired Filipino citizenship of their mother; 3. Alien wives and minor children of persons naturalized under this Decree shall be deemed Philippine citizens provided that: (a) The alien wife shall, in all cases, not suffer from any of the disqualifications for naturalization under Letter of Instructions No. 270; (b) The alien wife and minor children of persons naturalized under this Decree reside permanently in the Philippines at the time of his naturalization; (c) If the alien wife does not reside in the Philippines at the time of the naturalization of her husband, she shall come to the Philippines and reside in this country in good faith within one year from the naturalization of her husband; (d) If minor children do not reside in the Philippines at the time of the naturalization of their father they shall, within one (1) year from the naturalization of their father, in good faith reside in this country and, if of school age, enroll in Philippine schools. The fact that any such minor child of school age fails to graduate from a Philippine school, except for valid https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66236 13/20