4/14/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly to five 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 subdivision 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, 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; f. He must be able to speak and write Filipino; or English or Spanish, and any of the principal Philippine languages; 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, where Philippine history, government and civics are taught or prescribed as part of the school curriculum, 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. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66236 11/20