4/14/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly GRANTING CITIZENSHIP TO DESERVING ALIENS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 836 dated December 3, 1975 granted Philippine citizenship to deserving aliens who were earlier screened and recommended for citizenship by the Special Committee on Naturalization pursuant to Letter of Instruction No. 270; WHEREAS, the Special Committee on Naturalization has completed the processing of a second group of applicants and recommended to the President of the Philippines the grant of Philippine citizenship by decree to these applicants; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby grant Philippine citizenship to the individuals of foreign nationality whose names appear in Annex A of this Decree, with all the rights, privileges, duties and obligations appurtenant to such grant and with the same effects and subject to the same conditions provided under Presidential Decree No. 836 dated December 3, 1975; Provided, however, That Presidential Decree No. 836 is amended inserting the following additional paragraph: "3-A. Copies of the oaths of allegiance of the wives and the certificates of naturalization of the wives and minor children of persons who acquire Philippine citizenship under this Decree shall be furnished the Commission on Immigration and Deportation, which shall thereupon cancel their certificates of registration as aliens and issue to them the corresponding identification certificates as citizens." This Decree shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six. .... 1117. Lao Kian Ben. (Underscoring provided) Clear from Presidential Decree Nos. 836 and 923 is that the naturalization extends to the alien wife and minor children of the person naturalized upon the wife's showing that she does not suffer from any of the disqualifications under Letter of Instructions No. 270, and that she and her minor children reside permanently in the Philippines at the time of her husband's naturalization. In other words, the only persons to undergo the proceeding before the Special Committee on Naturalization will only be the person naturalized and his wife. The minor children, in the words of Letter of Presidential Decree No. 836 "follow the acquired Filipino citizenship of their mother." Besides, the entries sought to be changed are the nationalities of Lao Kian Ben and Chia Kong Liong as appearing in the certificates of live birth of Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas. Therefore, the only relevant issue, at least for the https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66236 15/20