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Even If He Is Already A Citizen of Other Country?

A former natural born Filipino who has become a citizen of another country may still own property in the Philippines, subject to certain limitations. Specifically: - They may own up to 5,000 square meters of urban land or 3 hectares of rural land for business or personal use. - If married, one spouse may avail of this, or together they cannot exceed the maximum amounts. - They can acquire up to two lots in different cities/municipalities, not exceeding the area limits. - Ownership is reserved for natural born Filipinos, defined as those with Filipino citizenship from birth or electing it upon adulthood if born before 1973 to a Filipino mother.

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Even If He Is Already A Citizen of Other Country?

A former natural born Filipino who has become a citizen of another country may still own property in the Philippines, subject to certain limitations. Specifically: - They may own up to 5,000 square meters of urban land or 3 hectares of rural land for business or personal use. - If married, one spouse may avail of this, or together they cannot exceed the maximum amounts. - They can acquire up to two lots in different cities/municipalities, not exceeding the area limits. - Ownership is reserved for natural born Filipinos, defined as those with Filipino citizenship from birth or electing it upon adulthood if born before 1973 to a Filipino mother.

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CAN A FORMER NATURAL BORN FILIPINO OWN A PROPERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES

EVEN IF HE IS ALREADY A CITIZEN OF OTHER COUNTRY?

As a rule, ownership of lands in the Philippines is reserved to Filipinos only (Section 2, Article XII, 1987
Constitution). As an exception, foreigners shall be allowed to acquire private lands in cases of hereditary
succession (Section 7, Article XII, 1987 Constitution). A different rule, however, shall be observed in case
of a former natural born Filipino who became a citizen of other countries. Section 8, Article XII of the 1987
Constitution allows such citizens to be a transferee of private lands, subject to limitations provided by law.

Such limitation is provided in Section 5 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8179, to wit:
Section 5. The Foreign Investments Act is further amended by inserting a new section designated as
Section 10 to read as follows:

“Section 10. Other Rights of Natural Born Citizen Pursuant to the provisions of Article XII, Section 8 of
the Constitution. – Any natural born citizen who has the legal capacity to enter into a contract under the
Philippine laws may be a transferee of a private land up to a maximum area of five thousand (5,000) square
meters in the case of urban land or three (3) hectares in the case of rural land to be used by him for business
or other purposes. In the case of married couples, one of them may avail of the privilege herein granted:
provided, that if both shall avail of the same, the total area acquired shall not exceed the maximum herein
fixed.

“In case the transferee already owns urban or rural land for business or other purposes, he shall still be
entitled to be a transferee of additional urban or rural land for business or other purposes which when added
to those already owned by him shall not exceed the maximum areas herein authorized.

“A transferee under this Act may acquire not more than two (2) lots which should be situated in different
municipalities or cities anywhere in the Philippines: provided that the total land area thereof shall not
exceed five thousand (5,000) square meters in the case of urban land or  three (3) hectares in the case of
rural land for use by him for business or other purposes. A transferee who has already acquired urban land
shall be disqualified from acquiring rural land and vice versa”.

Hence, you may still be able to buy lands in the Philippines subject to the aforementioned limitations even
if you are already a German citizen, provided that you are considered a natural born Filipino citizen. For
this purpose, a natural born citizen refers to a person who is a citizen of the Philippines from birth without
having to perform any act to acquire or perfect his/her Philippine citizenship. A person who was born
before January 17, 1973 of a Filipino mother and who elected Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age
of majority shall also be considered a natural born citizen (Section 2, Article IV, 1987 Constitution).

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