REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH ___, ______________CITY
IN RE: PETITION FOR
NATURALIZATION OF
______________,
Naturalization Case No.
Petitioner, ____________
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PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION
Petitioner ______________, by counsel,1 unto this
Honorable Court, most respectfully states that:
1. Petitioner, whose complete name is __________,
was born on _____ in _____ to parents _____ and _____. A copy
of Petitioner’s Certificate of Birth is attached hereto and
made an integral part hereof as ANNEX “A.”
2. Petitioner is a citizen of ______, a country whose
laws grant Filipinos the right to become naturalized citizens
thereof. Petitioner is registered as a resident alien and
possesses an alien certificate of registration from the
Bureau of Immigration. Certificate of Arrival.
3. Petitioner arrived in the Philippines on ____ at the
Manila International Airport from _______ via ______.
Petitioner has continuously and permanently resided in the
Philippines since his arrival, and has been residing at
_______ for at least one (1) year prior to the filing of this
Petition. Previous residences. Travel Records from
Bureau of Immigration. Passports
4. Petitioner is a _____ and has an annual gross
income of ______. Copies of this Annual Income Tax Returns
for the years ___, ___, and ___, are attached hereto and made
integral parts hereof as ANNEXES “_,” “_,”
and “_.” Copies of Bank Statements, etc. ____. Land
Titles, Tax Declaration
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Petitioner may be served with copies of pleadings, orders, notices and other court processes at the undersigned
counsel’s address indicated below.
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5. Petitioner speaks and writes English and Filipino.
6. Petitioner is married since ______ to ______, a
Filipino Citizen, __ years old, born on ____ at ____. Marriage
Contract. Birth Certificate of wife. Consequently,
Petitioner is entitled to the benefit of Section 3 of the
Revised Naturalization Law (Commonwealth Act No. 473)
reducing to five (5) years the requirement under Section 2
of ten (1) years of continuous residence.
7. Petitioner and his wife begot two children, namely
____ and ____, who were born on _____ and ____, at ______
respectively, and both raised in the Philippines since birth.
Petitioner’s children studied and graduated grade school
and high school from ______________, a private school
recognized by the Government, which is not limited to any
race or nationality, and where Philippine history,
government and civics are taught or prescribed as part of
the school curriculum. ____ and ____, now adults, are
currently residing at ____ and ___, respectively. Birth
Certificates, Transcript, Diploma/Certificate.
8. Petitioner is exempt from the requirements of
Section 6 of the Revised Naturalization Law
(Commonwealth Act No. 473) regarding the filing with the
Office of the Solicitor-General a declaration under oath of
his bona fide intention to become citizen of the Philippines,
as he has been residing in the Philippines for more than 30
years prior to the filing of this Petition, and given primary
and secondary education to all his children in a private
school recognized by the Government and not limited to any
race or nationality.
9. Petitioner possesses all the qualifications under
Section 2, and none of the disqualifications under Section 4
of the Revised Naturalization Law.
9.1. Petitioner believes in the principles
underlying the Philippine Constitution; is of good
moral character and has conducted himself in a proper
and irreproachable manner during the entire period of
his residence in the Philippines in his relations with the
constituted government as well as with the community
in which he lives; has mingled socially with the
Filipinos, and has evinced a genuine desire to learn
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and embrace the customs, traditions, and ideas of the
Filipinos.
9.2. Petitioner is not opposed to organized
government or affiliated with any association or group
of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing
all organized government; he does not defend or teach
the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault,
or assassination for the success and predominance of
their ideas; Petitioner is not a polygamist or a believer
in polygamy or in the practice of polygamy, Petitioner
has never been convicted of any crime involving moral
turpitude, Petitioner is not suffering from mental
alienation or incurable contagious disease; and
Petitioner is not a citizen or subject of a nation at war
in the Philippines, or a country whose laws do not
grant Filipinos the right to become naturalized citizens
or subjects thereof. Barangay Clearance, Police
Clearance, NBI Clearance,
10. It is Petitioner’s intention in good faith to become
a citizen of the Philippines and to renounce absolutely and
forever any allegiance and fidelity to _______. Petition shall
likewise reside continuously in the Philippines from the date
of the filing of this Petition up to the time of his admission to
Philippine citizenship.
11. This Petition is supported by the Judicial Affidavits
of two credible persons, namely, ______ and ____, both
Filipino Citizens, and residents of _________ and ______,
respectively, who personally know the Petitioner to be a
resident of the Philippines for thirty plus (30+) years, to be
a person of good repute and morally irreproachable, and
who, in their opinion, that Petitioner has all the
qualifications necessary to become a citizen of the
Philippines and is not in any way disqualified under the
provisions of the Revised Naturalization Law.
12. Petitioner desires to become a citizen of the
Republic of the Philippines.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully prays, after due
notice, publication, and hearing, that he be admitted as a
citizen of the Republic of the Philippines.
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Angeles City. __________ 2015
