I reacquired my Filipino citizenship a year ago. I felt whole again when I was handed my citizenship certificate. It was a wondeful feeling!
2007-01-01 08:56:18 · 2 answers · asked by That's A Lot of Nonsense 3 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
Generally a bad idea. Even though you may have felt "whole" again from a personal perspective, from a legal standpoint you may have surrendered certain rights to Philippine authorities should you get into trouble while in the Philippines. There rights are the basic "inalienable" rights afforded to US Citizens that you worked hard to gain when you were naturalized (i.e., due process, protection against illegal search and seizure, etc.) Also, the US State Department (the US Embassy) probably will not attempt to serve/protect you anymore if you somehow get into such trouble there because the Phil. authorities will invoke their rights to "own" you due to your reacquired citizenship.
Why the emphasis on this aspect of dual citizenship? Because the Philippine authorities and the greater society in general pretty much disregard their own country's laws, statutes and the aforementioned due process in its duties, in favor of serving personal interests and agendas, often driven by jealousies, unfair competition and outright thievery and power struggles. In other words, you as a dual citizen will be very likely subject to the same victimization by the powers-that-be over there (regardless if you are truly law-abiding) that a typical Fil. citizen suffers through. Isn't that why you left the country in the first place?
2007-01-01 17:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by Well 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too bad it's a one way street. A foreigner wishing to become a Filipino has to give up his first nationality.
2007-01-01 21:41:00 · answer #2 · answered by luosechi 駱士基 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋