RECOGNITION AS A FILIPINO CITIZEN

Any child born of a Filipino parent may be recognized as a Filipino
citizen under existing laws, only after submission to the Commissioner
of the original or certified true copy of the following requirements:

1.    Petition by way of a letter-request made under oath by the
Filipino parent or legally appointed guardian; if the child is of legal
age, i.e. 18 years old, he/she must apply on his/her own capacity.

“In default of parents or a judicially appointed guardian the following x x x”

2.    Authenticated Birth Certificate of the child;

3.    Birth Certificate of the Filipino parent;

4.    Affidavit of Citizenship executed by the applicant’s Filipino
parent attesting to his or her citizenship at the time of the birth of
the child;

5.    Photocopy of the child’s passport, if he/she has one;

6.    Photocopy of the Filipino parent’s passport, if he/she has one;

7.    Proof of Filipino citizenship of a parent at the time of the
birth of the child other than the parents passport in No. 6 or the
child’s passport in No. 5 hereof.

In case the letter-request is made by a person on behalf of any of
the persons enumerated in No. 1, hereof, the parent or legally appointed
guardian, he or she must be duly authorized by way of a power of
attorney to file such petition.

All documents issued by foreign governments and those executed in a
foreign country shall be duly authenticated by the authorized Officer of
the Philippine Consulate of the Embassy which has jurisdiction over
them.

Any communication/statement/document in a language other than
English or Filipino shall be officially translated under seal of the
authorized officer of the appropriate foreign embassy otherwise it shall
be inadmissible;

The Bureau through its Records Section shall automatically furnish
the Department of Justice an official copy of its Order of Recognition
within 72 days from its date of approval by the way of indorsement for
confirmation of the Order by the Secretary of Justice pursuant to
Executive Order No. 292. No identification Certificate shall issue
before the date of confirmation by the Secretary of Justice and any
Identification Certificate issued by the Bureau pursuant to an Order of
Recognition shall prominently indicate thereon the date of confirmation
by the Secretary of Justice.

This Law  Instruction shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication and its filing with the U.P. Law Center.

Adopted: 15 April 1999

(SGD) RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ
Commissioner