Today, I got a note in my e-mail from Dennis. Dennis is in the United Kingdom.
Here is what Dennis had to say:
I am married to a Filipino,we have six girls aged between two and twenty two, all British, Please could you tell me if they all qualify for citizenship in the Philippines,and can we get them all Philippine passports on arrival when we immigrate there next year,and. what costs are involved.
Thank you.
Dennis
Hello Dennis,
If your wife was a Citizen of the Philippines on the day that each child was born, then they are eligible to be Philippine Citizens. If your wife had already naturalized and lost her Philippine Citizenship, then your children are not eligible to be Philippine Citizens.
If your wife was indeed a Philippine Citizen at the time of the kids’ birth, then she should file a “report of birth abroad” with the Philippine Embassy or Consulate that serves the area where your children were born, and this is how they would become recognized as Philippine Citizens.
Yes, if your children are eligible, then you could acquire passports for them while you are in the Philippines, or you could acquire Philippine Passports for them in London at the Philippine Embassy if you prefer to do it that way. If it were me doing the applying for Passports, I would do it in London rather than in the Philippines. I feel that it will go more smoothly there. Things are always complicated and take more time here in the Philippines, much more bureaucracy to deal with!
Good luck to you.
Hi Dennis – If you meet the criteria as Bob pointed out you can obtain the girls citizenship and new passports at the Philippine Embassy in London before you travel, much easier.
Regards.
Jim.
“Things are always complicated and take more time here in the Philippines, much more bureaucracy to deal with”
This is true, the Philippine Embassies and Consulates’ around the world seem to work with a higher degree of efficiency than in Mega Mania. I pondered that and will render a guess as to why.
Employment which we know is needed here on the islands. Outside of the country (Philippines) to represent the government they send their best and brightest. Albeit you could sometimes wonder about that, I have found that service is better outside the country. (RP)
Here in Manila and around the country to provide employment to their people they bypass computers and other technology and substitute it with people. Yes it is not as productive but think of all those folks being unemployed and the poverty that would cause. I could list examples that I have seen proving this, but I know the reader has seen as many or more then I could ever name.
Bob this is but my theory, with no bases in fact and lacking any way to prove it. But………….
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Hi Paul, I have to agree with your theory about efficiency at Philippine outposts abroad compared to the inefficiency at the Philippine Government offices in the country.
In addition to what you say, I think that the people working at the outposts abroad are living in a place where they see systems working faster and more efficiently, and because of that, they try to provide the same level of service at their offices.
What do you think?
“Things are always complicated and take more time here in the Philippines, much more bureaucracy to deal with”
This is true, the Philippine Embassies and Consulates’ around the world seem to work with a higher degree of efficiency than in Mega Mania. I pondered that and will render a guess as to why.
Employment which we know is needed here on the islands. Outside of the country (Philippines) to represent the government they send their best and brightest. Albeit you could sometimes wonder about that, I have found that service is better outside the country. (RP)
Here in Manila and around the country to provide employment to their people they bypass computers and other technology and substitute it with people. Yes it is not as productive but think of all those folks being unemployed and the poverty that would cause. I could list examples that I have seen proving this, but I know the reader has seen as many or more then I could ever name.
Bob this is but my theory, with no bases in fact and lacking any way to prove it. But………….
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You are correct. The bureaucracy mess here ensures everyone has a job, in addition to that, different layers and departments of checking the same thing helps, normally what an efficient computer program can do. Hopefully things may improve who knows? There are growing calls for it from within the Philippine government sector.
Hi Bob :
Previously u mentioned that currently one can request an extension of Tourist Visa for up to 6 months.
Can you please expand on this subject & what documents are required for such a request.
Thank you & best regards.
Really nothing to expand. Just go do a visa extension and request 6 months.
Getting the Filipino passports in London should be a lot less stressful but will be a lot more expensive. I would question why they need a filipino passport. They will get a certificate of citizenship then just travel on ther UK passports. Our 22 year old son hasn’t had a Philippine passport since he was a baby.
Since the person wrote in and ask me specifically about getting passports, I felt it was the right thing to answer their question instead of just ignoring it.
Why should they not need a Philippine passport? The answer is, because it is their heritage and they have every right to keep it and be proud of their mother’s nation. My wife’s nation is as part of me, as much as part of my children. I want Philippines to be equally respected as my own country is in my home. That is what marriage is about. You bring two worlds together if you are going for an inter-racial marriage. Certificate of citizenship may do the job, but having a Philippine passport is a matter of pride and belonging and identity to many Filipinos with dual citizenship or dual heritage.
Thanks for the update Bob. This is what happened to us at the Philippine Consulate in Honolulu (circa 2002): At that time we were contemplating obtaining dual citizenship for my wife, our older daughter had been born prior to her mother’s naturalization process. Our youngest had been born after her mother became a US citizen. Both daughters were born in the US. We arrived at the consulate with the intention of obtaining “dual citizenship” for my wife and the older daughter. As we were speaking with and turning over our paperwork to the kind employee at the consulate, she looked at our younger daughter and asked ‘where is her paperwork?’. I explained that she was born after her mother became a US citizen. We were told that such had no bearing on whether the younger was eligible for “dual citizenship”. We went to the local drug store and obtained passport ID photos of the youngest daughter and returned to the consulate. We walked out of there with ‘dual citizenship” for all three. It appears from your information that you provided to the Brit, that our younger daughter would not be eligible now. Things change.
Here’s a related question: At what age, if any, will the Philippine consulate deny our daughters to renew their passports, i.e. “dual citizenship”?
Aloha
Your children are dual citizens for life. They can continue to renew their passports as long as they are alive.
I got my 13g Permanent visa in 6 days in a Philippine embassy overseas. All done by courrier. Yes, it is faster. The Acr-I card wait was longer inside the Philippines + the Quarantine process.