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My wife and I purchased a house in the Philippines . Her mother and sister live in it . In Philippine law a foreignor can not own property as an individual in the philippines , but they can own property as a partner with someone who is a philippine citizen . The problem is , when we bought the house my wife was a philippine citizen and a green card holder in the U.S. - she has since become a US citizen .
   Our question is , What is the status of the property now that neither one of us is a philippine citizen and is it too late to change the title to one of her relatives who is currently a philippine citizen ? what should we do - if anything ?

 

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September 13 10:31 PM (3 hours and 11 minutes and 51 seconds later)
         
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Dear Customer (name blocked for privacy), pursuant to Republic Act No. 9225, also known as the Citizenship Retention and Re-Acquisition Act of 2003, an individual, who was a natural-born Filipino citizen but lost his/her Philippine citizenship due to naturalization as a citizen of a foreign country, may now apply for the Administration of Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines.

She can retain her property.

THE ACT: http://www.chicagopcg.com/forms/RA 9225.doc

Petition for Dual Citizenship: http://www.chicagopcg.com/forms/oath form.doc

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Edited by emj1219 on September 13 2006 at 10:32 PM

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September 13 10:59 PM (28 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
Reply to Ed Johnson's Post: just a follow up question . Where does she take this oath , I mean where and how is it administered - what does she have have to do for it to take effect ? Will the taking of this oath affect her U.S. citizenship ?
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September 13 11:15 PM (15 minutes and 54 seconds later)
         
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Dear Customer (name blocked for privacy),

This will not affect her U.S. Citizenship. U.S. Law does not prohibit someone from having dual citizenship. In order for her to loose U.S. Citizenship, she would have to renounce it formally at a U.S. Embassy outside the United States.

She should be able to take the oath at the nearest embassy of the phillippines in the U.S. or Canada.

Where are you currently located?

 



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September 13 11:20 PM (4 minutes and 8 seconds later)
         
Reply to Ed Johnson's Post: thanks alot , we're in huntington beach, ca. 92648. I assume the nearest embassy is the one in Los Angeles.
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September 13 11:59 PM (39 minutes and 28 seconds later)
         
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