Practice question
A nineteen-year-old alien born in the Philippines and residing here since birth wants to know whether the age provision for ordinary judicial naturalization necessarily bars every naturalization route until age twenty-one. Compare the statutory age rules without assuming that age and birthplace alone establish entitlement.
Legal references
- Commonwealth Act No. 473, Sections 2, 3, 4 and 7: https://lawphil.net/statutes/comacts/ca1939/ca_473_1939.html
- Republic Act No. 9139, Sections 3, 4 and 6: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_9139_2001.html
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