Practice question
An agency prepares citizenship records for two persons. One was first naturalized Filipino in adulthood and later validly repatriated under an applicable law after losing that status. The other was Filipino from birth through a Filipino mother and has never lost citizenship; obtaining a civil-registry copy merely documents her birth. Which classification best follows Article IV and Bengson, assuming the facts are established?
- Both necessarily become naturalized because they obtained official documents.
- Both automatically become natural-born through the issuance of records.
- The first becomes natural-born because repatriation changes the date of birth.
- The first recovers the original naturalized status; the second remains natural-born on her own birth-citizenship basis.
- Neither may be classified without a new constitutional amendment.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IV: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Bengson III v. HRET, G.R. No. 142840, May 7, 2001, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/18/58613
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