Practice question
In 2010, a child is born in Singapore to a Filipino mother and a foreign father. The parents never apply to naturalize the child in the Philippines. Assuming the mother was Filipino at birth and no later citizenship loss is involved, which statement is correct?
- The child must have two Filipino parents to be Filipino.
- The foreign father necessarily excludes Philippine citizenship.
- The child cannot be Filipino without being born in Manila.
- The child is within Article IV, Section 1(2) through the Filipino mother; naturalization is not the source of that birth-based citizenship.
- A parental naturalization application is the only permitted citizenship basis.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IV: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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