<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Status: Current legislation </Td> </Tr> <P> The Philippine nationality law is based upon the principles of jus sanguinis (Latin for right of blood) and therefore descent from a parent who is a citizen or national of the Republic of the Philippines is the primary method of acquiring Philippine citizenship . This is contrasted with the legal principle of jus soli where being born on the soil of a country, even to foreign parents, grants one citizenship . For those born in the Philippines to non-Filipino parents, the Administrative Naturalization Law of 2000 (R.A. 9139) provides a path for administrative naturalization for those who qualify . </P> <P> Philippine nationality law provides that a person is a Philippine citizen by birth if </P> <Ul> <Li> that person was born on or after January 17, 1973 and at least one parent was a Philippine citizen on the birthdate; </Li> <Li> or that person was born before January 17, 1973 whose father was a Philippine citizen--or whose mother was a Philippine citizen and the person has formally elected Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority; </Li> <Li> or that person was born on or after May 14, 1935 and the father was a Philippine citizen or, if the father was not, the mother was a Philippine citizen and the person elected Philippine citizenship pursuant to the provisions of the 1935 Constitution; </Li> <Li> or that person was born on or after August 29, 1916 and prior to May 14, 1935 and at least one parent was an inhabitant and resident of the Philippine Islands and a Spanish subject on April 11, 1899, or that person was an inhabitant and resident of the Philippine Islands and a Spanish subject on April 11, 1899, except in certain specific cases . </Li> </Ul>

Provisions of being a citizen to the republic of the philippines