Citizenship Guide

Steps to Gain Dual Citizenship – Philippines

Filipinos & Former Filipino Citizens (Balikbayans) & OFW Former natural-born Filipinos who are now naturalized citizens of another country can buy and register land in the Philippines under their own name but limited in land area. However, those who avail of the Dual Citizenship Law in the Philippines can buy as much as any other Filipino

Former Natural-born Philippine Citizen now Naturalized American Citizen Any natural-born Philippine citizen who has lost his Philippine citizenship may still own private land in the Philippines up to a maximum area of 5,000 square meters in the case of rural land. In the case of married couples, the total area that both couples are allowed

Foreigners Married to a Filipino Citizen In holding a title as an individual, a typical situation would be that a foreigner married to a Filipino citizen would hold title in the Filipino spouse’s name. The foreign spouse’s name cannot be on the title but can be on the contract to buy the property. In the