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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. L-21136. December 27, 1963.]

ONG SIOK SY (nee CHAN), Petitioner, v. MARTINIANO P. VIVO, as Acting Commissioner of Immigration, MARCIAL RANOLA, as Acting Commissioner of Immigration, VIRGILIO GASTON, as Acting Associate Commissioner of Immigration, and THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATIONS, Respondents.

Sergio R. Rigodon for Petitioner.

Solicitor General for Respondents.


SYLLABUS


1. CITIZENSHIP; NATURALIZATION; EFFECT ON WIFE AND CHILDREN. — An alien woman married abroad to a Filipino citizen who came to the Philippines only in 1961, does not, despite her taking oath of allegiance as Filipino citizen before a Filipino vice-consul abroad, become a naturalized citizen because she follows the citizenship of her Filipino husband only if she has all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications for naturalization, and, in the case at bar, she lacked the residence requirement of the Naturalization Law.

2. BOARD OF IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS; POWER TO RECONSIDER ITS DECISION WITHIN ONE YEAR. — The Board of Immigration Commissioners has the power to reverse its previous ruling within one year counted from the date of its promulgation.


D E C I S I O N


BARRERA, J.:


Tong Siok Sy married Calixto Chan, a Filipino citizen, at Taichung, Taiwan on November 12, 1960. She was then a citizen of Nationalist China. As a consequence of said marriage, she took her oath of allegiance as a Filipino citizen before the Filipino Vice- Consul at Taipeh, on February 6, 1961. On her entry into the country on May 2, 1961, Tong Siok Sy was documented as a Filipino citizen. An investigation of her case was conducted by the Bureau of Immigration Board of Special Inquiry, which reached a favorable decision, this wise: Commissioner Talabis voted in favor on July 28, 1961; Commissioner De La Rosa voted in favor on August 23, 1961; and Commissioner Galang voted against her admission on August 23, 1961.

On July 14, 1962, the present Board of Commissioners, after reviewing motu proprio her case, declared that she did not possess all the qualifications to become a citizen of the Philippines, especially the residence requirement, and ordered her exclusion as an alien not properly documented.

She filed an action in the Court of First Instance of Manila claiming that she was unduly deprived of her Filipino citizenship without due process of law. Appropriate answer was filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Bureau of Immigration. After the issues have been joined, the case was submitted for judgment on the pleadings. Thereafter, the court dismissed the petition, for the reason that the present Board of Commissioners, acting within the 1-year period within which its decision may be reconsidered, had the right to reverse its former ruling in favor of petitioner. Furthermore, it was held that an alien wife follows only the citizenship of her Filipino husband if she has all the qualifications for naturalization and none of the disqualifications. In this case, she lacked the residence requirement of 10 years by the Naturalization Law.

Petitioner is now bringing the matter here on appeal.

Section 15 of the Revised Naturalization Law reads:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

SEC. 15. Effect of the naturalization on wife and children. — Any woman who is now or hereafter be married to a citizen of the Philippines, and who might herself be lawfully naturalized shall be deemed a citizen of the Philippines."cralaw virtua1aw library

Evidently, Petitioner, who came to the Philippines only in 1961, does not possess all the necessary qualifications to become a naturalized citizen herself. Her marriage to a Filipino citizen did not ipso facto make her a citizen of the Philippines. (Lo Tuan v. Commissioner of Immigration, L-18775, prom. November 30, 1962; Kua Suy v. Commissioner of Immigration L-13790, prom. October 31, 1963).

The issue on the power of the Board of Immigration to reverse its previous ruling is also answered in the affirmative. It appearing that the last Commissioner who voted on the matter made it on August 23, 1961, the review of the case on July 14, 1962 was well within the 1- year period prescribed by law.

WHEREFORE, judgment affirmed, with costs against appellants. So ordered.

Bengzon, C.J., Padilla, Bautista Angelo, Labrador, Concepcion, Reyes, J.B.L., Paredes, Dizon, Regala and Makalintal, JJ., concur.




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