BoI Info Philippine Citizenship – How to become a Filipino Citizen if Foreigner

I would assume that RA9225 only applies to those born in the Philippines who have lost their Filipino nationality by taking on the nationality of their new-host country, it does not apply to those not born in the Philippines the way I read it...

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Who are qualified to apply under the Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003?​

Only natural-born citizens of the Philippines who have lost their Philippine citizenship by reason of their naturalization as citizens of a foreign country may retain/reacquire their Philippine citizenship under this Act.
DUAL CITIZENSHIP (R.A. 9225)

 

This would be the only reason I could think of as to why any foreigner would want to gain citizenship here, but it would not surprise me in the least to find out after jumping through all the hoops you would not be privileged to owning land here...

One thing that confuses me here is trying to work out what a posted price actually is, eg: Is this 5,000php or 5million php?

Quote;
He must own real estate in the Philippines worth not less than P5,000,

 

catch-22
noun

1. a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
   "a catch-22 situation"

 

"By birth a.k.a Jus soli is quite self explanatory. It means you’re an automatic citizen if you were born in the Philippines soil or territory."
I don't believe this is correct. I'd always heard that the Philippines did NOT recognize the principle of "jus soli", rather that Philippines citizenship derives from at least one parent, regardless of place of birth:
"I would then have to explain that I wasn't really Filipino — even though I was born here (where jus soli — acquisition of citizenship through place of birth — is not in effect) and even though I speak the language fluently. Neither of my parents are Filipino and I'm not married, so aside from being Pinoy "sa puso, sa isip, sa salita at sa gawa," I still wasn't legally a Filipino.
How I became a Filipino: A guide to naturalization for fellow foreignoys
R.A. 9139

 

If you go to the original link and read the questions below, there are many who were born in the Philippines but are not considered to be a citizen due to their foreign nationality...

Example:
Aretha says:
April 25, 2017 at 7:39 am

I was born in the Philippines in 1972, my mother is Filipino & my dad was in the military. They were not married when I was born, but he signed my certificate of Live birth & I was considered automatically U.S. citizen. I do not even have an actual birth certificate. I tried to apply for Dual citizenship so I can eventually retire in the Philippines, but I was advise that I do not qualify since I’m not considered Philippine citizen at birth. I was also advised by the Embassy of the Philippines located in Washigton D.C. that I will need to go to Manila & apply for some type of form for the Philippines to recognize me as one of their own before I can even be eligible to apply for a Dual. Is there an easier way that I can do this stateside or any other options. The Embassy was not much help with details & was rushing me off the phone.

 

Technically, under current law (the 1987 Constitution) that person would ALREADY be a "natural born" dual citizen, but might have to go through a process/get a document called "Recognition as a Filipino Citizen". It's totally different from the RA 9225 Re-Acquisition deal. It doesn't confer Philippines citizenship since it was never lost , just proves/validates it. My son born in 1988 MIGHT have to go through this if he ever a wants a Philippines passport. He was born in the Philippines (that part doesn't really matter) to a Filipina (now naturalized US citizen) mother and a US citizen father (me). His birth was correctly recorded with the Philippines NSO and the US Embassy in Manila, but he never got a Philippine passport, just US.
I'm honestly not sure about a person born in 1972 though, the requirements might have been different.

 

I was curious about the colours on the map you linked to so looked it up, will share the link for the others who are also curious;

Jus soli - Wikipedia

 

My wife reacquired her PI citizenship through RA9225 after getting her US citizenship, which requires that you renounce your other citizenships. The only way you can lose US citizenship is to specifically renounce it (like the FaceBook guy who moved to Singapore), so even if you reacquire Philippine citizenship you will retain your US citizenship. For chuckles, we did a late registration for our daughter who was born in the US, so she is a dual citizen based on her Mom's citizenship.