DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
P H O TO  R E L E A S E
2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines                                                         Tel. No. 834-4000                                                                                   www.dfa.gov.ph
SFA-AGR-223-06                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                17 April 2006

FORMER FILIPINOS REACQUIRE FILIPINO CITIZENSHIP AT RP CONSULATE GENERAL, SAN FRANCISCO

17 April 2006 — Vice Consul Anton Mandap administers the oath of citizenship to over a hundred former Filipinos at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 7 April 2006.  The Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Law of 2003 mandates Philippine foreign service posts to administer the oath of citizenship based on the “Oath of Allegiance.”  The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco holds the oath-taking ceremony every Friday at 3:00 p.m. at the Philippine Center Social Hall.
 

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