Naturalization Laws / Citizenship Laws
Section 15. Effect of the naturalization on wife and children. - Any woman.who is now or may hereafter be married to a citizen of the Philippines, and who might herself .be lawfully naturalized shall be deemed a citizen of the Philippines.
Minor children of persons naturalized under this law who have been born in-the Philippines shall be considered.citizens thereof.
A foreign-bom minor child,if dwelling in the Philippines at the time of the naturalization of the parent, ¦ shall automatically become a Philippine citizen, and a foreign-born minor child, who is not in the Philippines at the time the parent is naturalized, shall be deemed a Philippine citizen only during his minority, unless he begins to reside permanently in the Philippines when still a minor, in which case, he will.continue to be a Philippine citizen:even after becoming of age.
A child born outside of the Philippines after, the naturalization of his parent, shall be considered a Philippine citizen, unless within one year after reaching the age of majority, he. fails to register himself as a Philippine citizen at the American Consulate of the country where he resides, and to take the necessary oath of allegiance.