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Facts: A baby named Sora is found abandoned in a shipping container left at the Port of Batangas after a vessel from abroad arrives. There is no identification and no known parents. A foundling case is filed with the local civil registrar. (a) State the controlling rule on citizenship for foundlings under Republic Act No. 11767; (b) Explain how this rule relates to the constitutional rule on citizenship by birth; (c) Apply the rules to Sora: Is Sora a Filipino citizen by operation of law? What steps are required to secure documentary evidence of her citizenship?

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Foundlings' citizenship depends on the nationality of their biological parents; if the parents are unknown, the foundling is not automatically a Filipino. Even with RA 11767, documentary evidence of citizenship is issued only after Sora reaches legal adulthood. Sora is a Filipino citizen by operation of law under RA 11767 because foundlings found in the Philippines are Filipino citizens by operation of law; documentary evidence is a Certificate of Filipino Citizenship issued by the local civil registrar after filing and verification of the foundling case. Sora is not a Filipino citizen by operation of law; RA 11767 applies only to foundlings who can prove Filipino parentage; if the parents are unknown, she cannot be declared a citizen.

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