What are the bases of acquiring citizenship?
There are 3 bases for acquiring citizenship by birth, namely: 1) Jus soli (right of soil) which is the legal principle that a person’s nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth (ie, the territory of a given state). 2) Jus sanguinis (right of blood) which is the legal principle that, at birth, an individual acquires the nationality of his/her natural parent/s. The Philippines adheres to this principle; 3) Naturalization which is the judicial act of adopting a foreigner and clothing him with the privileges of a native-born citizen. It implies the renunciation of a former nationality and the fact of entrance into a similar relation towards a new body politic.
