Regional Trial Court [LAST PUBLICATION] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS NO. 2010-0290.-In the Matter of the Petition for Naturalization as Citizen of the Philippines. JONATHAN SIH Тo, Petitioner Before this Court is an Amended Petition for Naturalization filed by Jonathan Sih To. Among others, the petitioner alleges: he is single, Chinese citizen and has been residing at No. 29 Kapitan Simeon Luz St., Lipa City for 39 years or since his birth; he was born on August 9, 1970 at N.L. Villa Hospital, Lipa City and had studied and finished elementary, high school and college education in Philippine Schools, which were all recognized by by the Philippine Government; he speaks and writes English and Tagalog and believes in the underlying principles of the Philippine Constitution; he has been employed at the Lipa City Panceteria and pays taxes regularly; he is of good moral character and that during the entire of his residence in the Philippines, he has conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner in his relations with the duly constituted government as well as with the community in where he lives; he has mingled socially with Filipinos and has evidenced of his genuine desire to learn and embrace the customs, traditions and ideas of the Filipinos; he is not opposed to organized government nor affiliated with any association or group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized governments; he is not a polygamist or a believer in polygamy or practice polygamy; he is not a citizen or a subject of a nation at war with the Philippines and has never been convicted of any involving moral turpitude; and that he is not suffering from mental alienation or incurable contagious diseases. Moreover, he points out that it is his intention to become a Filipino Citizen and to renounce absolutely and forever, all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign state and sovereignty, particularly to China of which at this time, he is a citizen; and that he undertakes to continuously reside in the Philippines from the date of filing of this petition up to the time of admission to the Philippine Citizenship. In support of his petition, he alleges that Nilda R. Joaquin, a resident of Interior, Malvar St., Lipa City and Dy Pang Lim of No. 437 San Carlos, Lipa City, will appear and testify as witnesses at the hearing of this petition. He further states that having been born in the Philippines, he is exempt to present a certificate of arrival issued by the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation and to file a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the Philippines. Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing on September 26, 2012 at 8:30 o'clock in the morning at the Session Hall |