Hi Everybody/Brit Citizenship

[darren-b]

http://www.philippineconsulate.com.au/PDF/CFO.FAQ2.pdf

some info here,

you don't actually lose your Filipino citizenship when you become a British citizen, but you need to express the intention of retaining your Filipino citizenship by taking the oath of allegiance to the philippines.

I think they've got a slightly different definition of retaining to me....

"Republic Act No. 9225 or the Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act of 2003 is a law passed on 29 August 2003 which grants natural-born Filipinos who have lost their Filipino citizenship through naturalization in a foreign country, the opportunity to retain or re-acquire their Filipino citizenship."

What they seem to mean is anyone who has only just lost their Filipino citizenship is 'retaining' it, and anyone who lost their Filipino citizenship a while back (ie before this law was granted) is 're-acquiring' it. In either case though the Filipino citizenship would be lost for a period of time.

[joebloggs]

http://www.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%209225.pdf the actual act

yes i think your right, those before the act re-acquire citizenship and those after the act retain citizenship