I want to use my maiden name again

[gWaPito]

Your very welcome.

As always, please do review the application form and guidance and be sure you can fully comply with all requirements.

You may consider securing a British Passport before re-acquiring Philippine citizenship since the Philippine Embassy will cancel your Philippine passport at the Oath-Taking and you'll have no other valid travel document.
You should therefore consider renewing that passport at the same time.

When the wife got her new British passport, a few days earlier she got back her Philippine passport back. Untouched uncut. Perfectly usable. So if she looses her Philippine citizenship why on earth have they give it back?

[joebloggs]

When the wife got her new British passport, a few days earlier she got back her Philippine passport back. Untouched uncut. Perfectly usable. So if she looses her Philippine citizenship why on earth have they give it back?

british law allows you dual citizenship, so there is no problem with UKBA, its the phils gov thats a bit of a problem with having to take the Oath again.

[Terpe]

When the wife got her new British passport, a few days earlier she got back her Philippine passport back. Untouched uncut. Perfectly usable. So if she looses her Philippine citizenship why on earth have they give it back?

Sorry Mark, I don't understand your point or question

After the Naturalisation Ceremony did she then renew her passport? Sounds not. Means the Philippine Embassy are not aware she has British Citizenship.

Once someone takes the oath for British Citizenship then technically, and according to Philippine laws, that person automatically loses Philippine Citizenship until such time as they re-acquire it by taking the Philippine Oath.

Of course if that person never reveals the truth to Philippine authorities then nothing will happen until it is either revealed voluntarily or until it is somehow discovered.
Plenty of folks do that but there are some highly undesirable consequences.

Did your wife take an oath of allegience at the Philippine Embassy and receive a certificate of citizenship?

[gWaPito]

She has no paperwork saying she's lost her Philippine Citizenship. ..no paperwork saying she must inform the authorities. ..as far as she's concerned she's already dual Citizen..no obvious signs of 'automatically' losing Philippine Citizenship.

[Terpe]

She has no paperwork saying she's lost her Philippine Citizenship. ..no paperwork saying she must inform the authorities. ..as far as she's concerned she's already dual Citizen..no obvious signs of 'automatically' losing Philippine Citizenship.

Philippine law Mark.
She took an oath of allegience to UK. Period.

Believe it or not it's true. She is no longer Philippine Citizen.

As I said, many others just like that. No-one knows until they know.

[joebloggs]

She is no longer Philippine Citizen.

there must be many filipinos who are now british citizens that have not retaken the oath,

i cant see the phils gov stripping them of citizenship no matter what they say..

i can only recall , a post i made about a filipino who was now an american citizen that he didnt retake his oath to the phils that it was judged he couldnt stand for being a major of some town\city in the phils..

[joebloggs]

She has no paperwork saying she's lost her Philippine Citizenship. ..no paperwork saying she must inform the authorities. ..as far as she's concerned she's already dual Citizen..no obvious signs of 'automatically' losing Philippine Citizenship.

the British gov is not going to tell the phils embassy she is now a British citizen. its not their concern.

i dont think its a big problem, even if the phils gov\embassy know , at worse she just needs to take an oath again.