Naturalisation, Registration, Dual Citizenship and name change

[jamesy]

so do you mean she only went to the Filipino embassy in London to swear an oath for to be given a certificate to prove Filipino nationality ,rather than going for dual citizenship as in a Filipino passport, can you explain whats the best option a dual passport or the certificate ,and would both my wife and daughter have to acquire this. excuse my lack of understanding, I'm Scottish.i should be highly intelligent as i attended one of the best boarding schools in scotland but i was a rebel .

[Terpe]

so do you mean she only went to the Filipino embassy in London to swear an oath for to be given a certificate to prove Filipino nationality ,rather than going for dual citizenship as in a Filipino passport, can you explain whats the best option a dual passport or the certificate ,and would both my wife and daughter have to acquire this. excuse my lack of understanding, I'm Scottish.i should be highly intelligent as i attended one of the best boarding schools in scotland but i was a rebel .

Are you being serious?

I think you'd better do some research on how to achieve British / Filipino dual citizenship to gain a better understanding

[jamesy]

yes thats what i was trying to do i was asking you ,some of us on here dont have the knowledge and exsperience,that some people have accuried through many years , some of us are still young and eagar for advice ,but not to worry a kind.scottish gentleman came to our assistance,but thanks any way for your thoughtful and kind concerns

[Arthur Little]

so do you mean she only went to the Filipino embassy in London to swear an oath for to be given a certificate to prove Filipino nationality ,rather than going for dual citizenship as in a Filipino passport, can you explain whats the best option a dual passport or the certificate ,and would both my wife and daughter have to acquire this. excuse my lack of understanding, I'm Scottish.i should be highly intelligent as i attended one of the best boarding schools in scotland but i was a rebel .

Jamesy ... like you, I'm Scottish and MY wife is ALSO from the Philppines. Last August, she became a naturalised British Citizen. This, in turn, entitled her to a British Passport; all well and good. However, it also meant [temporarily] renouncing her Philippines' Citizenship.

Now, due to the fact that she'd been a teacher for 22 years back home - and, in order to safeguard her Government Pension - it made sense for her to swear an Oath of Allegiance to become a dual citizen.

Philippines in the UK is, first and foremost, represented at its Embassy in London; in addition to which, I believe, there's a Consular presence in other major cities throughout the land.

One such Centre is located in *Edinburgh and, as it happens, my wife learned from a friend that *they'd arranged to conduct a series of Oathtaking Ceremonies (and simultaneously deal with Phils Passport renewals) by appointment only on Saturday 27 April, between the hours of 9.00am & 5.00pm - subject, of course, to prior completion of an appropriate online application.

So ... ... effectively, WE ended up getting "the best of BOTH worlds", you might say.

[Michael Parnham]

Jamesy ... like you, I'm Scottish and MY wife is ALSO from the Philppines. Last August, she became a naturalised British Citizen. This, in turn, entitled her to a British Passport; all well and good. However, it also meant [temporarily] renouncing her Philippines' Citizenship.

Now, due to the fact that she'd been a teacher for 22 years back home - and, in order to safeguard her Government Pension - it made sense for her to swear an Oath of Allegiance to become a dual citizen.

Philippines in the UK is, first and foremost, represented at its Embassy in London; in addition to which, I believe, there's a Consular presence in other major cities throughout the land.

One such Centre is located in *Edinburgh and, as it happens, my wife learned from a friend that *they'd arranged to conduct a series of Oathtaking Ceremonies (and simultaneously deal with Phils Passport renewals) by appointment only on Saturday 27 April, between the hours of 9.00am & 5.00pm - subject, of course, to prior completion of an appropriate online application.

So ... ... effectively, WE ended up getting "the best of BOTH worlds", you might say.

Some very useful information Arthur!

[jamesy]

hi arthur pleased to meet you and thanks for the info ,i hope you have more luck then we did with the philippine consular weve already been aquainted her name is gladys corbet ,her place is in sighthill edinburugh in a building that sells antiques called shapes ,she helped us out on a very importaint matter and later on when the .... hit the fan as so to speak we needed advice off her again we continuously tried to email her but were totally ignored ,it cost us a fortune to resolve our issue ,where as she could have fixed it in a minuite as it was a problem regarding information about paperwork we paid her to process