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Video ยท Jun 23, 2022

Can a former filipino own land in the Philippines?

Summary

๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ?

We all know that our Constitution currently prohibits foreigners from owning land in the Philippines. But does this apply to Filipinos, who became citizens of another country?

A lot of our countrymen who worked abroad for many years want to eventually retire back here in the motherland. But what if theyโ€™ve already gained citizenship in that other country? Can they still come back to the Philippines and own property?

This is the question of one of our viewers, Bobby E and he writes:

โ€œ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก-๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฌ๐™ž ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™œ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™– ๐™‹๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™จ. ๐™‰๐™–๐™œ๐™๐™–๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™ฅ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ /๐™–๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™™๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™.

๐™‰๐™–๐™œ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฅ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ ๐™ค. ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก-๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ 8179. ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ "๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™ค 1000 ๐™จ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ช๐™ง๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™. ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ค ๐™—๐™– ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฎ?โ€

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