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    Moy Ya Lim Yao vs. Commissioner DIGEST

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    An alien woman named Lau Yuen Yeung claimed she became a Filipino citizen through marriage to a Filipino man, as her authorized stay in the Philippines was expiring. The Solicitor General argued marriage alone does not confer citizenship. The court ruled that while Lau Yuen Yeung did not possess all the qualifications for naturalization, her marriage to a Filipino citizen did make her lawfully naturalized as a Filipino citizen, since she did not possess any of the disqualifications under the law.

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    Moy Ya Lim Yao vs. Commissioner DIGEST

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    An alien woman named Lau Yuen Yeung claimed she became a Filipino citizen through marriage to a Filipino man, as her authorized stay in the Philippines was expiring. The Solicitor General argued marriage alone does not confer citizenship. The court ruled that while Lau Yuen Yeung did not possess all the qualifications for naturalization, her marriage to a Filipino citizen did make her lawfully naturalized as a Filipino citizen, since she did not possess any of the disqualifications under the law.

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    An alien woman named Lau Yuen Yeung claimed she became a Filipino citizen through marriage to a Filipino man, as her authorized stay in the Philippines was expiring. The Solicitor General argued marriage alone does not confer citizenship. The court ruled that while Lau Yuen Yeung did not possess all the qualifications for naturalization, her marriage to a Filipino citizen did make her lawfully naturalized as a Filipino citizen, since she did not possess any of the disqualifications under the law.

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    Moy Ya Lim Yao vs. Commissioner DIGEST

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    An alien woman named Lau Yuen Yeung claimed she became a Filipino citizen through marriage to a Filipino man, as her authorized stay in the Philippines was expiring. The Solicitor General argued marriage alone does not confer citizenship. The court ruled that while Lau Yuen Yeung did not possess all the qualifications for naturalization, her marriage to a Filipino citizen did make her lawfully naturalized as a Filipino citizen, since she did not possess any of the disqualifications under the law.

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    MOY YA LIM YAO VS COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION

    GR # L-21289, October 4, 1971 [Naturalization - Qualification and Disqualification; CA 473]

    FACTS:
    Lau Yuen Yeung, an alien visiting the Philippines, whose authorized stay in the Philippines was
    to expire, claims herself to be lawfully naturalized upon her marriage to a Filipino citizen.
    Solicitor General opposes the ground that the marriage of the alien to a Filipino citizen does not
    automatically confer on the latter Philippine citizenship. Plaintiff-appellant does not possess all
    the qualifications required for applicant for naturalization (CA 473), even she has proven that
    she possesses none of the disqualifications in said law.

    ISSUE:
    Whether or not Lau Yuen Yeung became ipso facto a Filipino citizen upon her marriage to a
    Filipino citizen.

    RULING:
    Yes. An alien woman, upon her marriage to a Filipino citizen, becomes lawfully naturalized ipso
    facto, provided that she does not possess all of the disqualifications enumerated in CA 473.
    (Sections 15 and 4)

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