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    Tranquilino Roa, born in the Philippines to a Chinese father and Filipino mother, was denied entry upon returning from studying in China at age 21. The court held that Roa was a citizen of the Philippines, as Spanish citizenship laws no longer applied after the country was ceded to the US, and under US law citizenship is granted based on birthplace. As Roa's mother was Filipino and he was born in the Philippines, he acquired Filipino citizenship from her that was never revoked, and therefore he must be recognized as a citizen.

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    Tranquilino Roa, born in the Philippines to a Chinese father and Filipino mother, was denied entry upon returning from studying in China at age 21. The court held that Roa was a citizen of the Philippines, as Spanish citizenship laws no longer applied after the country was ceded to the US, and under US law citizenship is granted based on birthplace. As Roa's mother was Filipino and he was born in the Philippines, he acquired Filipino citizenship from her that was never revoked, and therefore he must be recognized as a citizen.

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    Tranquilino Roa, born in the Philippines to a Chinese father and Filipino mother, was denied entry upon returning from studying in China at age 21. The court held that Roa was a citizen of the Philippines, as Spanish citizenship laws no longer applied after the country was ceded to the US, and under US law citizenship is granted based on birthplace. As Roa's mother was Filipino and he was born in the Philippines, he acquired Filipino citizenship from her that was never revoked, and therefore he must be recognized as a citizen.

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    Roa vs.

    Collector of Customs, 25 Phil 315


    Petitioner-Appellant: Tranquilino Roa
    Respondent-Appellee: Insular Collector of Customs

    Facts:

    Tranquilino, born on July 6, 1889, is the son of a Chinaman and a Filipina


    legally married in the Philippine Islands at the time of his birth. His mother sent him
    to China on 1901, just a year after his father died in China, for the sole purpose of
    studying and with the intention to return to the Philippine Islands. On October 1,
    1910, when Tranquilino was 21 years of age, he returned and sought admission to
    the Philippine Islands but was denied such for he was considered as a Chinese
    person.

    Issue:
    Whether or not Roa is considered a citizen of the Philippines.

    Held:

    Yes, Roa is a citizen of the Philippines. Since Philippines at that time was
    ceded to the United States, the allegiance of native inhabitants was transferred from
    Spain to US, thus the principle of citizenship of US must be applied in the case at bar
    since Spanish laws were deemed abrogated. In US, the predominating principle is
    jus soji or citizenship by place of birth. The rule in US in case of widows was that
    she ipso facto reacquired the nationality of the country of her birth as she was living
    and never left that country. The nationality of the appellant having followed that of
    his mother, he was therefore a citizen of the Philippine Islands on July 1, 1902, and
    never having expatriated himself, he still remains a citizen of this country. 

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