As part of its continuing information drive on dual citizenship services, the Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt held its third info session on Republic Act 9225 (Citizenship Retention and Reacquisiton Act of 2003) in St. Michael Church in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg. The event aimed to inform the public of the procedures and requirements for applying for dual citizenship.
After their presentations, Deputy Consul General Rogelio Villanueva, Jr. and Consul Cecille Joyce Lao responded to questions during the open forum and individual queries after the program. The event in Heidelberg was made possible with the support of Ms. Cristina Del Castillo Stahl and members of the von Herz zu Herz Deutsch-Philippinische Partnerschaft e.V. Dielheim and Silayan Group, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis TBB-Miltenberg e.V. Sitz I Schelflenz.
The Consulate has been receiving numerous applications for dual citizenship from former natural-born Filipinos and naturalized Germans since the German Law on the Modernization of Nationality Law (StARMoDG) took effect on June 27. END
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