Citizenship
• According to Andrew Heywood, It is “ A relationship between the individual & state, in which
two are bound together by reciprocal eights and duties”
• The state of being vested with rights with rights, privileges and duties of a citizen. The character
of an individual viewed as a member of society.
• Status of a person recognized under the custom/law as being a legal member of a sovereign
state.
• The political status, which states that the person is recognized as a citizen pf the country.
• Once the person becomes a citizen of the state, he has the right to vote, work, reside, pay taxes
and take an active part in the country. Every person is a citizen of the country where he/she is
born, but to become a citizen of some other country, one needs to apply for it.
• If a former citizen who became a citizen outside the Philippines wishes to retain or re-acquire
their Philippine Citizenship should abide to the Retention/Reacquisition of Philippine Citizenship
pursuant RA 9225.
Nationality
• Individual’s membership that shows a person’s relationship to the state.
• Reveals the place from where he/she belongs – Belongingness of a person to a particular nation.
• The status is acquired by birth, inheritance or naturalization.
• According to Andrew Heywood, It is “ A relationship between the individual & state, in which
two are bound together by reciprocal eights and duties”
• The state of being vested with rights with rights, privileges and duties of a citizen. The character
of an individual viewed as a member of society.
• Status of a person recognized under the custom/law as being a legal member of a sovereign
state.
• The political status, which states that the person is recognized as a citizen pf the country.
• Once the person becomes a citizen of the state, he has the right to vote, work, reside, pay taxes
and take an active part in the country. Every person is a citizen of the country where he/she is
born, but to become a citizen of some other country, one needs to apply for it.
• If a former citizen who became a citizen outside the Philippines wishes to retain or re-acquire
their Philippine Citizenship should abide to the Retention/Reacquisition of Philippine Citizenship
pursuant RA 9225.
Nationality
• Individual’s membership that shows a person’s relationship to the state.
• Reveals the place from where he/she belongs – Belongingness of a person to a particular nation.
• The status is acquired by birth, inheritance or naturalization.
