Editing Naturalization (section)

===Philippines===
{{Main|Philippine nationality law#Citizenship by naturalization}}
Commonwealth Act No. 473, the Revised Naturalization Law, approved June 17, 1939, provided that people having certain specified qualifications may become a citizen of the Philippines by naturalization.<ref name=CA473>{{Citation
| url = http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/comacts/ca_473_1939.html
| title = Commonwealth Act No. 473 : Revised Naturalization Law
| date = 17 June 1939
| publisher = LAWPHIL Project, Arellano Law Foundation
| access-date = 2008-10-06}}</ref> Republic Act No. 9139, approved June 8, 2001, provided that aliens under the age of 18 who were born in the Philippines, who have resided in the Philippines since birth, and who possess other specified qualifications may be granted Philippines citizenship by administrative proceeding subject to certain requirements.<ref name=RA9139>
{{Citation
| url = http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9139.html
| title = The Administrative Naturalization Law of 2000
| access-date = 2006-12-19
| date = 8 June 2001
| publisher = Chan Robles Law Library}}</ref><ref name=RA9139Rules>{{Citation
| url = http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9139rules.htm
| title = Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9139
| access-date = 2006-12-19
| publisher = Chan Robles Law Library}}</ref>