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Lo San Tuang Vs. Emilio L. Galang 118 Phil. 1488

LO SAN TUANG, petitioner-appellant, vs. EMILIO L. GALANG, as Commissioner of Immigration, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-18775 | 1963-11-30

D E C I S I O N


REGALA, J.:

Petitioner is a citizen of Nationalist China. She came to the Philippines as a temporary visitor on July 1, 1960. She was authorized to stay in this country until June 30, 1961 only, but instead of departing on that day, she asked the Commissioner of Immigration for the cancellation of her alien certificate of registration on the ground that her husband, Ngo Seng alias Fong Seng Shwan, had been admitted to Philippine citizenship on January 7, 1961 and that therefore she followed the citizenship of her husband.
The Commissioner denied her request, whereupon, she filed this petition for prohibition and mandamus...