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Tong Siok Sy Vs. Martiniano P. Vivo, Et Al. 119 Phil. 194

TONG SIOK SY (nee CHAN), petitioner, vs. MARTINIANO P. VIVO, as Acting Commissioner of Immigration, MARCIAL RANOLA, as Acting Commissioner of Immigration, VIRGILIO GASTON, as Acting Associate Commissioner of Immigration, and THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-21136 | 1963-12-27

D E C I S I O N


BARRERA, J.:

Tong Siok Sy married Calixto Chan, a Filipino citizen, at Taichung, Taiwan on November 12, 1960. She was then a citizen of Nationalist China. As a consequence of said marriage, she took her oath of allegiance as a Filipino citizen before the Filipino Vice- Consul at Taipeh, on February 6, 1961. On her entry into the country on May 2, 1961, Tong Siok Sy was documented as a Filipino citizen. An investigation of her case was conducted by the Bureau of Immigration Board of Special Inquiry, which reached a favorable decision, this wise: Commissioner Talabis voted in favor on July 28, 1961; Commissioner De La Rosa...