Not just 200, but up to 1,200 foreigners believed to be Chinese nationals obtained Philippine birth certificates through late birth registration in the Davao del Sur town of Sta. Cruz since 2016.
This information was received by the National Bureau of Investigation from the acting civil registrar of Sta. Cruz. The NBI is also verifying reports that several of the 1,200 have criminal records.MANILA, Philippines —
Amid reports that Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac had used late birth registration to claim Philippine citizenship and run for mayor in 2022, the NBI in Davao del Sur had initiated a probe beginning in April into reports of numerous such cases involving Chinese nationals in the province. Tizon was reassigned in April.
“Last Saturday I talked to someone in the Chinese community, that the running price to get a birth certificate with a passport and driver’s license is P300,000. Someone is facilitating. In exchange for P300,000, you can get a birth certificate, a passport and a driver’s license. The source of all that is their birth certificate. That’s what I heard. Apparently, there is a modus operandi,” Gatchalian said.
Qui, a first year accounting student at the Ateneo de Davao University, used the name Hengson Jabilles Limonsero when he applied for a passport, Albao said. The Chinese presented a Philippine birth certificate, a PSA national identification card and driver’s license.Albao said Qui was born in China’s southern province of Fujian and brought to Davao City when he was 10 years old. He obtained his birth certificate in Sta. Cruz in 2013.
He added that they would cross-check the data to verify if these individuals were issued or had used Philippine passports.
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