can foreigners, non-Pilipino citizens own land in the Philippines?
923839
I have bought property for my wife who is a Filipina. The only way you can have any claim on any property is that the title is in the name of Philippine citizen with an additional phrase ...(your name) being husband/wife of the owner...\nThat way if anything happens to your husband, the government buys you out for a fraction of your investment. Also, the property taxes are higher than if the title is in one name only.\n\nSeriously, they have a lousy system.
940883
That is for non nationals  ie. federal citizens
583388
Are you legally in the country? Citizenship is not required to own property. If you are legally able to work, and have qualified for a mortgage, you can buy a house.
999581
Where is the land and do you own it outright????
506271
YOU CAN PAY A VISIT TO THESE SITES THEY WILL  SURELY HELP YOU\n\nwww.loc.gov/law/guide/philippines.html \n\nhttp://www.lawmoose.com/internetlawlib/147.htm
305807
I am pretty positive that you can apply for dual citizenship (with Philippine passport) or a balikbayan status which allows you to stay in the country for a year hassle-free because of your Filipino parentage. My brother in law has that (he's white) for the simple association of being married to a Filipina. Meanwhile if you want to work you could either:\n\na. look for an Expatriate job there which would assign you here\n\nb. push for recognition as a dual citizen\n\nor \nc. just go here and look for possible employment as an Alien\n\nGood luck man, its really a blast living here, i dont blame you. :)\n\n***\nto Well, \n\ni didnt say it was automatic, i said i was pretty positive that he could apply for it because of his parentage.
178332
Nope. In a foreign country, you are subject to the laws of that country, not yours.
223821
If the new island is in international waters no single nation can legally lay claim to it. However, any nation can adjust the extent of their territorial waters to suit themselves. Of course this can lead to the nation having to duke it out with other countries over the ownership issue.
170266
Yes.  Real property does not require the owner to be living in the USA.  Look around, there are many buildings owned by foreign corporations.
1099056
Article IV: Citizenship\nSection 1.The following are citizens of the Philippines: \n\nThose who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution; \nThose whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines; \nThose born before January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority; and \nThose who are naturalized in accordance with law. \nSection 2. Natural-born citizens are those who are citizens of the Philippines from birth without having to perform any act to acquire or perfect their Philippine citizenship. Those who elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with paragraph (3), Section 1 hereof shall be deemed natural-born citizens. \nSection 3. Philippine citizenship may be lost or reacquired in the manner provided by law.\n\nSection 4. Citizens of the Philippines who marry aliens shall retain their citizenship, unless by their act or omission they are deemed, under the law, to have renounced it.\n\nSection 5. Dual allegiance of citizens is inimical to the national interest and shall be dealt with by law.
664946
Whoever owns the land owns all the air space above it.  I'm guessing you could make some arrangement with the owner over the use of the property, but the airspace wouldn't be subdividable (i.e. you could never split it into an individual parcel).
355918
well because you are a non resident
1097906
There does not seem to be any such policy that the government endorses in the Philippines.  Now individual companies, especially international ones, may actually have some protections like this in place.  The company iteself has the guidelines, not the state.
665652
its The Republic of the Philippines.
715547
You not only have to stay on the land but you have to build on it.  You have to remove the trees and brush and make it farmable within a certain amount of time.  I'm not sure if non-canandians qualify for it.
621351
Not in the Phillipines, no.
259347
Its a tough question and does not have single answer to cover it all. You can try doing search using following keywords, "migration law" "residency law" "woman + "residency law"".\n\nEach country have different laws set for residency, inheritance and rights, mostly in Asia, woman are not quiet protected.\n\nAn example in Taiwan, foreign woman married to local man, must have at least accumulated 7 years of residency in order to be eligible for permanent residency. Also it says when there is a divorce proceeding, court rule in favor of the bread winner or the spouse who earn most and with most assets which usually are the men, while on inheritance, the law is unbias on this part.\n\nWhile in Philippines, woman are protected by the law from abuse, when there is a marital separation problem, usually the mother gets the custody of the child regardless of income.\n\nOn religious law, Philippine is predominantly Catholic, which does not have problem on woman issue, while Taiwan, Thailand, Korea are more buddhist that religion does not get involve in legal and state matter, Indonesia and Malaysia are muslim country, you may have to do some more research on this.