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    Gayo v. Verceles

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    1) The respondent migrated to the US in 1977 but retained her Filipino citizenship. She returned to the Philippines in 1993 and surrendered her green card in 1998, showing her intention to abandon her US residency. 2) She ran for and was elected Mayor of Tubao, La Union in 1998 and 2001 elections. Her 2001 election was questioned because she was allegedly still a green card holder. 3) The Supreme Court ruled she had effectively reacquired Philippine residency even before the 2001 elections based on surrendering her green card in 1998 and living in the Philippines, including serving as Mayor, since 1993.

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    Gayo v. Verceles

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    1) The respondent migrated to the US in 1977 but retained her Filipino citizenship. She returned to the Philippines in 1993 and surrendered her green card in 1998, showing her intention to abandon her US residency. 2) She ran for and was elected Mayor of Tubao, La Union in 1998 and 2001 elections. Her 2001 election was questioned because she was allegedly still a green card holder. 3) The Supreme Court ruled she had effectively reacquired Philippine residency even before the 2001 elections based on surrendering her green card in 1998 and living in the Philippines, including serving as Mayor, since 1993.

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    1) The respondent migrated to the US in 1977 but retained her Filipino citizenship. She returned to the Philippines in 1993 and surrendered her green card in 1998, showing her intention to abandon her US residency. 2) She ran for and was elected Mayor of Tubao, La Union in 1998 and 2001 elections. Her 2001 election was questioned because she was allegedly still a green card holder. 3) The Supreme Court ruled she had effectively reacquired Philippine residency even before the 2001 elections based on surrendering her green card in 1998 and living in the Philippines, including serving as Mayor, since 1993.

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    Gayo v. Verceles

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    1) The respondent migrated to the US in 1977 but retained her Filipino citizenship. She returned to the Philippines in 1993 and surrendered her green card in 1998, showing her intention to abandon her US residency. 2) She ran for and was elected Mayor of Tubao, La Union in 1998 and 2001 elections. Her 2001 election was questioned because she was allegedly still a green card holder. 3) The Supreme Court ruled she had effectively reacquired Philippine residency even before the 2001 elections based on surrendering her green card in 1998 and living in the Philippines, including serving as Mayor, since 1993.

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    GAYO v.

    VERCELES
    G.R. No. 150477; February 28, 2005
    FACTS:
    Sometime in 1977, the respondent migrated to the United States of America (U.S.A.) with
    her family to look for greener pastures but retained her Filipino citizenship. In 1993, she
    returned to the Philippines for good and would only travel to USA to visit her children. In
    1997, he filed her certificate of candidacy for Mayor of Tubao, La Union for the May 2008
    election. On January 28, 1998, she surrendered her alien registration receipt card before
    the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the American Embassy in Manila. The
    respondent ran in the May 11, 1998 elections and was elected Mayor of Tubao, La Union.
    Thereafter, during the May 14, 2001 elections, the petitioner ran for re-election and won.
    She was proclaimed as the duly-elected Mayor on May 16, 2001. Her proclamation was
    however questioned for the reason that she is a green card holder and has not complied
    with the residence requirement.
    ISSUE:
    Whether or not the respondent was able to meet the residency requirement for the
    position of municipal mayor during the May 2001 elections.
    HELD:
    Yes. Respondent effectively abandoned her residency in the Philippines by her acquisition
    of the status of a permanent U.S. resident. Nonetheless, we find that the respondent
    reacquired her residency in the Philippines even before the holding of the May 2001
    elections. The records show that she surrendered her green card to the Immigration and
    Naturalization Service of the American Embassy way back in 1998. By such act, her
    intention to abandon her U.S. residency could not have been made clearer. Moreover,
    when she decided to relocate to the Philippines for good in 1993, she continued living
    here and only went to the U.S.A. on periodic visits to her children who were residing
    there. Moreover, she was elected Mayor in the 1998 elections and served as such for the
    duration of her term. We find such acts sufficient to establish that the respondent
    intended to stay in the Philippines indefinitely and, ultimately, that she has once again
    made the Philippines her permanent residence.

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