After the Philippines achieved full sovereignty on 4 July 1946, Chinese immigrants became naturalised Filipino citizens, while the children of these new citizens who were born in the country acquired Filipino citizenship from birth.
菲律賓在1946年7月4日獨立後，中國移民成為歸化的菲律賓公民，而出生在這個國家的這些新公民的孩子從出生獲得了菲律賓公民身份。