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'''Ministry of Foreign Affairs'''<br>Padre Faura<br>Ermita, Manila<br>Metropolitan Manila, Philippines<br>Internet: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/
'''Ministry of Foreign Affairs'''<br>Padre Faura<br>Ermita, Manila<br>Metropolitan Manila, Philippines<br>Internet: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/


=== Immigration and Naturalization Records (''Radicación de extranjeros, Pasaportes, Naturalización de Españoles'') ===
==Finding the Town of Origin in Philippines==
 
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Philippines, see [[Philippines Finding Town of Origin|'''Philippines Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
Research use: Very valuable for making proper connections to place of origin in other countries, and for pinpointing place of residence in the Philippines. Many researchers do not know their ancestor's place of origin.
==Philippines Emigration and Immigration==
 
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br>
Record type: Passenger lists, passports, certificates of residence, registers of foreigners, citizenship papers.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.
 
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]]
Time Period:  1800-present.
 
Content: Immigrant’s name, age, occupation, birth date and place, former residence, destination; wife’s name, childrens’ given names and ages or number of children; religion, race, nationality, sometimes picture.  Chinese immigration records give names and places in Chinese characters.
 
Location: National Bureau of Records Management, port archives, municipal archives.
 
Population coverage:  15%.
 
Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Philippines,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref>


===Immigration to the Philippines===
===Immigration to the Philippines===
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