Alarming surge of birth certificate fraud by foreigners

By Atty. Dodo Dulay

Nov 05, 2019 12:05 am

ATTY. DODO DULAY

IT used to be few and far between. Lately, however, there has been an upsurge of cases involving foreigners, mostly Chinese, attempting to secure a Philippine passport using fraudulently acquired birth certificates that it’s becoming not just an immigration problem, but a national security issue as well.

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