Over 500k Pinoys become citizens of 8 OECD countries

521,253 Filipinos became naturalized citizens of 8 countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

From 2000 to 2009, OECD’s 2011 International Migration Outlook revealed that

386,739 Filipinos became naturalized citizens of the United States;

109,909 Filipinos became naturalized Canadians;

8,246 became naturalized citizens of New Zealand;

2,898 became naturalized Norwegians;

and 2,349 became Dutch.

From 2001 to 2008, 6,316 Filipinos became citizens of Spain while

4,152 became citizens of Korea.

And from 2005 to 2009, 644 Filipinos became citizens of Ireland.

For the year 2009, based on the number of naturalized citizens, Filipinos are the

second-highest naturalized foreign nationals in Ireland (410),

third-highest in the United States (38,934) and Canada (11,068),

seventh-highest in New Zealand (708),

eighth-highest in Norway (445),

and 13th-highest in the Netherlands (308).

 

As of 2008 data, Filipinos are the

ninth-highest number of naturalized foreign nationals in Spain (782)

and the third-highest in Korea (579).