Kuya, firstly is it civil wedding or Catholic Church wedding. Some useful general info here:- http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/your-trip/overseas-weddings CNI info here:- http://ukinthephilippines.fco.gov.u...ing-in-the-philippines/how-to-apply-for-a-cni Remember, it's only 3 months validity It takes 22 cal days from application to receipt of document. Kuya, good idea to make a project plan from wedding day backwards so you can plan everything. May I also suggest review the spouse visa requirements so you can prepare. Have a read of the links above. Maybe KeithAngel will be on-line soon to provide more. If not, I'll be back. Hasta la Vista.
Oooh that looks nice Kuya. Have you (sorry I mean your fiancee) decide on the colour scheme yet? Don't mean to be nosey, but do you have plenty of time yet? How long to you plan to be in Phils to get married? Can I suggest you consider a 59 day visa before you leave. Just for insurance.
Hi Kuya, yeah Keith will have things fresh in his mind, it is almost 3 years since we had our civil wedding in the north of Cebu island. Where is Valencia, Bukidnon... ?
Not sure on the colour scheme... I'm a bloke, leaving that part to Joy I am taking 2 months off of work so will be doing the 59 day visa thing, have my dates from work pretty much covered as I am off work starting January 24 2011.. So plan to get the civil ceromony done and dusted some time mid to late march (if all goes well). Mindanao, and some info can be found on this wikipedia page..
Mrs BBJ and I are planning to be in Cotabato / Midsayyap around that time. If our plans come to fruition, I'll happily pop over to Valencia and buy you a bier.
If you have all your ducks lined up with your paperwork etc, you should have no problems getting married easily within the 59 days. If you're really organised and things go fairly smooth there's no reason why you can't accomplish all in less than 30 days. With a 59 day visa that leaves plenty of time for a honeymoon. You should always check the latest info for paperwork needed but in principle you need:- Birth certificate - original CNI - (Certificate of No Impediment to Marry) Get this from your local registry office. Then present this document to the British Embassy in the Philippines to be issued a Philippine version called a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Marry. This certificate is needed for the application of a marriage license. BTW many people are now reporting that you may be required to obtain a CENOMAR (Certificate of No Marriage) from NSO (National Statistics Office) so you might need to include this contingency as well. Marriage License - Apply for this in your fiancée's home town at the registry office. (or locality of where marriage will take place) After you apply for the license there is a mandatory 10 day waiting period while the marriage banns are published You might also be requested to attend the "Marriage Seminar" counseling sessions prior to being allowed to be married. Check and ask when you apply for the marriage license HOT TIPS If you're divorced take the Divorce Decree Absolute. Your fiancée will need:- CENOMAR - from the NSO Birth certificate - This should be fresh from NSO on latest type of security paper. Check Passport or other appropriate identification Always take extra time to very carefully and very thoroughy check and read through all paper work at each step before signing anything. If there are any typing errors/mistakes/mismatches it can cost you dear in time and money. HOTTEST TIP Always smile and always remain relaxed, calm and cool.
The CNI (Certificate of No Impediment to Marry), from my understanding can has to be gotten from the local registrar after the UK's 2 weeks waiting period? Right?? And could I get one now? Would it be valid for next year??
Kuya, per my posts, The CNI is available from your local registry office. It takes 22 days from time of application. It's 21 days for the 'bans'. Validity is only 3 months from time of issue. Plan out carefully what needs to be done and when. Just keep asking.
So I should get my CNI in January, maybe apply in December so the one I have lasts right up until the last week in March.. Then again, if they are cvalid for 3 months and take 22 days to get them, I should apply at the start of December, get it before Christmas and then have it valid right up to the date before I head back to the UK... As a married man
Insert by aposhark Jumping ahead a little but perhaps noteworthy: We found the biggest problem was getting the marriage certificate back from the NSO in Manila. They seem to hang onto this for ages, which becomes frustrating as you will want to press ahead for the spousal visa application. Many frustrating phone calls were made at this time, other Brits I know did the same Xerox four copies of the marriage certificate when you receive it, they came in useful for us. >> I am going to throw some ideas here that may not be 100% correct due to the mists of time << >> Just a heads up for people, make notes to suit your situation and to anticipate problems<< Backtracking a little, make sure your fiancee has the proper id before anything. Rochelyn needed for her passport: Marriage certificate (so she could have her passport in her married name), postal id, barangay clearance, police clearance near her barangay, NBI clearance and CFO seminar paperwork. She took all these with her to get her passport then went back to the CFO for them to put a stamp in her passport (she needed to know her flight details after the marriage and after receiving the spousal visa, before going back to the CFO for the stamp). Remember to keep all receipts as you progress through the marriage period so you can give the British Embassy more than they will need Use your new camera to document your visit and annotate the pics of you with her family. We thought dates and names of family members would be helpful for the ECO.
I expect the NSO in Manila to be a pain, I hear of a lot of couples waiting up to 3 months for their certificates!!!! Not a problem though, considering a few months versus what will have been a couple of years For my thoughts, right now I am focusing on the wedding, then the visa application. Just making sure we have everything ready for both
This is my "sticky" The Marriage Liscence We applyed for our Marriage Liscence on Wed In Talisay and it will be issued on the 31st We arrived at City Hall around 2pm and were eventualy directed to an office on the third floor We showed the nice lady our papers which were 1. my full UK birth certificates 2. my passport 3. my C.N.I. from the Brit Consul here in Cebu 4. my cenomar from the N.S.O. 5. my decree asbsolute 6. our certificate of Marriage Seminar 7. her N.S.O. birth certificate 8. her Barangay clearance 9. her Cedula community tax certificate 10 her postal I.D. 11.her cenomar 12. her parents atended to sign the advise form for under 25,s 13. her parents I.D. All of these origionals then had to be photo copied 3 times and collated in 3 piles plus they wanted the stamped embassy copy of my C.N.I. You could save a bit of time if you bring the copies with you as the on site photocopier was working flat out with a queue cost 80 piso for 46 total copies The nice lady , who was dealing single handed with about 10 other couples then handed us 1 application form me to fill the left side Jhean the right there was a template on the wall Errors are tipexed out and when she is satisfied all is correct she gave us two more to be filled out identicaly It took about 2.5 hours and was fairly fun or perhaps thats how I decided to see it We didnt have a problem with the NSO it was done 14 days after registration in Cebu
Hi Keith, You and Jhean were lucky, we received our NSO marriage certificate in about two months. I know another Fil-Brit couple who waited longer. I think it was the small provincial town hall in the north of Cebu island that could have delayed things also.
Question... Is it easy to travel from Dasmarines, Cavite to the NSO office in Manila?? Or for that matter the British Embassy? Joy's Tita Tess has kindly provided me a bed, but just checking if anyone knows the amount of time it takes to get between the two (from Google Maps I think it is a distance of about 20 miles - according to this)?
It's a bit of a trek Sean but easy enough to get to the NSO here http://goo.gl/maps/2ut6 I would get the taxi to take the Coastal road as far as P Ocompo Street then head off up P Ocompo Street into Manila proper it's fairly reasonable route from there. The Brit Embassy http://goo.gl/maps/OCvV is a bit awkward to get to taxi needs to get onto the C5 road and then needs to backtrack a little as the Embassy is on the left hand side so you have to pass it and then take the next turn off and head back down the other side to McKinley. C5 is easy to get to once the taxi gets anywhere near Las Pinas, from Dasmarinas I would go up to Las Pinas along teh main route until you get to Pulanglupa taxi needs to join C5 at the start of the C5. Other routes from Dasmarinas look like cross country B roads and all those routes look longer, C5 is easy once you get to it, and it's harder for the taxi to rip you off. Where we live in Las Pinas it would take about an hour to get to the NSO and about 45-50 minutes to get to the Brit Embassy. You are starting out from about 12.5 miles from where we live and it's a busy road so maybe add an extra hour, usually takes 2 hours to do 20 miles in Manila Taxi fare should be about 500 peso. I just created a path on Google Earth and it's 23 miles total to the British Emabssy. I just checked the NSO route as well and it is also about 23 miles.
Changed my mind Sean, this is the best route I think and probably the quickest to the British Embassy around 25 miles, the others are crappy roads, C5 is broken in the middle, our drivers must have taken us down Dr Santos. This should give you the general idea. Route to NSO is as follows These are all relatively high speed (for the phils) roads.