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Discussion in 'The Random List' started by Rob, Mar 24, 2016.

  1. Rob
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    Rob Member

    Hi Guys,
    TIA!
    This just a simple question that I need to know before traveling.

    Requirements for Marriage Application.

    For me UK resident..

    Bring Legal Capacity to marry from their respective Embassy/Consulate in the Philippines..

    I look at the English here, do they want me to go to the Embassy in Manila for this Document??


    VBR
    Rob
  2. uklove
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    uklove Active Member

    Yep, you will need anaffadavit frim the Vritish Embassy in Manila. You need to book an appointment online.
    Also you will need to produce your passport, birth cerificate, proof of address, decree absolute (if divorced) and lots of pesos..

    I'm going through the proccess now so if i can help, drop me a line.

    Good luck.
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  3. ChoiAndJohn
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  4. steven
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    steven Active Member

    hi guys how much does this cost? I'm also looking to do same but next year
  5. graham59
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    graham59 Banned

    £60-£70 standard fee... depending on exchange rate (Look at the embassy website).
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  6. steven
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    steven Active Member

    not so bad, I found the link in the end :like:
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  7. CampelloChris
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    CampelloChris Well-Known Member

    Getting the affidavit was pretty easy.

    Next was a trip to the Barangay to lodge our application for a marriage licence. Have loads of photocopies of everything in a folder. Then it was a ten day wait before the marriage licence was granted, and then a week before the ceremony. It gave us plenty of time to get all the palaver about clothes, cakes, karaoke and flowers sorted out.

    I recommend you wear a Barong, and not commission a three-piece suit as I did (see Avatar)
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  8. graham59
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    graham59 Banned

    I just wore my usual rags. :( Honesty is the best policy I find. :D
  9. CampelloChris
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    Honestly, I was damned well melting!!

    My one demand among all the wedding paraphernalia was to have an 'electric fan' blowing on me for the service. Spontaneously combusting at the ceremony might have put the nuptials at risk. Ever eager to please, the hotel turned up with something akin to a wind machine. It was like a Spitfire propeller, and twice as noisy.

    Just right. :cool:
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  10. graham59
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    Think I've got a pic somewhere of this OAP being married by the town Mayor to a slightly embarrassed young lady... with babe in arms. :lol:
  11. KeithAngel
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    KeithAngel 2063 Lifetime Member

    My mother in law did the fanning :)
  12. Markham
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    Markham Guest

    With a loaded shotgun? :p:D
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  13. steven
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    steven Active Member

    CampelloChris , when you get a marriage license, is there a certain amount of time you have to be married by? or do they need to the exact dates ?
  14. CampelloChris
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    CampelloChris Well-Known Member

    Your marriage licence is valid for 120 days from the date of issuance.

    Registration of Application for Marriage License
    Release Date:
    Thursday, May 31, 2012
    Reglamentary Period and Place of Registration

    Where a marriage license is required, each of the contracting parties shall file separately a sworn application for such license with the proper civil registrar which shall specify the following:

    1. Full name of the contracting party;
    2. Place of birth;
    3. Age and date of birth
    4. Civil Status;
    5. If previously married, how, when and where the previous marriage was dissolved or annulled;
    6. Present residence and citizenship;
    7. Degree of relationship of the contracting parties;
    8. Full name, residence and citizenship of the father;
    9. Full name, residence and citizenship of the mother; and
    10. Full name, residence and citizenship of the guardian or person having charge, in case the contracting party has neither father nor mother and is under the age of twenty-one years.
    Requisites in Applying for a Marriage License

    1. Original birth certificate or baptismal certificates of the contracting parties or copies of such documents duly attested by the persons having custody of the original.

    If either of the contracting parties is unable to produce his birth or baptismal certificate or a certified copy of either because of the destruction or loss of the original, or if it is shown by an affidavit of such party or of any other person that such birth or baptismal certificate has not yet been received though the same has been required of the person having custody thereof at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the application, such party may furnish in lieu thereof his current residence certificate or an instrument drawn up and sworn to before the civil registrar concerned or any public official authorized to administer oaths.

    The presentation of the birth or baptismal certificate shall not be required if the parents of the contracting parties appear personally before the civil registrar concerned and swear to the correctness of the lawful age of such parties.

    2. If either of the contracting parties has been previously married, the applicant shall be required to furnish, instead of the birth or baptismal certificate, the death certificate of the deceased spouse or the judicial decree of the absolute divorce, or the judicial decree of annulment or declaration of nullity of his or her previous marriage.

    3. In case either or both of the contracting parties, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, a consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned shall be obtained.

    4. Any contracting party between the age of twenty-one and twenty-five shall be obliged to seek parental advice upon the intended marriage. If it is unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application thereof.

    5. In the case where parental consent or parental advice is needed, the parties concerned shall attach a certificate issued by proper authorities to the effect that the contracting parties have undergone marriage counseling.

    6. When either or both of the contracting parties are citizens of a foreign country, it shall be necessary for them before a marriage license could be obtained, to submit a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage, issued by their respective diplomatic or consular officials.

    7. The license shall be valid in any part of the Philippines for a period of one hundred twenty days from the date of issue, and shall be deemed automatically cancelled at the expiration of said period if the contracting parties have not made use of it.

    Number of Copies to be Accomplished

    It shall be the duty of the contracting parties to accomplish four (4) copies of the Application for Marriage License for registration. After the registration, the civil registrar shall distribute copies of the document bearing the civil registry number as follows: first copy to the registrant; second copy to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General; third copy shall be retained for his file; and fourth copy to the solemnizing office
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  15. steven
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    thank you CampelloChris :like:

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