Filipinos married in the UK have the choice in reporting their marriage to the Philippine Embassy-London. It is also a requirement if one has to renew their PH passports and change into married name. I'm glad there was a Consulate Outreach Mission in Glos which saved us a trip to London. We realized the marriage registration was just part of the agenda of registering overseas Filipinos to cast their votes for the 2016 Elections Anyway, after trying to contact the Embassy through e-mail, inquiring about the requirements, they sent a list which can be found at the bottom of the form. Have I not inquired, we would submit what was stated on their site-which has a different number of copies to provide. The website states to obtain 3 copies, the form, 4 copies. In other words, their webpage needs updating. (I am not a computer expert but someone has to do this to prevent misleading information.) This is the list they provided: 1. Four (4) duly accomplished Reports of Marriage forms (which are available at the Embassy and at the Embassy website). 2. Original and four (4) copies of the British/Irish (with English translation) Marriage Certificate fitted and reduced in size on A4 paper. 3. Four (4) photocopies each of the passports of the husband and wife. 4. The Report of Marriage fee is £18. If the marriage had been solemnized for more than a year prior to the filing of the Report of Marriage, there is an additional fee of £18 for late registration. And this is from their site: A. Completed Report of Marriage form (to be submitted in triplicate) B. Three 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm photos each of the applicant and spouse on white background taken within the last six months C. Original and three (3) clear copies of marriage certificate D. Three (3) clear copies each of the data page of the couple’s passports E. Notarial fee of GBP18.00 (Note: There is an additional fee of GBP18.00 if registration is done one year after the marriage) Philippine Embassy website: http://philembassy-uk.org/ Report of Marriage Form http://philembassy-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/RoMarriage-interactive-form.pdf In addition to the list is the special self-addressed envelope for the delivery of the National Statistics Office(NSO)-authenticated copy of our marriage certificate. I've just seen the information in the announcement of their arrival in Gloucester. At the time we submitted our report, the lady officer told us they won't be needing our photos anymore It was quite obvious the cashier looked into the year of our wedding, trying to see if we have to pay the additional fee of £18. I told them, it's only been 3 months since we got married. It only took us a few minutes for the submission of the report and were caught off-guard when we proceeded to the voter's registration, asking for another copy of my passport. Bottom line, we weren't informed about this so they have to get a copy from our report of marriage documents. By the end of the day, everything has been sorted out and await for the delivery for up to 2 months!
I really like the idea of the Philippine Outreach Mission the Philippine Embassy provides, unlike most things relating to the Philippine Consular services this makes so much sense. I hope the wife can put the service to good use in the future
I'm not sure if this is a regular thing or it's just because the Election period is fast approaching.
Its been running a couple of years that I know of, long may it reign. Its a good point you make Anne about the election as I think there must be millions of Filipinos dotted all around the world, ten million OFWs that I read about just other day, enough people to swing the election result one way or the other.
Anymore? Does that mean the Philippine Government has been caught rigging the votes before?, I do not believe that for one moment, not in the Philippines, never
I have a Filipina friend staying with us for a couple of days during a break in a course that she is attending. We were chatting over this topic and she told me that the vote buying has become worse than even as the candidates are now allowed to have representatives in the polling stations, whereas before only the teachers could remain inside the polling station. The "official reason" for this is of course to protect against tampering with the votes, but she says that in reality what the "candidates' representatives" do is to check the ballot papers to see that voters have cast their votes in the way that they were paid to do. Anyway, thank you Anne for a most helpful post.
The "official reason" for this is of course to protect against tampering with the votes, but she says that in reality what the "candidates' representatives" do is to check the ballot papers to see that voters have cast their votes in the way that they were paid to do. Yes i agree there are rampant vote buying and a lot of anomalous campaign practices, but that part 'in reality what the "candidates' representatives" do is to check the ballot papers to see that voters have cast their votes in the way that they were paid to do." is not true, no one can see who you voted for, but they are there to check your name , proving you were there inside the precinct and has voted.That is too much intimidation if they get to know who you voted for, where's the "right to suffrage " had gone then? That one what Anne had said votes rigged by govt is true, that's why the ex lady Pres.' facing several cases.
Yes i agree there are rampant vote buying and a lot of anomalous campaign practices, but that part 'in reality what the "candidates' representatives" do is to check the ballot papers to see that voters have cast their votes in the way that they were paid to do." is not true, no one can see who you voted for, but they are there to check your name , proving you were there inside the precinct and has voted.That is too much intimidation if they get to know who you voted for, where's the "right to suffrage " had gone then? That one what Anne had said votes rigged by govt is true, that's why the ex lady Pres.' facing several cases.[/QUOTE] Forgive me for asking maybe a silly question but "what is vote buying"? Does it mean the candidate waits outside the polling station and canvasses people to vote for them as they are entering the polling station, then bungs them a few Pesos?
You surely don't mean ..... no I can't believe it ..... Gloria mired in controversy .... surely some mistake!
In essence, YES! Although the actual transactions generally take place well away from Polling Stations and the prying eyes of a COMELEC official or a non-corrupt Police Officer. The amount paid depends on what office is being contested, the highest rates are for budding Senators and Congressmen as they have the most to gain from Pork Barrels.
You have just reminded me of something Mark, what happened to the lady involved in the Pork Barrel scandal a couple of years back? I know she initially legged it then gave herself up. I was in the Philippines at the time and it sort of amused me that this sort of thing can go on there.
Forgive me for asking maybe a silly question but "what is vote buying"? Does it mean the candidate wait outside the polling station and canvasses people to vote for them as they are entering the polling station, then bungs them a few Pesos?[/QUOTE] The case is sub judice, with three Senators in detention, including He Who Must Not Be Named
The case is sub judice, with three Senators in detention, including He Who Must Not Be Named[/QUOTE] Thanks for that Andrew, I found the case intriguing.
A Senator. Not the youngest Senator. So called because of course he had NOTHING to do with the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, NOTHING to do with Gringo Honasan and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with any coup attempts. Nor did he have anything to do with the number of people who have died violent deaths in close proximity to his son Jack. These misfortunes are totally coincidental! As to any suggestion regarding smuggling of motor vehicles through a private port, these are of course nothing whatever to do with either gentleman. Mention of either name can have consequences very similar to naming Lord Voldemort.
As Andrew says, the Napoles case is sub-judice - not that that means much here! Needless to say the woman continues to live a life of some luxury (compared to most other criminals) in her little house in a guarded compound. But far more scandalous than that case is the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre and the fact that nobody has been tried for the murder of over thirty journalists.
And can you believe it, the son of the principal suspect who has a 58 counts homicide case, has been given bail?11million something bail bond..ouchhhh!Where is justice in the PI?
