Birth Certificate Woes in Cebu, Philippines

[gwapong_pitaka 0]

My wife had no trouble with the NSO when they printed out two birth certificates, marked "late registration" for the purposes of getting our application for marriage and later, her passport. But on my recent visit there to help her start the process of getting a spousal visa to join me here in Taiwan, where I live and work, the original document turned up, and it's a mess: her given name is misspelled, her middle name is her mother's, when it should be her mother's maiden name, etc, and the date of birth is off by two months.

How it is that this older document has turned up, no one can tell me, but it by law supersedes the newer one. Now, we are told that we must hire a lawyer, and petition the court for changes to the original document, which could take up to six months, and will cost about P15,000, about US$300.

Beside the hassle, it's a heart breaker because we want so much to get this done so that we can get on with our lives together.

Anyone have a similar experience? One piece of advice I did get is to get up to 10 copies from the NSO when things are right to avoid being haunted by an old BC with errors.

[ManilaIdaho 2]

My wife had no trouble with the NSO when they printed out two birth certificates, marked "late registration" for the purposes of getting our application for marriage and later, her passport. But on my recent visit there to help her start the process of getting a spousal visa to join me here in Taiwan, where I live and work, the original document turned up, and it's a mess: her given name is misspelled, her middle name is her mother's, when it should be her mother's maiden name, etc, and the date of birth is off by two months.

How it is that this older document has turned up, no one can tell me, but it by law supersedes the newer one. Now, we are told that we must hire a lawyer, and petition the court for changes to the original document, which could take up to six months, and will cost about P15,000, about US$300.

Beside the hassle, it's a heart breaker because we want so much to get this done so that we can get on with our lives together.

Anyone have a similar experience? One piece of advice I did get is to get up to 10 copies from the NSO when things are right to avoid being haunted by an old BC with errors.

This link RA9048 might help your wife and it wont cost you much.good luck and these are what she needs to provide in order to correct those errors Requirements

Edited November 30, 2009 by ManilaIdaho

[PhiLandShiR 18]

With such a list of errors, Perhaps you should check into whether this is, in fact her birth certificate at all...

If you still have a copy of your first one perhaps you can make the claim that this new one is not actually hers and that it belongs to another person...

-Phil

My wife had no trouble with the NSO when they printed out two birth certificates, marked "late registration" for the purposes of getting our application for marriage and later, her passport. But on my recent visit there to help her start the process of getting a spousal visa to join me here in Taiwan, where I live and work, the original document turned up, and it's a mess: her given name is misspelled, her middle name is her mother's, when it should be her mother's maiden name, etc, and the date of birth is off by two months.

How it is that this older document has turned up, no one can tell me, but it by law supersedes the newer one. Now, we are told that we must hire a lawyer, and petition the court for changes to the original document, which could take up to six months, and will cost about P15,000, about US$300.

Beside the hassle, it's a heart breaker because we want so much to get this done so that we can get on with our lives together.

Anyone have a similar experience? One piece of advice I did get is to get up to 10 copies from the NSO when things are right to avoid being haunted by an old BC with errors.