BIRTH CERTIFICATE WOES

[Jen&defs 0]

My Filipina has a typo on her b-cert the typewriter was off set there back in the hospital in 1984 when my fiancee was born and the spaces for typing were very close so when they marked the space for female the "X" landed over on the in the male slot. All of her medical and school records say female and of course her name is female. How can we fix this legally and in a quick amount of time. We plan to file in February 2010 after I file my taxes to report the current tax year on the K-1 petition. And yes my fiancee is 1000% female I am her 1st and 1st time I say this because sometimes members replies here are a little insensitive not often but sometimes. I love you guys at Visa Journey THANKS in advance.

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[abbielovesjeremy 5]

hi... i asked my mom about this. she said your girl should ask NSO (national statistics office) about that. because she told me she heard a case like this before and it needed a court order for your girl to be able to change that.

[abbielovesjeremy 5]

i was googling and found this:

Correcting Wrong Gender Entry

but i'm gonna just paste the important parts here:

To begin the process of correcting the erroneous entry of gender in your birth certificate, you must first secure the services of a lawyer who will help you prepare and file the aforementioned petition in court and to represent you in the course of the hearing of your petition. After the filing of the petition, the court will then issue an order as to the date, time and place of the hearing and will cause sufficient notification to the persons named in the petition. You will need, however, to cause the publication of such order of the court in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. (Section 4, Rule 108, Rules of Court)

After you have presented sufficient evidence proving the existence of the erroneous entry in your birth certificate, then the court will order that such be changed to reflect your correct gender. The erroneous entry under the field of gender, however, will not be altered, rather the court will order the concerned Local Civil Registrar to annotate on your birth certificate the correction to the document as ordered by the court.

good luck.

Edited January 6, 2010 by abbielovesjeremy

[Jen&defs 0]

THANKS THAT IS WHAT THE LAWYER IN DAVAO TOLD US. BUT I WANTED A SECOND OPINION BECAUSE HE WAS KIND OF "TOO HAPPY" TO KNOW THAT I WAS FINANCING ALL OF MY FIANCEE'S FEES AND EXPENSES. AND HER ATE WHO RAISED HER AFTER HER MOTHER WAS THERE AND WAS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF HIM WANTING TO BEGIN A LONG PROCESS OF LAWYERS FEES. ANY MORE ADVICE YOU CAN OFFER IS GREATLY APPRICIATED, SALAMAT PO!!!

[abbielovesjeremy 5]

you are welcome

[Lancelotte25 1]

This is not covered by the Rep. Act 9048, this process must go thru court.

Why after all those years they didn't bother to amend the error?