Having a baby in the Philippines

[Glen Charles 0]

Here was a question I was mailed.

Yes, my wife from Lapu-Lapu City may be pregnant too! Do you know how long the total process takes and do you need a Filipino attorney!

It takes 9 months to have a baby and it does not take an atty. Just you and your wife.

He he. But assuming you are refering to US citizenship and passport, here are the details.

No, you dont need an atty.

Here is what you have to do.

0) Take pictures of your pregnant wife.

1) Have the baby.

2) File the hospital birth certificate at city hall. It may take a few days to get it from the hospital. You will also need to run the official registration number back to the hospital for thier records. *Note, the hospital may do this stage, but don't bet on it.

3) 2-3 days, you get it back from ciy hall. Run it over to NSO. Plan on spending a day at NSO.

4) Call Fedex and get a consular report of birth kit delivered to your wife. The embassy has subcontracted fedex to handle the paperwork. http://philippines.usembassy.gov/wwwhppt1.html

5) Wait 3-4 weeks for the BC.

6) In the meantime fill out all the forms in your kit. Once the kit is complete with the NSO BC, you will need to either go to an interview or get a waiver for it. If you can not go to the interview, one of the forms there gives them permission to issue a passport without your signature on the passport form. If you sign that waiver, you need it endorsed in the US- they will refuse to endorse it at the embassy. Include evidence that the baby is yours and hers, and that you are a US citizen. Evidence you were in the country at the time of conception, your marriage certificate, both sets of birth certificates, your prior divorce papers, if any, and the pictures of your wedding and of your visibly pregnant wife.

7) When you get the BC, send it with the complete forms to the embassy.

8) a week or 2 later, your wife will have an interview to go to with the baby. If you are there in country you must go to it as well. if you are not in the country you must have the waiver signed and notarized.

9) Assuming the interview goes well, they will send you a passport 2 weeks later.

I don't know anything about dual citizenship.

Whole thing for me was 2 months. Do not bet on it when you buy your plane tickets, or you may be burned. The NSO or embassy may screw up, or you might screw up a form.

[Glen Charles 0]

I forgot to note that the above timeline represented my experiance in the Metro Manila area.

I have heard that the NSO can move much slower in the provinces.

[StarProg 0]

Sheesh, what a hastle, just like everything else. Thanks Glen, you make me glad that Fely and I failed to conceive last September.

[Glen Charles 0]

I forgot to note that the above timeline represented my experiance in the Metro Manila area.

I have heard that the NSO can move much slower in the provinces.

Also get a indorsement at city hall to speed up the BC. No idea if it helps, but it's supposed to.

[beameup 0]

I forgot to note that the above timeline represented my experiance in the Metro Manila area.

I have heard that the NSO can move much slower in the provinces.

Actually, you can get an official letter from the director of the local NSO office, which states when the information was forwarded to the Quezon City (Manila) NSO. You can then hand carry this letter to the Quezon City NSO and the information can be released to you there.

Edited February 27, 2007 by beameup

[Glen Charles 0]

Here was a question I was mailed.

Yes, my wife from Lapu-Lapu City may be pregnant too! Do you know how long the total process takes and do you need a Filipino attorney!

It takes 9 months to have a baby and it does not take an atty. Just you and your wife.

He he. But assuming you are refering to US citizenship and passport, here are the details.

No, you dont need an atty.

Here is what you have to do.

0) Take pictures of your pregnant wife.

1) Have the baby.

2) File the hospital birth certificate at city hall. It may take a few days to get it from the hospital. You will also need to run the official registration number back to the hospital for thier records. *Note, the hospital may do this stage, but don't bet on it.

3) 2-3 days, you get it back from ciy hall. Run it over to NSO. Plan on spending a day at NSO.

4) Call Fedex and get a consular report of birth kit delivered to your wife. The embassy has subcontracted fedex to handle the paperwork. http://philippines.usembassy.gov/wwwhppt1.html

5) Wait 3-4 weeks for the BC.

6) In the meantime fill out all the forms in your kit. Once the kit is complete with the NSO BC, you will need to either go to an interview or get a waiver for it. If you can not go to the interview, one of the forms there gives them permission to issue a passport without your signature on the passport form. If you sign that waiver, you need it endorsed in the US- they will refuse to endorse it at the embassy. Include evidence that the baby is yours and hers, and that you are a US citizen. Evidence you were in the country at the time of conception, your marriage certificate, both sets of birth certificates, your prior divorce papers, if any, and the pictures of your wedding and of your visibly pregnant wife.

7) When you get the BC, send it with the complete forms to the embassy.

8) a week or 2 later, your wife will have an interview to go to with the baby. If you are there in country you must go to it as well. if you are not in the country you must have the waiver signed and notarized.

9) Assuming the interview goes well, they will send you a passport 2 weeks later.

I don't know anything about dual citizenship.

Whole thing for me was 2 months. Do not bet on it when you buy your plane tickets, or you may be burned. The NSO or embassy may screw up, or you might screw up a form.

10) With the passport, you get a little slip that says you need an EXIT PERMIT from the dept of immigration. We used a travel agency for this, took 3 days, but I hear you can do it at the airport, or at the dept in 1 day.

11) It is a nightmare getting out of the Philippines with a new US citizen baby. We flew out at the PAL terminal, and I probably walked back and forth 1000 yards getting everything done. You need to have a ticket for the baby, but you need to buy it in person and have the baby and passport available. You need a tax exemption certificate, etc. As an experianced, nay hardened, traveler, I am certain that I could not have done it alone, hauling back and forth the luggage and the baby. My wife really needed me there.