Reporting Marriage in USA to Philippine Counsler

[Joan >3 Bob 20]

Does anyone know which exact form that is needed to be sent to the Philippine Embassy counsler here in the USA reporting a marriage K1 in the USA?

I read somewhere this has to be done especially for renewing your Philippine passport when you visit the Philippines. If you do not report the marriage in the USA...when in the Philippines they will not renew your passport or change it to your new married last name??

Please advise

[maritoni 3]

Here's an answer to your queryLink

Goodluck!

[Joan >3 Bob 20]

Does anyone know which exact form that is needed to be sent to the Philippine Embassy counsler here in the USA reporting a marriage K1 in the USA?

I read somewhere this has to be done especially for renewing your Philippine passport when you visit the Philippines. If you do not report the marriage in the USA...when in the Philippines they will not renew your passport or change it to your new married last name??

Please advise

I see from searching Philippine consulates the requirements vary depending upon which Consulate Office your State falls under.

My question is for the Washington DC Consulate since I am from South Carolina. Their web site is not specific on filing requirements. It has a form for "Report of Marriage" and another form for "INFO Sheet On FILIPINOS Marrying Foreigners"

Both forms are downloadable but do not cleary spell out which form or both are required and if things like NSO birth certificates are required.

[ED*Riza 0]

Does anyone know which exact form that is needed to be sent to the Philippine Embassy counsler here in the USA reporting a marriage K1 in the USA?

I read somewhere this has to be done especially for renewing your Philippine passport when you visit the Philippines. If you do not report the marriage in the USA...when in the Philippines they will not renew your passport or change it to your new married last name??

Please advise

I see from searching Philippine consulates the requirements vary depending upon which Consulate Office your State falls under.

My question is for the Washington DC Consulate since I am from South Carolina. Their web site is not specific on filing requirements. It has a form for "Report of Marriage" and another form for "INFO Sheet On FILIPINOS Marrying Foreigners"

Both forms are downloadable but do not cleary spell out which form or both are required and if things like NSO birth certificates are required.

Hello,

I already amended my passport from DC last July. You have to follow the instructions in their website.

fill in the Report of marriage, info sheet on Filipinos marrying Foreigner and then the form for amendment of passport.

if you have more questions.. u can give me a call

riza

[RonMay 1]

Does anyone know which exact form that is needed to be sent to the Philippine Embassy counsler here in the USA reporting a marriage K1 in the USA?

I read somewhere this has to be done especially for renewing your Philippine passport when you visit the Philippines. If you do not report the marriage in the USA...when in the Philippines they will not renew your passport or change it to your new married last name??

Please advise

I see from searching Philippine consulates the requirements vary depending upon which Consulate Office your State falls under.

My question is for the Washington DC Consulate since I am from South Carolina. Their web site is not specific on filing requirements. It has a form for "Report of Marriage" and another form for "INFO Sheet On FILIPINOS Marrying Foreigners"

Both forms are downloadable but do not cleary spell out which form or both are required and if things like NSO birth certificates are required.

Hello,

I already amended my passport from DC last July. You have to follow the instructions in their website.

fill in the Report of marriage, info sheet on Filipinos marrying Foreigner and then the form for amendment of passport.

if you have more questions.. u can give me a call

riza

hi riza i have a question. i guess its about time for me to report my marriage (been planning for it for too long now lol)... if you refer the photo i attach below, should i be the one who will notarize this? im a bit confused w/ all the blank that needs to be filled up... not sure if its just gona be them or me. im guessing its them but i just wana make sure... thanks in advance

[ED*Riza 0]

Does anyone know which exact form that is needed to be sent to the Philippine Embassy counsler here in the USA reporting a marriage K1 in the USA?

I read somewhere this has to be done especially for renewing your Philippine passport when you visit the Philippines. If you do not report the marriage in the USA...when in the Philippines they will not renew your passport or change it to your new married last name??

Please advise

I see from searching Philippine consulates the requirements vary depending upon which Consulate Office your State falls under.

My question is for the Washington DC Consulate since I am from South Carolina. Their web site is not specific on filing requirements. It has a form for "Report of Marriage" and another form for "INFO Sheet On FILIPINOS Marrying Foreigners"

Both forms are downloadable but do not cleary spell out which form or both are required and if things like NSO birth certificates are required.

Hello,

I already amended my passport from DC last July. You have to follow the instructions in their website.

fill in the Report of marriage, info sheet on Filipinos marrying Foreigner and then the form for amendment of passport.

if you have more questions.. u can give me a call

riza

hi riza i have a question. i guess its about time for me to report my marriage (been planning for it for too long now lol)... if you refer the photo i attach below, should i be the one who will notarize this? im a bit confused w/ all the blank that needs to be filled up... not sure if its just gona be them or me. im guessing its them but i just wana make sure... thanks in advance

MAy,

If you will mail the forms /application for amendment and report of marriage you have to have them notarize first before you submit them. IF you will go there personally sa Consulate di na kailangan. Mine, I went to UPS and have them notarize all the forms.

Riza

Edited May 22, 2009 by ED*Riza

[RonMay 1]

u mean u went to the UPS and they notarized it for you??? and they know what to do/write on the blanks??? i guess i can do that. im just worried they might ask some questions i cannot provide. our bank offers notary and since im getting a cashier's check from them i thought i can ask them to notarize it for me... thanks. hope all goes well

[ED*Riza 0]

pwede ra imo Bank May. We just used UPS because it was closer to our house. Do not sign the form yet . It should be in the presence of the notary public.

[TinTin and Samby 11]

Does anyone know which exact form that is needed to be sent to the Philippine Embassy counsler here in the USA reporting a marriage K1 in the USA?

I read somewhere this has to be done especially for renewing your Philippine passport when you visit the Philippines. If you do not report the marriage in the USA...when in the Philippines they will not renew your passport or change it to your new married last name??

Please advise

Hi! Where in South Carolina? We are in Greenville!

Since you are in South Carolina, you are obligated to register your marriage with the Washington DC Embassy office. Here is a link to the base form tat you need to complete. http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/downloads/ROMDC.pdf It is a 1 page form. On the 2nd page of the PDF document that this link takes you to, are the instructions for filling out the form, including all of the accompanying documentation, photos and other items which must be submitted with the form. You will note in these instructions that, for example, the "Info Sheet on Filipinos Marrying Foreigners" is but 1 example of such additional documentation that must be submitted with the base Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad form.

Be careful to read the instructions carefully, because in typical Filipino style, 50,000,000 copies of everything is required (ok..only 4, but you get my point! )

You have 2 choice to file: in person in washington DC. or via mail. If you file via mail, than you must have the forms notorized.

Here is an important point to consider:

If you are not going to be needing your passport for the next 60 days, then I would strongly suggest that you file the Passport Application (Renewal) at the same time as the Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad. The one caveat here is that while the Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad can be filed by mail (with the additional requirement of notorization), the Passport Application (Renewal) ***MUST*** be filed peronally by the applicant in Washington DC (for you, Washington DC because you are in South Carolina). It can ***NOT*** be filed by mail, even though you will find plenty of documentation still on the official Phillipine Embassy and Consultate Web Sites giving instructions on how to file this by mail, this is OLD, OUTDATED information. You ***MUST*** file Passport Applicaitions in person now.

Also, it is important to understand that you will still see references to the old PASSPORT AMENDMENT process whereby a valid passport can simply be amended with a notation of the change of legal (married) name. This is also out of date information. With the new Maroon colored Machine Readable Passports, they do not ammend these anymore, so "ammeding the passport with your new married name" is now the same process as "replacing (renewing) your passport. You will receive an entirely new passport (and this must be applied for IN PERSON.)

What is the advantage to filing the passport application at the same time as the report of marriage vs waiting until you are in the Philiipines and getting the passport reissued there?

1. When you file the Report of Marrage Contracted Abroad, the embassy/consulate processes this, sends you back a copy of the application with their stamp on it showing that the Report of Marriage has been received and accepted. Then, the embassy/consulate forwards another copy of the received/accepted Report of Marriage to NSO in the Philippines. NSO then proceeds to update their central records with this information so that in the future, for example, if you were to pull a CENOMAR/CEMAR from the NSO in the philippines, it would include a record of your marriage and show the filipina's married name. This process takes approaximately 4-6 months!!!!!!! When you apply at DFA in the philippines to have your passport reissed with your married name, they have a list of required documents that you must submit. You guessed it...one of them is the NSO documentation (NOT the EMBASSY/CONSULTATE Documentation) showing that your marriage has been reported and is on file with the NSO. So, there is a 4-6 month delay between filing your Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad at the Philippine Embassy/Consulate in the USA and the time you are able to apply for a renewal/reissue of your passport - if you apply for this IN THE PHILIPPINES.

2 If you submit the 2 requests together to the Embassy/Consulate in the USA, The consulate forwards the Report of Marriage to NSO and also forwards the passport renewal (with married name) directly to the DFA. In this case, the DFA accepts the Embassy/Consulate's assurance that that marriage has in fact been registered (even though the NSO has not completed their actual processing to log this in their systems) and immediately processes the Passport Renewal. DFA then sends the new passport back to the Embassy/Consultate from where it was submitted and is available for distribution to the applicant. This process takes only 6-8 weeks.

Of course, the question to be asked is How Far is the Trip to Washington DC to file in person (required) vs how long into the future are you planning to make your next trip to the Philippines. You have to weigh these to see what the right answer is for you.

Good luck to you. And send us a PM where in South Carolina you are!

Warm Regards,

TinTin & Samby

[jamesNrei 0]

Very informative TinTin and Samby. Thanks for sharing.