Two Records of Birth for same person?

[George and Movi 1]

Hi everyone! has anyone heard of two records of birth of same person?

In 2002, i requested for my birth certificate from the NSO and find out that i have no record. I have a copy of the form IA which was issued by the civil registrar where i was born. I was instructed to request the local civil registrar to forward the record of birth to NSO which i did. After several months, i received a copy of my birth certificate in NSO security paper. From that time on, i have requested copies of the birth certificate and there had not been any problem at all.

Last August 2009, i requested for 3 copies of my birth certificate from NSO. I was shocked when i received the birth certificates coz the entries were hardly readable at all. My first birth certificate issued by NSO in 2002 was typewritten and it was an exact copy of the form IA, however this one is an exact copy of the birth certificate which was handwritten and cant even read the first name. Family name is even mispelled, however, the entry as to birth date and birthplace and names of parents were the same.and my mom was the informant in the birth certificate however, her name is mispelled. The next day i came back with the photocopies of the birth certificates i had requested from NSO in 2002 and 2004. I asked for a remedy to be able to get the correct birth certificate. i was told that i should request the local civil registar where i was registered/born for a consolidation of records. My birth place is in luzon while at present am in mindanao.

I made another trip to NSO to check again and request that they open my file coz there might be some errors. I was told that the latest birth certificate which was not legible will prevail because its the exact copy of original birth cert form while the one issued by NSO in 2002 was just an exact copy of the form IA. I was told i cannot request for a consolidation either. So i was given two exactly conflicting remedies.dont know what to do. I was really disappointed coz if this is the case , then i need to apply for a correction of entry coz the family name was mispelled. I requested that they open again my files and check coz there is a chance that the 2 records does not refer to one and the same person. But they didnt grant my request. Another trip and was denied my request.

For the 6th trip to NSO, I asked them to open the files and check it coz i will not give up till they do what i am requesting.The latest record that they gave to me the birthdate was same as mine(1968) however, it was registered only in 1970 while the first that NSO gave to me the birth was registered in 1968 which was my birthyear. I carefully studied the two birth records and pointed the flaws. told then if it was really my mom who signed that birth certificate then she should know the correct spelling of her name and her birth place( i have a marriage contract and other records of my mom).I made a careful explanations of my predicament. At last they did as i requested. they opened the files and saw that there was indeed two records however, since the first record was registered in 1968 then it prevails.presto they printed the 1968 record of birth.

It was a relief that i finally got the correct copies of my birth certificate. By the way, my mom told me that it was my dad who signed my birth certificate as informant and not her so that second record of birth does not refer to me.Wheewww!!! I dont know how it happened.

[PhiLandShiR 18]

What a nightmare. Glad you got it all fixed!!

Good Luck!

-P

[eros_EX_Plumber 0]

I have LEARNED that everything is possible in RP.........

A person can be born more then once........in many different places...

A person can result dead....while still alive....or the other way around...

Immaculate Conceptions......

etc, etc

It is the LAND of MIRACLES.......Amen

[Pinay Wife 47]

It is the LAND of MIRACLES.......Amen

... and land of the living dead.

Happy Halloween

[Steve and Nor 0]

It is the LAND of MIRACLES.......Amen

... and land of the living dead.

Happy Halloween

I am so glad you were so persistent. Sometimes I do not understand how they work here.

I also had a problem with my birth certificate: My auntie registered me on the 24th and also wrote down 24 Oct as my birth date when in fact I was born on the 18th!!

Now I am using 24th of October as my legal birthday instead of 18.

I understand it was my Auntie's ignorance that caused it. My Auntie had no higher education but employees in the Civil Registry have and they should know better. On the other hand as, employees in the Civil Registry, they should have clarified every entry that they have to make before putting them into their book! But they do not have time to ask for clarifications of every entry because they do not care about the possible implications of wrong entries in the future!

I am not sure if the Civil Registry is being careful about it nowadays.

[George and Movi 1]

Guys, you are all right. what a bizarro world. only in the philippines!!