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I was just looking around the internet and I saw something about registering your marriage in the Philippines if you married outside the country.

anyone know anything about that, is that a law that my wife needs to register our marriage with the Philippines?

and on her passport, we need to change her name, anyone know how that is done? Can that be done at the Philippines embassy?

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I was just looking around the internet and I saw something about registering your marriage in the Philippines if you married outside the country.

anyone know anything about that, is that a law that my wife needs to register our marriage with the Philippines?

and on her passport, we need to change her name, anyone know how that is done? Can that be done at the Philippines embassy?

http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/philippines-dc/consular-services-dc/

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Hi, thanks for posting your question. I got a little curious about everything since I'm a Filipina and I had no idea of any registration here in the Philippines before getting married outside the country. So I did a little research as well. Correct me if I'm wrong, was this the article you've read.

If it was, the writer said she's married to an Austrian and it might be a different ballgame when your married to one, so might have needed to register the marriage first.

I did a two-hour research on this and nothing, other than that website, advises about marriage registration. I've checked the US Embassy in Manila website, but did not see anything related to it too.

I'm thinking of it this way, if I'm a FILIPINA who will get married in the US -- basically I need to change my last name to my married name. So I asked my Fiancé (who was a Filipino Citizen before he got naturalized in the US) and he helped me on this -- that I just need to forward my passport and change of name request in the nearest state that has a Philippine Embassy to process it -- this might be the "registration of marriage" part since I need to submit proper documentation that a marriage took place.

Again, this is just me and my fiance's thoughts. I know more VJ followers who are/were in the same situation who could help us further. So, I'll be watching this topic.

These links could be helpful too, basically advising how to "register marriage" in Philippine Consulate to change name in passport:

in California -- http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/conserv-ppt.htm

in Chicago -- http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/conserv-ppt.htm

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Maybe this thread should be moved to the Philippines forum.

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