Registering Marriage abroad and Dual citizenship for your babies

[treefrog 0]

Hi to all VJ's I am newbie poster to this site though I always read topics since my visa journey began (K1)I need some advice,help or information about some concerns i have regarding :

1.REGISTERING MARRIAGE CONTRACTED Abroad (especially those pinay kababayan""Filipino's who married american citizen here in US through K1 visa)there was a site that say's marriage abroad should be register at your designated Phil.Consulate(I residing in Arkansas which is jurisdiction by Phil.Consulate Chicago)Is this is True? just want to make it validate so i know what appropriate action to be done.

2.Want to ask those former filipino citizens who have their babies at the time they became US citizen through Naturalization) Did you also file for REGISTER of BIRTH at Ph consulate?. Does it mean being a former filipino (naturalize foreign citizen. and giving birth here in USA )gives your baby automatically Dual citizenship( Fil-AM) or did you file and fill up application and went through legal procedures.?

Hope to hear back any information, and it would be helpful and appreciated much....thanks a lot and god bless u all.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

Don't know the answers to your questions, but wanted to say "hi!" to a fellow Arkansian! I moved from Ireland to Rogers.

[William33 110]

Moved to the Philippines forum.

[treefrog 0]

Hi to all pinay's...I am newbie to post a msgs in here.Have just few question to all Filipina who are married here in USA to american man.

>>Recently I have read to Phil.consulate website about Register of Marriage Contracted Abroad. DOes it Required?have anybody in here done it?and how? By the way i came here with a K1 visa and now got married.

I am also concern about dual citizenship for a baby?It says that Dual citizenship are automatically granted with proper filing to phil.consulate for those child born with parent/s provided that his/her one of parents is filipino citizen at the time of birth

>>>My question is, What about those former filipina citizen who gave birth AFTER they granted foreign citizenship through naturalization. .What did you all do in order to have your child a Dual citizenship???

Any information that you can share will be appreciated much.

Mabuhay Pilipinas.!!!!1

[treefrog 0]

Don't know the answers to your questions, but wanted to say "hi!" to a fellow Arkansian! I moved from Ireland to Rogers.

Thank's for the reply..

[Pinay Wife 47]

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[lbounds 16]

Hello,

I don't know the answer to the question about the dual citizenship for the babies but I did just register / report our marriage to Philippines through the consulate. Even though I live in CA we were married in Hawaii. From what I understood because we were married in the state of Hawaii we should report it to that consulate. I just mailed it the other day.

The reason I mailed it is I wanted my wife's NSO record to be updated in Philippines and also I was thinking if she wanted a renewed passport in the future from RP she could have it changed to her married name since it already was on record now.

I also emailed the Hawaii consulate some questions and they did reply before we mailed.

Here's what we were told to send.

II. Report of Marriage requirements

1.Duly accomplished Report of Marriage form (in quadruplicate) (Notarized)

2.Original marriage certificate certificate and three (3) photocopies

3.Four (4) photopies of passports of both parties

4.Four (4) 2x2 photos each of both parties

5.$25 Report of Marriage fee

postal money order, or bank draft addressed to the Philippine Consulate General

You should check the consulate's website you plan to report to if they have any other requirement. This one told me they will mail us back a signed record 3-4 days after they have our paperwork.

Edited July 18, 2010 by lbounds

[treefrog 0]

Hello,

I don't know the answer to the question about the dual citizenship for the babies but I did just register / report our marriage to Philippines through the consulate. Even though I live in CA we were married in Hawaii. From what I understood because we were married in the state of Hawaii we should report it to that consulate. I just mailed it the other day.

The reason I mailed it is I wanted my wife's NSO record to be updated in Philippines and also I was thinking if she wanted a renewed passport in the future from RP she could have it changed to her married name since it already was on record now.

I also emailed the Hawaii consulate some questions and they did reply before we mailed.

Here's what we were told to send.

II. Report of Marriage requirements

1.Duly accomplished Report of Marriage form (in quadruplicate) (Notarized)

2.Original marriage certificate certificate and three (3) photocopies

3.Four (4) photopies of passports of both parties

4.Four (4) 2x2 photos each of both parties

5.$25 Report of Marriage fee

postal money order, or bank draft addressed to the Philippine Consulate General

You should check the consulate's website you plan to report to if they have any other requirement. This one told me they will mail us back a signed record 3-4 days after they have our paperwork.

thank you so much for reply...more blessing to come

[bluemist 0]

hi treefrog,my daughter was born in the Philippines and yes she is automatically dual citizen.But if your child was born here in the US,you have to report the birth of your child to your Philippine Consulate but the filipina mother need to be filipino citizen at the time of birth,If she been naturalized to became US citizen,your wife needs to do the dual citizenship for her and she can include the child's name on her dual citizenship application so the child will become dual citizenship as well.Check your Philippine Consulate website about dual citizenship,it is written there.

You only need to do the Report of Marriage if your wife wants to use her married name to her passport.She cannot use her married name which is your surname/last name in her passport if she didnt do the Report of Marriage.

Check the website of the Phil.Consulate that covers your state,all the requirements are in there..you can do Report of Marriage by mail also Report of Birth of the child.