Reporting marriage to the Phil Consulate

[Messybrownhair 251]

so we tried to report our marriage to the phil consulate and we just got a call saying we need our marriage cert to show how many times we've been married or something.. Vermont's marriage license and certificate is combined and we gave the official one. anyone else encounter this?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

We had to provide a copy of our marriage certificate, photocopies both our passports, her green card, etc., and both our picture ID's. It we had it, they wanted to see it and get a copy of it.

Don't sweat it. It's just like being in the Philippines, so enjoy the Filipino bureaucratic experience.

[DaveE 178]

Should only apply if the citizen of the Philippines has been previously annulled. We got out requirements here

Marriage registration

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Should only apply if the citizen of the Philippines has been previously annulled. We got out requirements here

Marriage registration

That is going to vary by consulate. Check the consulate for your region for exact requirements.

[Richie Rich 70]

Is it mandatory to register yr marriage with the Philippine consulate in the Usa ???

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Is it mandatory to register yr marriage with the Philippine consulate in the Usa ???

Nope. Only if you want to renew or amend a Filipino passport to reflect a name change. The other option is to get an affidavit of one and the same to account for the different names on the green card and Filipino passport.

[Joan >3 Bob 20]

Actually if you do not report the marriage within 12 months, and report it after 12 months, you will need to supply additional information explaining why you are filing the report late. It is a requirement if your wife wants to get her married name in her Philippine passport. When you submit the requirements to the Phils Embassy in Wash DC, they review it to make sure all of the requirements are met and then they forward it in their Diplomatic mail delivery to DFA Manila and DFA submits the info to NSO. You supply an addressed express mail envelope and enclose the proper postage for them to mail back to your home after the original approved form is returned back to the Phils Embassy in Wash DC from the DFA Manila. Also if you and your wife have a child born in the USA you will need a copy to submit with the report of birth to the Philippines. Same if you have a child and want to get the child a Philippine passport but you have to take the child to the Embassy for the passport picture. It appears as if you are in Jacksonville Florida and I have read the Phils Embassy periodically has an outreach trip there occasionally for things of this nature. I am in Charleston SC and no outreach is ever scheduled here so I had to travel to Wash DC to get our business taken care of. It really is up to you, it is not like they will deport your wife if you do not report it, but makes some things later easier. I went to the NSO web site and ordered online a copy of our marriage certification from NSO on NSO paper and it took less than 3 weeks and it was delivered registered mail. Cost $20.00. I try and cover all bases for anything that may be required in the future. I can imagine standing inline in Manila for hours and hours to get a copy of the certificate of marriage. Requirements vary by consulate office. Each Phils consulate office in the USA have their own web site. IF U must know!!!!

[JoBri 548]

http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/index.php?page=consular-services-dc/faq-dc/#marriage

REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE

Note: The place of marriage determines which Consulate the report should be filed. Please check the Consulate Finder.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

1.Four (4) original duly accomplished Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad form signed by the husband and the wife

2.Four (4) identical colored photographs of the husband and four (4) identical colored photographs of the wife, 1.77 in. x 1.37 in., plain white background, taken within six months before the date of application, showing a clear front view of applicant’s face without eyeglasses. (Blurred or low quality photos are not accepted.)

3.One (1) original or certified true copy and four (4) photocopies of the Marriage Certificate or Contract. (Original will be returned)

4.Report of Marriage Processing Fee: US$25.00 (non-refundable, payable only in cash when personally applying, or money order or certified check payable to the Embassy of the Philippines or Philippine Consulate General, as applicable, when applying by mail or courier; personal check and personal money order are not accepted.)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

IF FILIPINO SPOUSE WAS PREVIOUSLY MARRIED AND DIVORCED, OR PREVIOUSLY MARRIED AND MARRIAGE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ANNULLED

One (1) original or certified true copy and four (4) photocopies of the Judicial Decree of Divorce or Annulment

NOTICE

Article 26 of the Family Code of the Philippines or Executive Order No. 209 (as amended by E.O. No. 227, promulgated on 27 July 1987) provides that:

• All marriages solemnized outside the Philippines, in accordance with the laws in force in the country where they were solemnized, and valid there as such, shall also be valid in this country, except those prohibited under Articles 35, 37 and 38.

• Where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse capacitating him or her to remarry, the Filipino spouse shall have capacity to remarry under Philippine law (underlining and highlighting supplied.)

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The pictures are something new. We only needed pictures for her passport, on blue background. That was before the new ePassport.

[Messybrownhair 251]

thanks everyone!

[vertman 4]

Hello, sis... may expiration ba pag report? kinasal kme noog august 24 til now hindi pa ako nag report? wala bang penalty .. Nkalimutan ko kc na mag rereport sa Embassy katapos ng kasal .. Sis Teach me panu mo e s nend ung Report Marriage???

[JSVP08 3]

Hello, sis... may expiration ba pag report? kinasal kme noog august 24 til now hindi pa ako nag report? wala bang penalty .. Nkalimutan ko kc na mag rereport sa Embassy katapos ng kasal .. Sis Teach me panu mo e s nend ung Report Marriage???

I know ur asking this to the OP ..but i had recently filed/reported mine which is already 21 months past since the wedding took place, which at this time it requires an explanation of 'late' registry - (not penalty)... but they didn't asked/required the so called 'explanation letter'. 2 weeks later we received in the mail our "report of marriage" copy (2 copies). You can either mail your report of marriage application direct to the consulate or go file personally. We went to the consulate ourselves.

PH Consulate San Francisco requirements:

5 copies of Marriage Certificate

5 copies of MY Birth Certificate

5 pictures each for wife & hubby

5 copies (each) of Identification (eg.passport, DL, State ID) of wife & hubby

$25.00 filing fee

Self-stamped return envelop

check your area as sometimes requirements varies.

Btw, Happy wedding!!

[defeedme 4]

here's a good question - are there any Benefits to NOT filing the ROM ?? thanks !

[Tahoma 2,292]

here's a good question - are there any Benefits to NOT filing the ROM ?? thanks !

I'll answer your necro-post:

Yes, you won't have to spend any more money, and you won't have to do any more paperwork.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

here's a good question - are there any Benefits to NOT filing the ROM ?? thanks !

That question will be answered when you try and renew your Filipino passport. You won't be able to.

But if you become a USC then there is no need for a Filipino passport so no need to file your ROM.

Edited July 4, 2015 by Greenbaum