Requirements for Cath.Church wedding

[john&louella 0]

I came here in the US under K1 Visa and got married(2006), we had a Chapel Wedding presided by pastor,I dont remember what denomination. We picked the place becase we liked the chapel and location close to his family members. We were both Catholic when we got married. Now we are planning a visit to Phils next year with maximum of 3 weeks stay, our main goal is enjoy the visit with my family since it is my son's first time meeting them and 3 weeks is very short stay.

But also we want to have a simple church wedding there, majority because we would love to have our family celebrate with us with our blessed married life. But if its gonna be complicated, we can just drop the wedding and just enjoy fullest our vacation by not going through the circus hoops and loops of church's requirements and etc.

1. Anyway, does any one of you ever experienced this, both US citizens had a Catholic Church wedding in the Phils?

2. what can we and we cannot have or do during the wedding ceremony?

3. requirements?

[apple21 953]

- Baptismal Certificate

- Confirmation Certificate

- Marriage license

Those are the basic requirements for a church wedding.

Did you file a Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad?

[Sirliner 26]

Check page 2 of the Regional Forums, Philippines, for a similar thread called, "K1 and married already. Planning to get married again in PI. any suggestions?". Lots of good info for you already there.

[john&louella 0]

- Baptismal Certificate

- Confirmation Certificate

- Marriage license

Those are the basic requirements for a church wedding.

Did you file a Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad?

thank you apple21.

No I did not do that Report of Marriage.

Edited June 4, 2014 by john&louella

[john&louella 0]

Check page 2 of the Regional Forums, Philippines, for a similar thread called, "K1 and married already. Planning to get married again in PI. any suggestions?". Lots of good info for you already there.

Thank you Sirliner, I will try to find that. Have a good day!

[apple21 953]

You need to file a Report of Marriage so you can renew your passport into your married name. Also to have an NSO marriage certificate.

The Philippines will recognize your US marriage so technically, you don't need to get "married" again. What you'll do in the Philippines is a renewal of vows.

[yannix 24]

Try contacting the local parish where you intend to do the renewal of vows. I think you should look up which particular denomination the church you got married in belongs to. That's they key. If it's under the Roman Catholic church, then it should be easier. HTH

[pete_falcone 7]

The requirements are quite extensive. My wife knows the details much more than I do, but it involved almost a year of back-and-forth between you and the church administrator, followed by months of paper digging and event coordination.

The fastest and easiest way to pull off a Catholic wedding is to ask for a "Convalidation" ceremony. You are already civilly married, so the requirements are less. However, these ceremonies usually lack the glamour and pageantry of a wedding ceremony.

[john&louella 0]

You need to file a Report of Marriage so you can renew your passport into your married name. Also to have an NSO marriage certificate.

The Philippines will recognize your US marriage so technically, you don't need to get "married" again. What you'll do in the Philippines is a renewal of vows.

I am now a USC with US passport. I skipped those parts because my Phils Passport expired close enough to gain my citizenship, travelling to Washington DC to renew my passport is way more expensive than filing for citizenship. So I chose the pratical way. Maybe I will go ahead and file a report of our marriage so I can have a copy of Certificate from NSO.

I will ask my family to ask about "renewal of vows".

Salamat apple21

[john&louella 0]

The requirements are quite extensive. My wife knows the details much more than I do, but it involved almost a year of back-and-forth between you and the church administrator, followed by months of paper digging and event coordination.

The fastest and easiest way to pull off a Catholic wedding is to ask for a "Convalidation" ceremony. You are already civilly married, so the requirements are less. However, these ceremonies usually lack the glamour and pageantry of a wedding ceremony.

pete_falcone,

There is no way we can do all those hooplahoops meeting all the church requirements. I'd prefer a simple solemn wedding ceremony, so we are doing it exclusively for family and close friends. Actually it feel kinda funny having "wedding" again, silly it may sound I am only trying to pull all of these together just to make an aging mother smile. I think i will take the Convalidation route

thank you.

[john&louella 0]

Try contacting the local parish where you intend to do the renewal of vows. I think you should look up which particular denomination the church you got married in belongs to. That's they key. If it's under the Roman Catholic church, then it should be easier. HTH

I know for sure it is not under Roman Catholic Church, yeah we will try to ask our local parish church. Thank you for the help.