Updating a CENOMAR timeframe

[Bill Fontenot 0]

Greetings,

My fiancé, Mary, from the Phillipines was previously married and divorced in Japan.  Her CENOMAR did not get updated after her divorce to reflect that she is divorced.  Her divorce papers were destroyed in a fire.  She is having a friend in Japan request a copy of her divorce papers.  Her plans are to have the Japanese Embassy in Manila translate the divorce papers into English.  She will bring the translated divorce papers to the NSO to update her CENOMAR.  My question is this:  How long will it take for her CENOMAR to be updated to show that she is now free to marry?  Is there anything that we can do at the NSO office to expedite the process?  Any advice would be appreciated.  

[PaoSelle 35]

Good evening, the process may be a long one. she has to bring her divorce papers to the Regional Trial Court and sign some papers there to get her divorce recognized here in the philippines. Im not sure how long the process is but it's not a quick one. 

Annotation on the effects of divorce declared in a foreign country

A request for copy issuance of COM with annotation on the effects of divorce abroad resulted to a negative result or COM without annotation.

How to correct

• The divorce decree granted by a foreign country must first be filed for recognition in the Philippine Regional Trial Court (RTC).
• Once the local court recognized the foreign divorce decree, register it to the LCRO of the place of jurisdiction of the RTC which granted the petition.
• The next step is to provide the copy of the registered court decree and certificate of finality to the LCRO where the marriage was registered for the annotation in the COM.
• Once registered, you may now request for an annotated COM at PSA.  The complete set of documents: registered court decree, certificate of finality, certificate of registration and the annotated COM is to be forwarded through courier to PSA for processing. Also hand-carry the set of documents for filing an application at PSA-Central Outlet, East Avenue.