HI i am new here, mine name is Dave. I hope to marry a wonderful woman this year in philippines. I have looked at many threads which are a big help thanks. My girlfriend does not have a passport, however she does have postal ID which she has used to travel through internal airports no problem. Is this sufficient for marriage? and if not how difficult is it for her to get a passport? Hope you can help me i love her and really want marry this year
Hi and welcome. it is not too difficult for your wife to get a passport. She will have to provide ID, I can't remember what type of ID at the moment. Also, if you get married in the Philippines and she plans to join you in the UK, she will need to have a piece of paper put into her passport by the CFO before she leaves. She wlll not be able to leave if she doesn't have the CFO paper in her passport. This is a short talk she will have to attend. It will tell her who to contact if she has problems when she is in the UK.
Hello Dave, welcome to the forum No, a passport itself is not a requirement. Plenty of people get married every day without a passport. Just for your added information,in connection with the Marriage Licence the Executive Order No.209 (The Family Code of the Philippines) states:- Just for completeness it goes on to state:- As I'm sure you may know by now, there are always 'local variations' in the Philippines. After all, if the licence is not issued until after 11,12 or 13 days then it still complies with the legal requirement provided it has been posted continuously for a minimum 10 consecutive days. Best advice is to always check locally when it actually WILL be issued. Generally, with good organisation, and things go fairly smooth along the way, you should have no problems getting married within a 20-30 day timeframe. I suggest you always check the latest information for paperwork needed etc but in principle to apply for the Marriage License you should consider having the following:- Your birth certificate Your passport Your Philippine CNI Your NSO CENOMAR (check with the local authorities as sometimes not required) Your Divorce decree asbsolute (if applicable) Her N.S.O. birth certificate (This should be fresh from NSO on latest type of security paper. Check) Her Passport (or other appropriate ID) Her Barangay clearance (if needed, please check well beforehand) Her community tax certificate (often called Cedula) Her postal I.D. Address Her NSO CENOMAR Her Parents signed advice form (if under 25 years age) Her Parents I.D. Apply for the Marriage License in your fiancée's home town at the registry office. (or locality of where marriage will take place) You might also be requested to attend the "Pre-Marriage Seminar" counselling sessions prior to being allowed to be married. Check and ask when you apply for the marriage license By the way just be sure that you have authorised copies of the Marriage Certificate after the wedding or that you request fast-tracking /Expediting for NSO copies. Quite a few get into a long waiting time for the marriage certificate needed for a visa application. Worth thinking about anyway. Good luck and best wishes for your future together. As mentioned before by Aposhark, if you're considered having your future wife join you in UK then she WILL need to have a passport in order to submit a visa application for UK and to travel. On balance Dave it makes sense to secure that passport asap. A passport is a great form of ID anyway in your plan.
Welcome to British Filipino Dave, as your mahal doesn't already have a passport you might want to hold off until she has the marriage certificate so she can get her first passport with her new surname (assuming she is taking your surname - most Filipinas do).
A couple of amplifications to Micawber's very comprehensive reply to you: In order to get a Philippine CNI ("Certificate of No Impediment" [to Marry]) you will require one of the following: If never married, a Certificate stating that no marriage has been registered, issued by your local Registrar; or, If Divorced, an original of your Divorce Decree Absolute which, in addition to the Court Seal, must be signed by a Judge; or, If Widowed, a copy of your late wife's Death Certificate. As of tomorrow, (April 19) CNIs are only being issued by the Embassy in Manila and will take several days to issue. An appointment is necessary for the submission of the application and its supporting documents. There will be a new Honorary Consul for Cebu appointed but probably not for a couple of months or so. The previous Hon.Con would issue a CNI whilst you wait. Cenomars ("Certificate of No Marriage") are required by all Philippine citizens who wish to marry (in the Philippines) and, strictly speaking, they don't apply to foreigners - the CNI being the foreigner equivalent. However not all Registrars know that and insist on one anyway. This can be applied for online once your are in the Philippines and takes about a week to obtain.
Hello to all and thank you so much for all your replies. So good to have such a fantastic response so quick. Hopefully now i have all the information i require and shall let you know how i get on , thanks again, Dave
She'll need a passport sooner or later anyway. My mahal just got a passport - this was actually her second passport. as she had lost the old one, so she needed to include an Affidavit of Loss (sworn before an attorney) in respect of her old passport as well as her Birth Certificate in the new (allegedly tamper-proof) NSO form, one official photo ID and three other identifications, as well as the fee, of course. Attendance in person at a DFA office is required, with two photocopies of every document, but passport photos are not needed because the DFA take them. Do not believe that "no queuing is now required" - her appointment was at 1300 and she got out of the DFA offices at 17.10! The DFA website is here: http://passport.com.ph/ http://passport.com.ph/requirements
