Can anyone tell me the marriage process for getting wed in the philippines, i am planning to marry early next year and will be visiting twice before then to hopefully make arrangements, as i understand my Fiance cannot apply for spouse visa until we are married so we are about to start that process to be ready when we are wed, we are unsure of the process to get married there with me being a foreigner, i take it it is best to take notice of no impediment from here to save time, does anyone have a list or order of things to do in what order? Do i have to stay in the philippines for several weeks before being able to marry? We are going to have a beach wedding and also thinking of having a wedding planner, i would be grateful if anyone could point out any previous threads around this or let me know they're experience thanks in advance David
Eddie's recent thread seems to overlap with yours. http://www.british-filipino.com/showthread.php?5966-Eddie/page2 Rough guide. 1] Obtain Certificate of No Impediment here in the UK. Obtain Philippine CENOMAR for you and your fiancee. It can be obtained even if you are in the UK. 2] Exchange CNI for local CNI, at embassy in Manila, for local CNI 3] Marry in the Philippines
Thank you John much appreciated, can you tell me what the CENOMAR is? sorry im still finding my way round also as i am going to Manila in November would i be able to exchange my CNI then? we plan to Marry march 2013, also i see a few people mention staying for 10 days when married, is that a requirement, cant find this info anywhere, thanks again David
1] CENOMAR : is the Philippine equivalent of the CNI. CENOMAR : Certificate of No Marriage. You need to submit a CENOMAR to aquire your local CNI and your fiancee needs to submit her CENOMAR too as I recall. You can order them online. We had ours sent to my wifes address in Cavite. Order through https://www.ecensus.com.ph/Default.aspx Also download the word document for the local CNI requirements: http://ukinthephilippines.fco.gov.u...ppines/how-to-apply-for-a-cni/cni-application 2] I am not certain that your local CNI would be valid til March, if you aquired it in November. We aquired the local CNI just a few days before our marriage ceremony. 3] The 10 day rule. I found out through an agent that my wife dealt with. I wouldnt have known otherwise.
A CNI issued in the UK is not valid unless authenticated by the British Embassy who will generally issue their own which conforms to local requirements.
I can't tell you much about this 10 day rule except that for a Marriage Certificate to be issued I had to remain in the Philippines for 10 days after our marriage ceremony (known as an advance wedding ceremony). I just did as I was told.
How do you mean? In what way? Everything was processed through Paranaque City Hall. We have the NSO marriage certificate, my wife's spouse visa was succesful and my wife is here now. Worked perfectly. We are just about to celebrate her being here 1 year. Not sure what you mean. The whole process, for me, took 2 1/2 weeks, including flights and exchanging CNI's at the embassy. Time was of the essence for me as I only had a certain number of available days to take off work. Perfect.
Thanks again John this all helps, i need to know and find out as much as possible of the marriage process from start to finish, besides obtaining CNI is there any other advice you can give me with regards to organising the marriage process and applying for spouse visa for my wife does anyone have a start to finish list of things to do? and the order, i see so many postings on here that seem to have bad experience or miss vital information, i just want to be organised and make everything as smooth as possible
Its a complex process. But check out some of Mr Micawber's stuff. Particularly on spouse visa application. Like this thread here: http://www.british-filipino.com/sho...ply-for-a-Partner-Spouse-Visa-Under-New-Rules Also checkout this thread on the CFO (important to comply with the requirements of that lot): http://www.british-filipino.com/showthread.php?4713-CFO-Commission-on-Filipinos-Overseas As Mr Micawber often says, have a read of it, checkout the UKBA website and then comeback when you have any questions. On the wedding, we had a civil wedding so I cant help you with a church wedding. You will need: Marriage License Apply for this in your fiancée's local town at the registry office or wherever the marriage will take place. You may well be requested to attend a "Pre-Marriage Seminar" counselling session(s) prior to being allowed to be married. Check and ask when you apply for the marriage license. After you apply for the license there is a compulsory 10 day waiting period while the marriage banns are published To apply for the Marriage License you should have the following:- Your: Birth certificate Passport C.N.I. NSO CENOMAR (if needed) Divorce decree asbsolute (if applicable) Certificate of 'Pre-Marriage Seminar' (if needed) The fiancees Postal I.D. Address Cenomar Parents signed advice form (for under 25 years) Parents I.D. N.S.O. birth certificate Passport (or other appropriate ID) Barangay clearance (if needed) Community tax certificate (aka Cedula) Some of these may vary from region to region. Like I said, we used an agent to help us with this lot - the wedding. Get your fiancee to check all this out locally.
David, You and your would be spouse has to apply for a marriage license before the Local Civil Registrar where your would be wife is residing. You need to secure and submit a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage, issued by your diplomatic or consular officials. No prescribed form or religious rite for the solemnization of the marriage is required. It shall be necessary, however, for you and would be wife to appear personally before the solemnizing officer and declare in the presence of not less than two witnesses of legal age that you take each other as husband and wife. The marriage shall be solemnized publicly in the chambers of the judge or in open court, in the church, chapel or temple, or in the office the consul-general, consul or vice-consul, as the case may be, and not elsewhere. In case you want to have a beach wedding you can still do it as a mere ceremony. Simply stated, the requirements for getting married are as follows: 1. Marriage License - which your would be wife can take care before the Local Civil Registrar where she resides. She can secure applications on this and she will be advised of the specific requirements like seminar and counseling etc. 2. You need a certificate of legal capacity. You can secure this before your consular or diplomatic official here in the Philippines. Then having armed with those requirements you can make arrangements that the official ceremony be made before a judge or Mayor or a priest or minister. The beach wedding will just be a mere ceremonial repetition just to satisfy your desire. You can invite again the priest or minister who solemnized the official marriage. Good luck to you. You can make further legal inquiries here at http://www.duano.com.ph
David, The requirements are as follows: 1. Marriage License and 2. Certificate of Legal Capacity. On the first one, your would be wife can apply this before the Local Civil Registrar where she is a resident and the second, you can secure it before your Consular or Diplomatic Official here in the Philippines. Your marriage cannot be solemnized in the beach. Our law requires that the marriage shall be solemnized publicly in the chambers of the judge or in open court (in case the judge will solemnize the marriage), in the church, chapel or temple (in case a priest, imam or minister will solemnize the marriage), or in the office the consul-general, consul or vice-consul (in case your diplomatic officials will solemnize the marriage), or office of a Local Chief Executive (Mayor) as the case may be, and not elsewhere. You remedy is this. Have your marriage solemnized by a judge or a priest or a minister in the place designated by law then you can arrange a mere ceremonial marriage in the beach as a mere repetition of the official marriage. In this way, your marriage can be valid and at the same time you can still have your dream wedding. You can further inquire at http://www.duano.com.ph
