Civil Ceremony fee

[liane]

Out of interest, are you allowed to book a civil wedding ceremony before you get the license itself. In other words, I intend to visit phili for 2 to 3 weeks and apply for a license to marry but it would be good to secure a judge and date for getting married ASAP while waiting for the license to arrive (during that +10 working day period).

That way we could get the license and hopefully marry while I am still there. But 3 weeks is a long time to be in Phili when I have a business to run in the UK.

Yes you can as what Sim said money talks
I have the wedding date and the name of the judge even if we don't have the license yet

[mark99]

I thought the CNI + BC is submitted at the local Civil Registra and not the UK embassay; I got my CNI in the UK already.

[liane]

I believe you will have to exchange that CNI in your British Embassy here in the Philippines for a local copy, that's what the civil registrar requires.

[IainBusby]

I believe you will have to exchange that CNI in your British Embassy here in the Philippines for a local copy, that's what the civil registrar requires.

Correct. The CNI that you have from the UK is not the one you submit to get you marriage certificate, as Liane says, you must take that one to the British Embassy and exchange it for the Philippine version.

[Sim11UK]

I thought the CNI + BC is submitted at the local Civil Registra and not the UK embassay; I got my CNI in the UK already.

Yes as others have said, you need to change your CNI for the Philippine version, at the British Embassy....It will cost you 5000 something php.