... at a guess, 1 month is probably about right, Stevie. Again, it seems to depend a lot on the Registrar's Office concerned, and its workload at any given time. For instance, Myrna & myself got married on 8/12/08. Our MC was forwarded [I think] straightaway to the NSO ... but returned because of a single spelling mistake in one of the witness's surnames (which is WHY I alerted 'broken pieces' to check for any similar error!). This wasn't helped by the intervention of the Christmas holidays
... and so it was after New Year before the certificate could be sent back up to Manila.
Nevertheless, things moved fast from THEN on, and we were able to get everything tied up im time to submit her application on January 20.