Quote Originally Posted by febmary View Post
Hi aryM,

Thanks for the reply. I just have this confusion when I went to our Local Civil Registrar (LCR)in our city halll, to ask for requirements to marry a foreigner. They gave me this requirements.

1. certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage from his diplomatic or consular in the Philippines.
2. divorce decree/decree of annullment
3. passport
4. birth certificate
5. pre marriage counselling certificate
I hope my understanding is right that they want my fiance to apply the legal capacity in the Philippines and they will not honor the CNI issued in their country. As i know that when you apply here in the Philippines it takes about 21 days to release. Im just afraid coz my fiance will have 1 month to stay here and cant take so long because of work back in Belfast.so scared to think that we might be in a rush and just waiting for 21 days and another 10 days for the marriage license and schedule our wedding.
I remember I read some informations in the website of foreigners marrying here in the Philippines and about this certificate of legal capacity.
I hope somebody can share me what they can think about the scenario.

thanks again.

Febmary
I posted this in another thread...

"My husband and I got married this month and this forum was a big help to us. THANK YOU! My husband applied for his CNI in Bedforshire. When he received his CNI he sent it to me through FedEx and I received it in hmm 2 - 3 days. I then went to the British Embassy in Manila to have it exchanged to the local CNI. Applications are only accepted in the morning. I went back to the embassy the following day to pick up my husband's local CNI. Your fiance needs to bring with her your CNI obtained in the UK, photocopy of your passport, your original birth certificate, her birth certificate in NSO paper, her CENOMAR, and her passport. Releasing of the CNI is done only in the afternoon between 2:30 and 4:30 PM. All documents submitted, except for your CNI obtained in the UK, will be returned. This will save you time and the hassle of going to the embassy after a very long flight. Just make sure that your fiance brings with her a valid ID aside from her passport because she needs to leave it to the guard.

I hope this helps."