The Marriage Licence

[briancol]

We applyed for our Marriage Licence on Wed In Talisay and it will be issued on the 31st

We arrived at City Hall around 2pm and were eventualy directed to an office on the third floor

We showed the nice lady our papers which were

1. my full UK birth certificates
2. my passport
3. my C.N.I. from the Brit Consul here in Cebu
4. my cenomar from the N.S.O.
5. my decree asbsolute

6. our certificate of Marriage Seminar

7. her N.S.O. birth certificate
8. her Barangay clearance
9. her Cedula community tax certificate
10 her postal I.D.
11.her cenomar

12. her parents atended to sign the advise form for under 25,s
13. her parents I.D.

All of these origionals then had to be photo copied 3 times and collated in 3 piles plus they wanted the stamped embassy copy of my C.N.I.

You could save a bit of time if you bring the copies with you as the on site photocopier was working flat out with a queue cost 80 piso for 46 total copies

The nice lady , who was dealing single handed with about 10 other couples then handed us 1 application form me to fill the left side Jhean the right there was a template on the wall

Errors are tipexed out and when she is satisfied all is correct she gave us two more to be filled out identicaly It took about 2.5 hours cost 370 piso and was fairly fun or perhaps thats how I decided to see it

after i get the "No impediment to marriage" certificate from my local reg office here in the UK, my next move is to go to the brit embassy in manila or cebu,is thats right.
then down to Butuan,meet up with my intended and head for the city hall, what about the marriage seminar,how do i apply for that,? and do i need to do that before we go to the city hall.? im just trying to work out the sequence of events.and do we set an actual date and work to that or do we wait untill we get to the city hall and arrange a date with them.? sorry if these seem stupid questions. thanks.

[aposhark]

......what about the marriage seminar,how do i apply for that,?

Hi briancol
When my wife and I got married in the province we didn't have a marriage seminar.
When I pointed out to them that I could not speak or understand Cebuano, the lady signed the paper that it was already done.

I know most people will have to do it but it is down to the place you marry in and the people you meet who help you along the way