British Embassy checklist

[Rory]

I am just trying to double check i have all the documents i need and the photocopies i require at the Embassy to exchange my UK CNI for the local Phipilippine one but i keep getting asked to login to a government site that i have no password for.
Anyone have a link to the site where i can find this check list?

[Steve.r]

If you have been married before, make sure you have the officially court stamped final divorce paper.

I can't offer a link, but there is a checklist here on th eforum that Terpe posted only today, do a search of his recent posts.

[Rory]

ok, thank you

[Steve.r]

found it for you

from Terpe:

As already mentioned the CNI is available from your local registry office. It takes 22 days from time of application. It's 21 days for the 'bans'.
For Philippines the CNI has only 3 months validity from date of issue, so don't get it too early.

I suggest you always check for the latest information for paperwork needed etc but in principle to apply for the Marriage License in the Philippines you should consider having the following:-

Your birth certificate
Your passport
Your C.N.I.
Your NSO CENOMAR (if needed, please check well beforehand)
Your Divorce decree asbsolute (if applicable)

Certificate of 'Pre-Marriage Seminar' (if needed, please check well beforehand)

Her N.S.O. birth certificate (This should be fresh from NSO on latest type of security paper. Check)
Her Passport (or other appropriate ID)
Her Barangay clearance (if needed, please check well beforehand)
Her community tax certificate (often called Cedula)
Her postal I.D. Address
Her CENOMAR
Her Parents signed advice form (for under 25 years)
Her Parents I.D.


Apply for the marriage license in your fiancée's home town (or locality of where marriage will take place)
You will most likely also be requested to attend that previously "Pre-Marriage Seminar" counselling sessions prior to being allowed to be married. Do check and ask when you apply for the marriage license

After you apply for the license there is a mandatory 10 day waiting period while the marriage banns are published

Hope this helps you

[Steve.r]

But don't panic Rory, the papers you needed to get your uk CNI are all you need for the local one.