i think RickyR is right,a trip to the local registrar and to tagaytay is worth doing and from what i can remember you should be over at the phils to get your cni from british embassy and you need to get this paperwork from uk to exchange it for your cni,cant remember the name of the document you need to get from uk.am sure some other members will give u a piece of their mind on this.hope it helps.cheers.