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CONSULAR INFORMATION BULLETIN NO. 6,
Series of 1993
DOCUMENTARY
REQUIREMENTS FOR A FOREIGN NATIONAL INTENDING TO MARRY A FILIPINO SPOUSE IN THE
PHILIPPINES
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Certificate of No Impediment (CNI) to
Marry - obtainable from the Registrar’s Office in the prospective foreign
spouse’s place of residence.
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Original copy or certified true copy
of birth certificate.
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Original copy or certified true copy
of divorce decree absolute or death certificate of deceased spouse, if
applicable.
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A moral character reference, which
takes the form of a letter or certificate from a person of authority, a social
worker, health or education officer, or a church minister who has direct
personal knowledge of the prospective foreign spouse’s character as well as
background.
NOTA BENE:
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All the above specified documents must be submitted to the prospective foreign
spouse’s Embassy/Consulate in the Philippines upon arrival thereat. The
Embassy/Consulate will then issue a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Marry to
the prospective foreign spouse. The prospective foreign spouse, together with
the Filipino contracting party, may then apply for a marriage license at the
Office of the Civil Registrar where the Filipino contracting party habitually
resides. The Civil Registrar’s Office, after receiving such application, is
required by law to put on public notice the intended marriage for a period of
ten (10) consecutive days. During this ten (10)-day public notice, both the
contracting parties shall not be allowed to leave the Philippines, as objection
to the intended marriage may be raised by any person. No marriage license may be
issued until this requirement has been fully satisfied.
LEGAL AND FORMAL MARRIAGE
REQUISITES IN THE PHILIPPINES
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Legal capacity of the contracting
parties who must be a male and a female.
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Consent freely given in the presence
of the solemnizing officer.
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Authority of the solemnizing officer.
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The marriage ceremony must take place
with the appearance of the contracting parties before the solemnizing officer
and their personal declaration that they take each other as husband and wife in
the presence of not less than two witnesses of legal age.
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A valid marriage license.
Source : Philippine Family Code
PHILIPPINE EMBASSY, LONDON , 30
October 1997
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