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For those who are married or just got married, securing an NSO marriage certificate will ensure that you have a registered copy of your solemn union. Here’s a definition of this document and how you can get one.
A Marriage Certificate from the National Statistics Office (NSO) is a document that shows social union or a legal contract between people that creates kinship. Such a union, often formalized via a wedding ceremony, may also be called matrimony. A general definition of marriage is that it is a social contract between two individuals that unites their lives legally, economically and emotionally.
It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found. The state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law.
A marriage certificate is a document containing the important details of marriage, signed by the couple and by all in attendance. Marriage occurs during the meeting for worship after approval is obtained from the meetings of which the two people are members. Approval is based on a statement of good character and clearness from any other engagements. The clerk usually records a copy of the marriage certificate in the meeting’s records.
Marriage certificates can be requested from the NSO where the interested party shall provide the following information to facilitate verification and issuance of certification.
Marriage Certificate:
Complete name of the husband
Complete name of the wife
Date of marriage
Place of marriage
Complete name and address of the requesting party
Number of copies needed
Purpose of the certification
Source: http://nso.citizenservices.com.ph/marriage-certificate
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Hello ,meron lang akong itanong sa inyo sana matulungan nyo ako sa problema ko,,,Noong 2007 nag report ako ng Report of Divorce sa Osaka, Nagbayad ako lahat-lahat na hinihingi,,Bakit hanggang ngayon hindi pa nalagyan ng marka ang merriage certificate ko?Bakit nandoon parin ang pangalan ng dati kong asaw?Bakit yong mga huli ng nag report nalinis agad ang kanilang cert,of merriage?Sino ang dapat kong tanungin ?,,Ang sabi sa akin ng taga Osaka Embassy matagal na raw nilang pinadala ito sa DFA,,at noong pinuntahan at tanungin ko ang DFA NSO ang puntahan mo,,yon pinasa-pasa ako ilang beses,Sino ang dapat managot nito?Gusto kong malinis ang pangalan ko at malagyan ng marka na wala na kami ng asawa ko noo,,,Please lang sana tulungan nyo ako,,,,
Nkapag forward ka ba sa Manila city hall ng copy ng report of divorce mo? Kailangan kasi dumaan yan sa Manila court then forward to NSO.Para makakuha ka ng annotated na M.C mo.
hello.we don’t know what to do about the RFE sent to my husband.Our Marriage Certificate from NSOPhilippines commented by the USCIS as” illegible” means it is blurred because the letters of our b-days and date and place of Marriage were typed over other letters so its unreadable.Now I would like to ask mam/sir for help, since the NSO copies provide for us are all blurred and they said those are the file copies of the NSO.What supporting documents do we need to provide mam/sir?Since the USCIS ask Marriage Certificate for LEGIBLE Copies” which are 1 for me her wife and another 2 copies for our son and daughter of minor ages.Pls.I need youir answer since we have a due date given by the USCIS.tnk u so much.
hello.we don’t know what to do about the RFE sent to my husband.Our Marriage Certificate from NSOPhilippines commented by the USCIS as” illegible” means it is blurred because the letters of our b-days and date and place of Marriage were typed over other letters so its unreadable.Now I would like to ask mam/sir for help, since the NSO copies provide for us are all blurred and they said those are the file copies of the NSO.What supporting documents do we need to provide mam/sir?Since the USCIS ask Marriage Certificate for LEGIBLE Copies” which are 1 for me her wife and another 2 copies for our son and daughter of minor ages.Pls.I need youir answer since we have a due date given by the USCIS.tnk u so much.
Marivic, if your NSO copies are unreadable, the best option is to make a request from the local civil registrar in the municipality where your marriage is registered. If the copy you get from the LCR is clear, then have that copy endorsed again to NSO so that you will have a better clearer record there.
If the LCR copy you get is blurred still, then ask LCR how they can reproduce a clear and legible copy of your record.
Once the clearer legible copies have been made, these will be endorsed to NSO so that they will have better legible copies.