An error in your birth month and or date (in your PSA birth certificate) can be corrected by filing a petition for correction of clerical error under RA 10172. This must be filed at the local civil registry office of the city or municipality where your birth was registered. Take note though that the “error” will be reviewed by the LCR first in order to determine of it is indeed only clerical. Should they find the error to be more than that, they may recommend a different approach to solve your birth certificate problem. So, the best way to find out how you can have your birth month and or date corrected is by visiting the LCR in your city or municipal hall.
But what if the problem or error is your year of birth? Will this also be accepted as a typographical error and be corrected by simply filing a petition for correction?
According to the PSA and a lawyer columnist I follow in the Manila Times, RA 10172 does not apply to errors on the year of birth in a birth certificate. Rather, the petition for correction must be filed before the Regional Trial Court of the city or municipality where the birth certificate was registered in order for the correction to be applied.
The petition may be filed by the birth certificate owner himself or his mother. It must also be supported by the owner’s certified true machine copy of birth certificate, public and private documents which clearly show his correct year of birth, and other documents that can further prove his year of birth such as his earliest school records, medical records, baptismal certificate, etc.
The petitioner must wait for the court’s decision on the petition and if granted, a certified copy of the court’s decision will be served to the LCR for proper annotation on the petitioner’s birth certificate.
The fees involved in this type of correction will be determined by the LCR and the court where the petition will be submitted.
If you have more questions about correcting errors in a person’s birth certificate, just post your comment and I will do my best to find the answers for you.
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Sources:
MasterCitizen's Blog 
Is it possible that the government could make a remedy legally to say that this person whose birth year 1964 was erroneously recorded 1975 in the PSA’s database is the same person? Because change of birth year is the most difficult and expensive to process as far as getting the right birth date is concerned when there is a problem about birth certificate.something that justify or proof that this person who was born in 1964 is the same person who was typographically recorded as born in 1975.this will lessen the burden of those who needs to pay higher price of the processing compared to those whose problem is just change of name’s letters.any input please.
Good am po, paano po maayos ung year ng birth ko is 1987 pero ang naka lagay sa PSA ko ay 9187.,pumunta na po ako sa attorney pero pina pnta ako sa PSA tapos sa PSA pina pnta naman ako sa municipal,.kumbaga pinag pasahan pasahan lng ako.,kaya ndi ko pq na ayos ung year ng birth certificate ko.
Dapat po talaga sa munisipyo kayo nag punta — yung munisipyo kung saan naka rehistro ang birth certificate ninyo. Obvious naman po na typo error ang nakasulat as your year of birth, so you may ask the LCR kung pwedeng petition for correction of typo error ang gawin sa birth certificate niyo para maitama ang year of birth.
Good Day po. Paano po e correct ang maling birthdate? October 22, 2000 po totoong birthdate ko tapos May 02,2007 po nakalagay sa PSA di ko po alam bakit nagka ganun. Ano po ang dapat kung Gawin? Sana po masagot at maipaliwag. Salamat po.
Try mo muna mag inquire sa LCR kung saan naka rehistro ang birth cert mo, ask them if they have a copy of your birth certificate with correct birthdate and birth year. Kung meron, have the correct copy endorsed to PSA. Pero kung error din yung kopya na meron sila, you may go ahead and inquire na kung papano maitatama ang wrong details sa birth certificate mo. Ang birth month and date pwedeng i-correct through a petition for correction of clerical error. Pero ang birth year, most of the time dumadaan sa court proceeding yan. To be sure, please inquire at the LCR.
paano po ba yun kasi ung name ko sa nso kulang ng limang letra wlng jessa.cherryl lng po nklgay na name. bale dalawa ang name ko sa lumang birthcitificate.pero sa nso isa lng nkalagay.sino po ba may error dun.
Good am po, paano po maayos ung year ng birth ko is 1987 pero ang naka lagay sa PSA ko ay 9187.,pumunta na po ako sa attorney pero pina pnta ako sa PSA tapos sa PSA pina pnta naman ako sa municipal,.kumbaga pinag pasahan pasahan lng ako.,kaya ndi ko pq na ayos ung year ng birth certificate ko.
Please see my previous reply.
Hi po… My problem po sa year of birth ko supposed to be 1987 sia peo sa nso/psa copy naging 1972 sia since it was handwritten nung time na nagwa sia… Ngpunta ako sa lcr kumuha ak ng copy at tama un nasa lcr ko 1972 sia na certified true copy na sia.. Anu po kaya need ko gawin since need ko kumuha ng passport balak ko sundin nalang un nasa psa ko
Check mo muna sa LCR kung meron silang kopya ng birth certificate mo na kumpleto ang pangalan mo. Kung meron silang kopya, ipa endorse mo sa PSA para makakuha ka ng PSA copy na tama at kumpleto ang pangalan mo. Pero kung mali din ang nakasulat na pangalan mo sa records ng LCR, itanong mo na sa kanila kung anong klaseng correction o supplemental report ang kailangan para mailagay ang kumpletong pangalan mo sa birth certificate mo.
Paano ko po ma papalitan o maitatama ung year of birth date ng papa ko sa PSA,, wala na po kasi ung original nyang birth certificate sa munisipyo kasi nasunog po,, wala din po syang baptismal dahil nalahar,, tanging is lamang po ang meron sya,, salamat po
Paano ko po pwedeng pa correct ung year of birth date ng papa ko sa PSA,, kung nasunog po ung original nyang birth certificate, wala din po syang baptismal dahil nalahar,, tanging Id’s lamang po ang meron sya
Hello po paano po un sa NSO tama po na march 29 ang birthday pero pagdating sa PSA naging march 30. Paano po ito macocorrect?
Dalhin niyo po sa LCR kung saan naka rehistro ang birth certificate niyo yung PSA birth certificate na nakalagay na March 30 ang birthdate niyo. Para ma check sa LCR kung bakit iba ang lumabas na date of birth sa PSA copy ng birth certificate. Ang LCR po ang nag e-endorse ng birth certificates sa PSA for certification. Kung mali po ang nakalagay sa PSA copy, may possibility na mali din ang nakalagay sa LCR copy. Please check with LCR first.
Also, baka po dalawang beses pina rehistro ang birth certificate ninyo. Na dahil mali ang March 30 na birth date, pina register kayo ulit at nilagay na March 29 ang birthdate niyo. Parang late registration ang ginawa. Nung NSO pa ang pangalan ng PSA, yung late registration na birth certificate ang nakukuha niyo kaya March 29 ang lumalabas na birthdate.
Mali po kasi yun. Kung may correction ang birth certificate, dapat ipa-correct — hindi magpa rehistro ulit.
Ngayon na PSA na ang may hawak ng records, may mga double registration na naka lock na. Ibig sabihin, yung pangalawang registration ng birth certificate any hindi na ire-release — yung original na registration na ang ibibigay sa iyo. In your case, ang original registration mo ay yung birthdate na March 30. Kaya yung March 30 ang nakukuha mo ngayon. Kung mali ang March 30 na birthdate mo, ipa correct mo yan through the remedies prescribed by the PSA. Hindi yung magpapa rehistro ka ng panibagong birth certificate.
Paano po kung date lang…25 ang nairegister instead of 22..paano po maicorrect
Hi po Mali po yung birth date and year ko po and yung middle name ko po mali po yung O naging U po if pag pina correct ko po ba matatagalan po ba?
Hillo po pano.kopo malaman nso birth ko po
Hello po! Subukan niyo pong mag request ng kopya ng birth certificate niyo sa pinaka malapit na NSO office (PSA office). Kung may makukuha silang copy, ibig sabihin may birth certificate ka.
…good eve po,,,ano po ang best way para maitama ang “gender” sa birth certificate ng akong anak,,, salamat po ang more power…
Petition for correction of clerical error po. Mag inquire po kayo sa LCR kung saan naka rehistro ang birth certificate niya kung ano ang mga required documents at kung may fees na kailangang bayaran para sa pag file ng petition.
Hello Goodafternoon po pano po kaya magpabago ng birthmonth and birth year po? Late register po kase and then june, 2006 po mismo ang lumabas sa psa ko imbis na january,2001 po