Civil wedding in the philippines

hello all.

i've looked into this forum and i found some answers about this topic. yet there are some questions that i wasn't able to find answers from.

below are my questions and some answers that i already have. if you give feedback on it if you agree or not based on your experience, i would truly appreciate it

1). can i apply for a marriage license in the absence of my fiancee?

in our case, we are quite short of time because my fiancee work in the us and he is a US citizen and as you know his vacation time is quite limited.

i've read on the family code it requires the presence of both. but i dont know if there are ways we could file for one without the need the presence of the other person.

my thoughts on this:

One of the requirements for marrying a foreigner is a Legal Capacity to marry. And I think he needs to get it personally at the US embassy (for us citizens) right?


2). also, for my us citizen fiancee, what are the requirements that he needs for the application? based on the articles at i've read from the internet, he only needs a certificate of legal capacity to marry and an id picture. are these all?


looking forward for all of your advice.

big thanks.

One of the requirements for marrying a foreigner is a Legal Capacity to marry. And I think he needs to get it personally at the US embassy (for us citizens) right?
RIGHT! ALSO NEEDS CERTIFIED DIVORCE DECREE IF DIVORCED AND PASSPORT.

2). also, for my us citizen fiancee, what are the requirements that he needs for the application? based on the articles at i've read from the internet, he only needs a certificate of legal capacity to marry and an id picture. are these all?\
I FORGOT WHAT I NEEDED BUT I HAD PASSPORT AND DIVORCE DECREE WITH ME. MY WIFE HAD THE SAME PLUS DEATH CERTIFICATE OF HER LATE HUSBAND

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One of the requirements for marrying a foreigner is a Legal Capacity to marry. And I think he needs to get it personally at the US embassy (for us citizens) right?
2). also, for my us citizen fiancee, what are the requirements that he needs for the application? based on the articles at i've read from the internet, he only needs a certificate of legal capacity to marry and an id picture. are these all?

You are right, he will personally need to get the legal capacity to marry from the US Embassy in either Cebu City or Manila...to get it he will need a divorce decree or death certificate for each previous wife, if he was married before. Also, take several original birth certifaites, they can be ordered from the county court house in the county he was born in.....he should also bring all information on his parents, where they were born, birth date etc....you will need that later if you do in fact get married there, and be advised there is suposed to be a 10 day wait from the time you apply for the marrage license until you get it....but that can be speeded up a bit if you are willing to pay for it.

thank u guys for all ur replies.. Have a GREAT DAY!!!

To Gary Holt,
In getting the Legal Capacity to Marry at US EMbassy - mANila why will he need the birth certificate as well as his parent's details?
He was born in Holland and now reside in the US since 1985.


TKS. FOR THE HELP
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Originally Posted by Gary Holt

You are right, he will personally need to get the legal capacity to marry from the US Embassy in either Cebu City or Manila...to get it he will need a divorce decree or death certificate for each previous wife, if he was married before. Also, take several original birth certifaites, they can be ordered from the county court house in the county he was born in.....he should also bring all information on his parents, where they were born, birth date etc....you will need that later if you do in fact get married there, and be advised there is suposed to be a 10 day wait from the time you apply for the marrage license until you get it....but that can be speeded up a bit if you are willing to pay for it.

Who and how much shall we pay to speeded up the process?

You can ask help from the staff in City hall (Civil Registry Office) where you resides. You know "lagay" to expedite your documents.

Once you go to Civil Registry office,, there are people who will ask you about your problem... But beware of "fixers".

Who and how much shall we pay to speeded up the process?

Evelyn's cousin knew someone in the court system who took our information on Thursday night, Monday night the judge brought our marrage license with him when he came to do the cermony. It cost me about $100.00 for everything, took two working days instead of 10....

To Gary Holt,
In getting the Legal Capacity to Marry at US EMbassy - mANila why will he need the birth certificate as well as his parent's details?
He was born in Holland and now reside in the US since 1985.

I don't know why....but it is better to have things available that you do not nneed, than to need something you do not have. I had to have the birth certifacate to get the capacity to marry....and I think for 4 other things....I went thru 5 originals for the complete process.

i already had the same post concerning this, but as what the good guys here advised me, it is better to really FOLLOW the rules and regulation of our goverment. It is true that you can ask someone to expedite your marriage license within a day thru a good talk, a good pal in the civil registrar, or the worst make "lagay" or ask help from a fixer... BUT be careful cuz the law says it takes 10 days posting/ban before the release of the marriage license and i do think, that if u do not follow with the 10 days posting, it means you are committing a "fraud"?!... and if u start doing the process, the embassy will sure know cuz u will be citing ur husband's days of stay here in Phil....

Originally Posted by mylou

i already had the same post concerning this, but as what the good guys here advised me, it is better to really FOLLOW the rules and regulation of our goverment. It is true that you can ask someone to expedite your marriage license within a day thru a good talk, a good pal in the civil registrar, or the worst make "lagay" or ask help from a fixer... BUT be careful cuz the law says it takes 10 days posting/ban before the release of the marriage license and i do think, that if u do not follow with the 10 days posting, it means you are committing a "fraud"?!... and if u start doing the process, the embassy will sure know cuz u will be citing ur husband's days of stay here in Phil....

Yep thats what am thinking too. I know pre marriage certificate in the seminars are necessary. The certificate of proof of attendance I mean.