[VirtualLee]

MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino signed the new law extending the power of local civil registrars to correct errors in birth certificates without any court order.

Correcting errors in date of birth and gender in birth certificates no longer needs court approval.

Republic Act 10172, which was signed by the President last Aug. 19, amended several provisions of Republic Act 9048.

It extended the coverage of exemptions to requirement of judicial approval for correction on entries in the birth certificate.

Under the new law, the city or municipal registrar may correct clerical or typographical errors in the day and month of date of birth or gender without a court order.

The previous law did not include the entries on date of birth and gender among the exemptions on court approval requirement and only specified entries on first name and nickname in the civil register.

Apart from this, the new law also specified where the fees for corrections in the birth certificate should go.

“The fees collected by the city or municipal civil registrar or consul general pursuant to this Act shall accrue to the funds of the Local Civil Registry Office concerned or the Office of the Consul General for modernization of the office and hiring of new personnel and procurement of supplies, subject to government accounting and auditing rules,” read Section 8 of RA 10172.

The new law is a consolidation of Senate Bill 3113 and House Bill 4530 that Congress passed last May 30 and June 5, respectively.


source: Philippine Star Newspaper

Edited by VirtualLee, 25 August 2012 - 03:49 AM.

[brett and alma]

Thank you very much for the info.,i will tell all my friends,people that i know about this.im so happy that you posted this,cos many of my friends have a problem with their birth certificate.

[lkjj30]

Good job in posting this info...It can help many!!!

Edited by lkjj30, 25 August 2012 - 06:04 AM.

[jimmynug]

Just a little add on, the civil registrar has to file the amendment with the NSO, which can then issue a corrected copy. Plan on doing this way in advance if you need a corrected copy. Of course the more money you are willing to pay, the quicker you can get it. For my wife's brother, it took about 10 months, however, we took the economy route and only paid about 1500 pesos.

[VirtualLee]

Just a little add on, the civil registrar has to file the amendment with the NSO, which can then issue a corrected copy. Plan on doing this way in advance if you need a corrected copy. Of course the more money you are willing to pay, the quicker you can get it. For my wife's brother, it took about 10 months, however, we took the economy route and only paid about 1500 pesos.

I don't think it will reach 10 months to do this, In my experience I have corrected my BC just this mid July 2012
and was asked to return by mid September and only paid Php1,000. and after you got the correct copy of Civil Registrar
BC they will give you an endorsement letter to NSO. after that you bring the docs to NSO to update your BC.

[cybernco]

My wife's gender was wrong on her birth certificate. We hired a lawyer and filed a court motion. Three months later our motion was rejected because this new law took the authority away from the court system. We paid the local registrar a 3,500 fee and submitted the following documents, NBI security clearance, Local Court clearance, Local police clearance, Barangay clearance, Primary School records (Form 137), Doctors exam, personal sworn statement and childhood baptismal certificate. The Civil Registrar rejected the OBGYN and local hospital exam. We had to publish the gender correction in the local newspaper for two weeks at our own expense. After two months of going round & round with the local civil registrar, our application was finally submitted to the NSO legal department. Three months later our motion was rejected because they wanted more medical evidence. We have resubmitted with the addition of her childhood vaccine records. We've been told it will be a couple of months before we hear anything back. The new system is not quick or easy.

Edited by cybernco, 24 April 2013 - 01:21 PM.

[lady_troll]

Hello peeps,

Needed some input here, i wanted to petition my parents and as i went through some documents needed, I noticed that on my birth certificate, my mom's name is her nickname and not her legal name.

Does she need to go to local registrar to have it corrected and i'll go ahead and file my petition then or I'll just put that nickname on USCIS form as her other name used and send the petition now?

Thanks!

Charlyn

[VirtualLee]

Hello peeps,

Needed some input here, i wanted to petition my parents and as i went through some documents needed, I noticed that on my birth certificate, my mom's name is her nickname and not her legal name.

Does she need to go to local registrar to have it corrected and i'll go ahead and file my petition then or I'll just put that nickname on USCIS form as her other name used and send the petition now?

Thanks!

Charlyn

Hi Charlyn,

We got same issue with my mom, on my BC her name is Lucy but on her MC and BC her name is Lucia, so what I did I i went to local registrar office to correct her name on my BC they will give you list of documents to submit (orig. NSO BC, moms BC and MC, your sibling's BC, baptismal cert. of your siblings as well as yours, moms ID's like passport, Philhealth,TIN, SSS, senior citizen... And other supporting docs.) then you will pay 1000 pesos for the processing fee...then they will inform the date of release, usually it takes 2-3mo.

Another Option go to a lawyer and request for an Affidavit for mispelled name (forgot the exact term) Or maybe Affidavit of Identity... bring the same doc. That you will submit to the Local Registrar Office. Better to have something on-hand while processing the correction of error on your BC. So you can proceed to your Petition. Good Luck!