Expediting CENOMAR through the NSO after annulment

[Gregory&Dyn 113]

Dyn (my fiance in the Philippines) is nearing the end of her annulment process in Bohol. The provincial court issued a decision in her favor on 03 December 2015. The decision was forwarded to the OSG in Manila for review and a standard 15 day waiting period. Once the OSG approves the decision and forwards the necessary documents back to the Bohol court where a Certificate of Finality will be granted, Dyn has been advised by her attorney to hand deliver the CoF to the LCR (Local Civil Registrar). It is my understanding that the LCR will process the documents in the span of a few hours to a day. Once completed, the LCR will forward the annotated documents to the NSO in Manila.

Q: Is there a way to expedite the NSO process in order to receive the CENOMAR and Annotated Marriage Certificate quickly? The process generally can take one to three months (if left alone). We would like to get it completed and finalized with papers in hand within a week or two at the most.

If you, or somebody you know has gone through the process successfully, please share your experience and advice. Incidentally, our attorney suggested a "gift" of p35,000 ($750 USD) to the NSO clerk for expedition. This is an outrageous amount and I am sure others have expedited their own processes for much less. Please share.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

Ours took about 1 month.

That is way too much money to pay for something to expedite it and your taking a big chance.

[Hank_ 9,171]

Dyn (my fiance in the Philippines) is nearing the end of her annulment process in Bohol. The provincial court issued a decision in her favor on 03 December 2015. The decision was forwarded to the OSG in Manila for review and a standard 15 day waiting period. Once the OSG approves the decision and forwards the necessary documents back to the Bohol court where a Certificate of Finality will be granted, Dyn has been advised by her attorney to hand deliver the CoF to the LCR (Local Civil Registrar). It is my understanding that the LCR will process the documents in the span of a few hours to a day. Once completed, the LCR will forward the annotated documents to the NSO in Manila.

Q: Is there a way to expedite the NSO process in order to receive the CENOMAR and Annotated Marriage Certificate quickly? The process generally can take one to three months (if left alone). We would like to get it completed and finalized with papers in hand within a week or two at the most.

If you, or somebody you know has gone through the process successfully, please share your experience and advice. Incidentally, our attorney suggested a "gift" of p35,000 ($750 USD) to the NSO clerk for expedition. This is an outrageous amount and I am sure others have expedited their own processes for much less. Please share.

That is WAAAAAAAAAAAY too much for a "gift", makes me wonder if the attorney is getting a piece of the action. P3500 would be a huge "gift" even.

[Tahoma 2,291]

Greg,

There are several threads here on VJ which discuss expediting the process of obtaining an annotated marriage certificate from the PSA (NSO) once the annulment is completed.

Here is one of those threads: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/101954-whats-next-after-annulment/

[Gregory&Dyn 113]

Thanks ALL for your responses. There still seems to be no real clarity on my question - even after scouring countless threads. Sadly, most threads are several years old and I am afraid the process(es) may be obsolete in 2015. Never-the-less, I will continue forward and garner multiple shreds of advice and weave them into one solid piece. It seems to me that visiting the NSO personally, and / or having a friend on the inside is the best route.

By the way, thanks for the confirmation regarding the "gift". I would have jumped at the opportunity had the attorney suggested a gift of $100. But $750? No way, Jose'!

[Greenbaum 12,258]

Don't know if these will help but I offer them as they are fairly new.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/562900-marriage-contract-fast-authentication/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/540809-cfo-seminar-experience/

BTW, if you do find the answer and use it can you get back to us on what worked. It's a good way to pass forward good information as someone else will be in your same boat and will ask and we will be able to share it with them. Good luck.

Edited December 7, 2015 by Greenbaum

[Gethomas02 4]

Mine took only a month.

[cristina16 81]

Dyn (my fiance in the Philippines) is nearing the end of her annulment process in Bohol. The provincial court issued a decision in her favor on 03 December 2015. The decision was forwarded to the OSG in Manila for review and a standard 15 day waiting period. Once the OSG approves the decision and forwards the necessary documents back to the Bohol court where a Certificate of Finality will be granted, - No, the issuance of Certificate of Finality cannot be that fast. When I did mine, there was like a 3 months period before they issue the Entry of Judgement / Certificate of Finality. The 3 months period is a standard time if the other party files for an appeal. When the period lapsed, they issue the Certificate of Finality.

Dyn has been advised by her attorney to hand deliver the CoF to the LCR (Local Civil Registrar). It is my understanding that the LCR will process the documents in the span of a few hours to a day.- NO ONE process that fast, it will take normally 1 month to 2 months before your records will show in NSO system.

Once completed, the LCR will forward the annotated documents to the NSO in Manila. - LCR will forward the Annotated MC to NSO for system encoding, then it will appear on NSO system. In Luzon, it would take 5-7 working days from LCR to get the docs to NSO main.

Q: Is there a way to expedite the NSO process in order to receive the CENOMAR and Annotated Marriage Certificate quickly? The process generally can take one to three months (if left alone). We would like to get it completed and finalized with papers in hand within a week or two at the most. - sad to day a week or 2 is way out from realistic timeline.

If you, or somebody you know has gone through the process successfully, please share your experience and advice. Incidentally, our attorney suggested a "gift" of p35,000 ($750 USD) to the NSO clerk for expedition. This is an outrageous amount and I am sure others have expedited their own processes for much less. Please share. - As everyone says, this is too much! Your attorney is making money on you man.

What you can do, after the MC was filed in LCR, get certified true copies and hand carry them to NSO / PSA Manila for filing. They will tell you that you can check in a week or 2 if your record is in the system. I did this for my Annotated MC.

[Tahoma 2,291]

I don't think the process of getting an annotated marriage certificate has changed much over the years.

You can hand carry the documents from the LCR to the PSA. To speed up the process at the LCR, Dyn may be able to get some help from a friend or family member who knows someone at the LCR. Or, maybe Dyn's family knows the mayor or the barangay captain. It certainly would help speed things up if you showed them your "gratitude," just not too much "gratitude."

[Gregory&Dyn 113]

Thanks for taking time to reply and advise accordingly. Your input is most appreciated. We will keep you updated with the progress :-)

[Gregory&Dyn 113]

I don't think the process of getting an annotated marriage certificate has changed much over the years.

You can hand carry the documents from the LCR to the PSA. To speed up the process at the LCR, Dyn may be able to get some help from a friend or family member who knows someone at the LCR. Or, maybe Dyn's family knows the mayor or the barangay captain. It certainly would help speed things up if you showed them your "gratitude," just not too much "gratitude."

Tahoma,

Right on. I think your advice is right in line with what I have been reading and hearing from others. By the way, what do you know about a three month waiting period after the PSA does there part and the district court issues the Certificate of Finality? Somebody noted that this is a standard waiting time in case the other party appeals. It seems to me that the time for appeal would come long before the PSA / NSO records the annulment as complete. Am I wrong?

[Gregory&Dyn 113]

Mine took only a month.

Wow. A month? That is great! Thanks for replying.

[OwensMj 3]

Dyn (my fiance in the Philippines) is nearing the end of her annulment process in Bohol. The provincial court issued a decision in her favor on 03 December 2015. The decision was forwarded to the OSG in Manila for review and a standard 15 day waiting period. Once the OSG approves the decision and forwards the necessary documents back to the Bohol court where a Certificate of Finality will be granted, Dyn has been advised by her attorney to hand deliver the CoF to the LCR (Local Civil Registrar). It is my understanding that the LCR will process the documents in the span of a few hours to a day. Once completed, the LCR will forward the annotated documents to the NSO in Manila.

Q: Is there a way to expedite the NSO process in order to receive the CENOMAR and Annotated Marriage Certificate quickly? The process generally can take one to three months (if left alone). We would like to get it completed and finalized with papers in hand within a week or two at the most.

If you, or somebody you know has gone through the process successfully, please share your experience and advice. Incidentally, our attorney suggested a "gift" of p35,000 ($750 USD) to the NSO clerk for expedition. This is an outrageous amount and I am sure others have expedited their own processes for much less. Please share.

Theres no way you can expedite it less than a month even if you have connections, Even my lawyer who works for Malacañang cannot do anything to speed that up for us. I hand carry mine to LCR in just a few hours its done then I went and hand carry it as well to NSO then it took atleast a month to have the annotated marriage certificate.

[Gethomas02 4]

Wow. A month? That is great! Thanks for replying.

[Gethomas02 4]

Wow. A month? That is great! Thanks for replying.

Yes it tooks only a month,LCR sent my documents to PSA Quezon City last September and by October marriage contract and cenomar with annotation both registered and I was able to get it.very fast the process..

Edited December 9, 2015 by Gethomas02