Experience Filing Report of Marriage (ROM) With the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco, CA - December 2024

[Edward and Jaycel 1,630]

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I have been emailing the email address for the DFA every month to get the transmittal details to the PSA for our ROM since January and every time they have been replying that they do not have the December ROMs from the San Francisco Consulate yet.... Yadda Yadda. Finally this month we received this update from DFA:

Dear Ma'am/Sir,

Greetings from the Civil Registry Division - Americas Desk!

We apologize for the delay of the transmittal of your Report to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Please be informed that we are still waiting for the new original sets of registered reports from the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco as the initial reports we have received were photocopies.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

So it looks like the consulate was supposed to send the original filings to the DFA and keep a copy for themselves and they did the opposite. They sent the copies to the DFA and kept the originals there. 😆😆 Good Lord the Philippine bureaucracy never fails to entertain 🤪 

Edited May 23 by Edward and Jaycel

[EatBulaga 465]

On 5/23/2025 at 12:19 PM, Edward and Jaycel said:

*** UPDATE ***

 

I have been emailing the email address for the DFA every month to get the transmittal details to the PSA for our ROM since January and every time they have been replying that they do not have the December ROMs from the San Francisco Consulate yet.... Yadda Yadda. Finally this month we received this update from DFA:

Dear Ma'am/Sir,

Greetings from the Civil Registry Division - Americas Desk!

We apologize for the delay of the transmittal of your Report to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Please be informed that we are still waiting for the new original sets of registered reports from the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco as the initial reports we have received were photocopies.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

So it looks like the consulate was supposed to send the original filings to the DFA and keep a copy for themselves and they did the opposite. They sent the copies to the DFA and kept the originals there. 😆😆 Good Lord the Philippine bureaucracy never fails to entertain 🤪 

 

We sent off for the ROM, 2022-07, and received back the Philippines LA consulate filings and PSA copies, 2023-02.

🤷‍♂️

 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,630]

2 minutes ago, EatBulaga said:

We sent off for the ROM, 2022-07, and received back the Philippines LA consulate filings and PSA copies, 2023-02.

Oh Lordy.... We are waiting to be sure that the ROM has been transmitted to the PSA before asking for the PSA version because it's expensive to order 🤪