Hi, please can you advise us on what should we do > regarding my parent's birth certificate? > > My mother requested for a Birth certificate from NSO > but she has no any birth record. She don't have a > personal copy from the local municipal office from > our > province as well because her parents didn't filed > her > birth cert when she was born in 1954. > > Somebody told her, that she should file for a late > registration copy from the local municipal civil > registrar in the province. But my question is, once > we > get her birth cert late registration copy, are we > going to bring it to NSO to certified? > > I was born in 1975 as well and I don't have a copy > from NSO too but my parents filed me so I obtained a > copy from the province's civil's registrar's office > and brought to NSO (in 1998) and the NSO certified > it. > But how about the case of my mother who has no > record > at all and it's just a late registration? > > I'll really appreciate if you could reply to me as I > need her birth cert for passport application and > it's > quite urgent. Thanks for the time that you'll > provide > in answering my query.
Dear > > Anent your inquiry regarding the delayed > registration of birth, you have to > apply for a delayed registration of birth at the > city/municipal registry > office of the place of birth. The first step is to > secure a negative > certification from this office confirming the > non-registration of said > birth. The other requirements for late registration > are: > > 1) four (4) copies of the Certificate of > Live Birth duly > accomplished and signed by the proper parties; > > 2) affidavit of delayed registration at > the back of the > Certificate of Live birth; > > 3) any two (2) documentary evidences which > may show the name, > date and place of birth, such as baptismal > certificate, school records, > medical records or insurance policy; > > 4) affidavit of two disinterested persons > that might have > witnessed or know the subject birth; > > 5) certificate of marriage (if married). > > After registration, you can request the local civil > registrar to transmit > in advance our copy of the birth record (OCRG Copy) > through a > courier/forwarder at your own expense, otherwise you > may wait for the > document to be transmitted to us during the > prescribed period by the local > civil registry office. If and when you come to > request a copy of your > birth record, be sure to bring a copy of your > registered birth > certificate, copy of the endorsement/transmittal > letter from the local > civil registrar, and the official receipt of the > forwarder (if sent through > LBC, JRS, etc.). Present these to Area C, ground > floor, Vibal Bldg., NSO > Edsa cnr. Times St., Quezon City.
