BY MAIL
Cost is PhP50 plus PhP20 for the Documentary Stamps. Better that the US$15 they charge if the request
originates outside of the Phils.
Address is:
The Civil Registrar General
National Statistics Office
P. O. Box 779, Manila
Info needed is:
Name of the Person
Complete Name of Father
Complete maiden name of Mother
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Complete Name and Address of Requesting Party
Number of copies needed
Purpose for the certification
They *claim* that the certification will be sent 5 days after receipt of the request by the office.
Here's a few tips on how to painlessly acquire the NBI Clearance(via the Quezon City office), the
NSO-issued Certified True Copy Of Certificate of Live Birth, and the NSO-issued Certificate of
Single Status:
To FILE for the said certificates, arrive at the NBI (Kalayaan Ave., QC) & NSO (East Ave, QC) offices
between 3:30 and 4:30pm, when these offices are the least busy. You can finish filing for all three within
2 hours.
To COLLECT, be at the NBI office the same time as above. But for the NSO office, be there as early as
7:30 am (the lines/crowds are horrific from 10 am to 5 pm -- but weirdly enough, NSO is open until 10 pm).
NOTES:
1.) Collect your documents only one to three days after the they say you can -- these offices are rarely on time.
2.) There are 2 NSO offices. filed at the East Ave office, and pick up from NSO-EDSA one.
Here's a mini timetable, with prices in peso, for reference:
1.) NBI Clearance (P55.00) - filed 7/20/99 - collected 8/9/99
2.) NSO Cert. of Live birth (P20.00 each. Get two or three copies!) - filed 7/20/99 - collected 7/27/99
3.) NSO Cert. of Single Status (P40.00 each) - filed 7/20/99 - to be collected 8/18/99*
*The clerk may explained that you may have to wait nearly a month because of a common surname,
otherwise, processing takes only 2 weeks.
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