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Action to Petition for Correction of a Clerical or Typographical Error under Republic Act No. 10172

Republic Act No. 10172 – an act further authorizing the city or municipal civil registrar or the consul general to correct clerical or typographical errors in the day and month in the date of birth or sex of a person appearing in the civil register without need of a judicial order, amending for this purpose republic act numbered ninety forty-eight.

Office or Division: City Civil Registrar’s  Office or Registration Division
Classification: Highly Technical
Type of Transaction: G2C - Government to Citizen ; G2G - Government to Government
Who May Avail: All; illegible clients 

CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTS

  1. Certified machine copy of the certificate containing the alleged erroneous entry or entries from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

  2. Not less than 2 public or private documents provided by the applicant upon which the correction shall be based. Examples of these documents are the following: 
    a. baptismal certificate,
    b. voter's affidavit,
    c. employment record,
    d. GSIS/SSS record,
    e. medical record,
    f. school record,
    g. business record,
    h. driver's license,
    i. insurance, 
    j. land titles, 
    k. certificate of land transfer, 
    l. bank passbook,
    m. NBI/police clearance,
    n. civil registry records of ascendants, and
    o. other documents which the petitioner or the city or municipal civil registrar or the consul general may consider relevant and necessary for the approval of the petition.

Steps Service Details
1 Client Steps:  Go to the Public Assistance and Complaints Desk (PACD) to avail of the service.    
Agency Action: Requires client to sign the logbook and advise him / her to proceed to the person in-charge of the service for submission of requirements.    ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    
Processign Time: 2 Minutes    
Person Responsible: Registration Officer II from the City Civil Registrar’s  Office
2 Client Steps:  Proceed to the employee in-charge and submit the documents as required.    ​​​​​​​
Agency Action: Receive and review the documents, determine the nature/type of petition and the requirements needed, and issue order of payment to be paid at the office collector.    ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None
Processign Time: 33 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: City Civil Registrar from the City Civil Registrar’s  Office
3 Client Steps:  Present the order of payment and pay the corresponding fee at the office collector.    ​​​​​​​
Agency Action: Receive payment, issue Official Receipt (depends on the petition filed) and advise client to give it to the employee in-charge.    ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: PHP 3,000.00 Note: An indigent petitioner shall be exempt from the payment of the said fee.​​​​​​​
Processign Time: 5 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: Bonded Collector from the City Civil Registrar’s  Office
4 Client Steps:  Present the Official Receipt to the employee in-charge.    
Agency Action: Received the official receipt, encode and print and let the petitioner signs the petitioner form.     
Fees to be Paid: None    
Processign Time: 45 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: City Civil Registrar from the City Civil Registrar’s  Office
4.1 Agency Action: Prepares Notice of Posting and post it for 10 days to the bulletin board ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    
Processign Time: 10 Days​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: City Civil Registrar from the City Civil Registrar’s  Office
4.2 Agency Action: Prepares Notice of Publication and advise client to publish in the newspaper of general circulation  and advise the client to return after the lapse of the posting period​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    
Processign Time: 14 Days​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: City Civil Registrar from the City Civil Registrar’s  Office
5 Client Steps:  Returns and claims the document at the releasing section.    ​​​​​​​
Agency Action: Release the documents and requires the client to sign the logbook.      ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    
Processign Time: 2 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: City Civil Registrar from the City Civil Registrar’s Office

Total Fees to be Paid: PHP 3,000.00 (Note: An indigent petitioner shall be exempt from the payment of the said fee.)​​​​​​​
Total Processing Time: 26 Days, 1 Hour, 27 Minutes