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Application for the Issuance of Marriage License

Civil Registry Law Act No. 3753- Sec. 11- All application for Marriage License shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of Executive Order Number 209 otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines. Marriage License is valid for 120 days from the date of issuance. If the applicants for ML did not contract marriage within 120 days from the date of issuance they may renew their application.

Office or Division: City Civil Registrar’s Office or Registration Division
Classification: Complex
Type of Transaction: G2C - Government to Citizen
Who May Avail: All; illegible Marriage  License Applicants

CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTS

Documents provided by the applicant taken from City Civil Registrar’s Office / Owner’s Copy / Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA): 

  1. Original or certified copies of  Birth Certificates (1 copy). In the absence of Birth Certificates, the original or certified copies of Baptismal Certificates. In the absence of the above documents, the party may present his residence certificate or the affidavit of two witnesses (1 original copy). 

More documents provided by the applicant:

2. Parental Consent if either or both of the contracting parties, is/are between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) 

3. Parental Advice 

4. Death Certificate of the deceased spouse or the judicial decree of the absolute divorce, or the judicial decree of annulment or declaration of nullity of his or her previous marriage, in case either of the contracting parties has been previously married 

5. Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage 

6. Pre-Marriage Counselling Certificate 

7. Tree Planting Certificate

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, conducts interview and issue order of payment to be paid at the office collector.    ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None
Processign Time: 10 Minutes    
Person Responsible: Registration Officer II 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 and advise client to give it to the employee in-charge.​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: Res. in Tangub= PHP 400.00; Not Res. in Tangub= PHP 500.00; Foreigner= PHP 2,500.00​​​​​​​
Processign Time: 2 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: Receive and record the official receipt, encode and print the Marriage License Application Form and other necessary forms needed (it depends the age of the applicants)  to be signed by the contracting party with the parents if needed    ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Processign Time: 42 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: Registration Officer II from the City Civil Registrar’s Office
4.1 Agency Action: Let the informant check the entries and the applicants acknowledge the same by signing the printed Marriage License Application Form    ​​​​​​​Fees to be Paid: None    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: Registration Officer II from the City Civil Registrar’s Office
5 Client Steps:  Check the entries, sign the documents and take the oath before the City Civil Registrar    ​​​​​​​
Agency Action: The Civil Registrar administers the oath and signs the application ready for posting.    ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    ​​​​​​​
Processign Time: 10 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: City Civil Registrar from the City Civil Registrar’s Office
5.1 Agency Action: Prepares Notice of Posting and post it to the bulletin board for 10 days and advise the client to return after the lapse of the posting period.    ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    
Processign Time: 11 Days    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: Registration Officer II from the City Civil Registrar’s Office
5.2 Agency Action: After posting within 10 days the City Civil Registrar signs the marriage license.      ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    
Processign Time: 15 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: City Civil Registrar from the City Civil Registrar’s Office
6 Client Steps:  Returns and claims the signed marriage license at the releasing section.    ​​​​​​​
Agency Action: Release the signed marriage license and requires the client to sign the logbook.  ​​​​​​​
Fees to be Paid: None    ​​​​​​​
Processign Time: 2 Minutes    ​​​​​​​
Person Responsible: Registration Officer II from the City Civil Registrar’s Office

Total Fees to be Paid: Res. in Tangub= PHP 400.00; Not Res. in Tangub=  PHP 500.00; Foreigner= PHP 2,500.00    ​​​​​​​
Total Processing Time: 11 Days, 1 Hour, 23 Minutes