Marriage License at Las Piñas city hall

In every wedding preparation, one must not forget to process their Marriage License because this serves as an authorization for a couple to marry which is required by law in the Philippines. Ryan and I applied for a Marriage License at Las Piñas because that's where I lived and since I'm under 25, I needed the help of my mom for Parental Advice.

Las Piñas is a city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines or known as NCR. It is the home of the Bamboo Organ church which was built during the Spanish era in the Philippines.

Civil Registry is located inside of Las Piñas city hall, this is where we applied for our Marriage license. We arrived there around 1:00PM and started filling up 4 copies of the application form, which all needed to be hand written. This was very tiring for both of us since we were filling up a Legal sized ( 8 X 13) paper which had a lot of blank lines to fill up, after this my right hand ached (being a right handed person).

The lady in-charge wanted to see both my parents because of me being under 25, but since my parents were under-going legal separation, we were asked an Affidavit instead which my mother had to sign. Under going a 3-day "Marriage Preparation Seminar" at church was an advantage since we do not need to attend any government seminars because our engagement seminar certificate given by Victory Ortigas was enough. In the end, we were able to finish every thing and was advised to return after ten (10) days to claim our Marriage license. What a relief...just a step a way on completing our big day preparations.

CIVIL REGISTRY OF LAS PIÑAS REQUIREMENTS:

1.  One of the Contracting Parties must be a resident of that city. 

2.  Cedula (Community Tax Certificate), which can be requested inside city hall.
**Community Tax is computed based employment status. If unemployed, it would cost only Php 5.00. If employed then it would be computed based  salary; Php 5.00 basic tax and additional P1.00 for every P1,000.00 gross earnings derived from work during the previous year. ex = P12,000 X 12 = P144,000 = P144 + P5 = P149

3.  If the contracting parties are:    

• 18 - 20 years of age - Consent of mother and father, or guardian with personal appearance.  
• 21 - 24 years of age - Parental Advice both parent or guardian with personal  appearance.  

4. Copy of Certificate of Live Birth (Birth Certificate) and Certificate of No Marriage (CENOMAR) duly authenticated at National Statistics Office (NSO), for both contracting parties.

5. All applicants are required to attend the following seminars:

• DSWD - Pre-Marriage Counseling - 8:00-12:00 Noon
• Health Center - Family Planning - 1:00PM

**unless parties have already attended Marriage seminar provided by local church and can provide certificate of seminar, the seminars mentioned above may no longer be required. 

6. Fill-up four (4) copies of application forms.
           **NOTE: Must be hand-written!

7. Payment of Fees:

* Photocopy all documents except for Application form.
* When submitted all requirements, completion of ten (10) days posting for the release of Marriage license.
* Marriage license is valid for 120 days after the issuance.

 a. sample cedula

 b. Las Piñas City hall

 c. Office of Civil Registry