Showing posts with label birth certificate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birth certificate. Show all posts

Saturday, April 11, 2015

How to Obtain Your Baby’s Birth Certificate from Manila City Hall

Every child born in the Philippines is required to have a birth certificate. Our Little Ahab is not exempted from this requirement so I went to Manila City Hall to request for his birth certificate from the Civil Registry Office.

Why do I have to go to Manila City Hall for my baby’s birth certificate instead of going directly to National Statistics Office? Well, the reason is that the hospital where Little Ahab was born is located in Manila. Another reason is that the birth certificate from the National Statistics Office (NSO) will only be available 6 months after Little Ahab’s birth.

Do you want to know how to obtain your birth certificate from NSO? Read my post "NSO Birth Certificate Delivery".

Requirements for Birth Certificate Request

The following are the requirements when requesting for birth certificate from the Civil Registry Office:

1. Certificate of Live Birth from the hospital or the midwife

2. Application Form for Birth Certificate, which is available at the Civil Registry Office

3. 50 pesos for local copy of birth certificate, 160 pesos for SECPA with NSO authentication, 190 pesos SECPA with NSO authentication and transmittal, and 240 pesos for SECPA with NSO authentication and transmittal with supplemental

Procedure in Requesting for Birth Certificate from Manila Civil Registrar

Step 1: Get application form from the “Step 1” window. Fill out the form then return it to “Step 1” window with the photocopy of Certificate of Live Birth. The clerk might require you to show the original Certificate of Live Birth.

Step 2: Wait for your baby’s name to be called by the clerk at “Birth Certificate Application” window to get the form that already has the registry number and fee.

Step 3: Pay fee at the “Payment” window.

Step 4: Go to the “Scheduling” window to get the schedule when you should pick up the birth certificate. Don’t forget to get the claim stub.

Step 5: On the day indicated on your claim stub, go to the “Releasing Section” and show your claim stub and receive your baby’s birth certificate.

Requesting your baby's birth certificate from Manila City Hall are easy with the above 5 steps. I spent about 1 hour from Step 1 to Step 4. Manila's Civil Registry Office requires birth certificate applicants to return the next day just to get the birth certificate.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

NSO Birth Certificate Delivery Authorized Payment Centers

NSO Birth Certificate Delivery being offered by e-Census is of the easy and hassle-free way to obtain your birth certificate. I previously posted the step-by-step procedure in requesting for NSO Birth Certificate Delivery at e-Census. What I didn't mentioned on that post are the e-Census' authorized payment centers.

There are only two banks that are authorized to receive payment for NSO Birth Certificate Delivery. These banks are UnionBank and Banco de Oro (BDO).

There are three ways to pay through BDO. You can pay at any BDO branch. If you have a savings account at BDO, then you can pay using BDO's Internet banking or by using you BDO ATM.

The same is true with UnionBank. You can pay at any UnionBank branch. UnionBank account holders can also pay through UnionBank Online Banking or UnionBank ATM.

Just approach any employee of BDO or UnionBank if you opt to pay your NSO Birth Certificate Delivery request at any of their branch. They will help in processing you payment.

Keep in mind that you need to bring the print-out of the NSO Acknowledgement page when you pay at any BDO or UnionBank branch. Bank clerks might refuse to process your payment if you don't have the print-out of the NSO Acknowledgement page.

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NSO Birth Certificate Delivery – Part 1

I talked about NSO Birth Certificate in the previous blog post. Now, let us talk about how you can obtain your NSO Birth Certificate without going to any office of the National Statistics Office (NSO).

I suddenly needed to obtain my NSO Birth Certificate in the month of March this year. My NSO Birth Certificate is one of the requirements for a housing loan that I planned to avail. Unfortunately, I am too busy at the office and I have no time to go to NSO and personally get the birth certificate. I can ask my father to get the birth certificate for me but considering the very hot weather and the threat of heat stroke I decided against it. The only option left is obtain my birth certificate through the NSO Birth Certificate Delivery.

Using the NSO Birth Certificate Delivery is quite easy. Requests for NSO Birth Certificates can be done by few clicks on the mouse and few taps on the keyboard. You don’t need to go to any NSO office because your NSO Birth Certificate will be delivered right at your doorstep.

There are two ways to have your NSO Birth Certificate delivered to your home or office. One way is by requesting your NSO Birth Certificate online through the e-Census website. Another way is by using Teleserv’s NSO Birth Certificate Delivery, which is done through telephone. I will teach you how to use NSO Birth Certificate request service of e-Census in this blog post. I will tackle Teleserv’s NSO Birth Certificate Delivery in the next blog post.

NSO Birth Certificate Delivery through e-Census


So, how can you get your birth certificate through the NSO Birth Certificate Delivery? Here is the step by step procedure:

Step 1: Go to NSO’s e-Census website.

Step 2: Read the Required Information for NSO Birth Certificate Delivery - Click the “Step 1” button on the e-Census website, as shown on the image below:
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NSO Birth Certificate Delivery - e-Census website


You will be sent to a webpage that informs you what information that you must provide to avail the online application at e-Census. Required information include your name, delivery address with zip code, your telephone number and your email address. Specific required information for NSO Birth Certificate Delivery are:

1. Number of copies of NSO Birth Certificate being requested.
2. Name and maiden name for married women.
3. Sex
4. Place and date of birth
5. Father's name and mother's maiden name
6. Date of registration if you're a late registered
7. Purpose of your request
8. Relationship with the NSO Birth Certificate owner, which is applicable only for legal guardian based on the “The Child and Youth Welfare Code” (PD 603).

Click on the “Click Here to Request Now” button as shown on the image below:
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NSO Birth Certificate Delivery - request now


Step 3. NSO Birth Certificate Delivery Terms and Conditions – Read e-Census' terms and conditions for NSO Birth Certificate Delivery. Click on the “I Accept” button if the terms and conditions is OK for you.

Step 4. Fill Up the Contact and Delivery Information Form – Fully fill out this form. Double check each field before you click the “Next” button. Read the confirmation window and check if all information are correct. If there is no error, click “Confirm” button.

Step 5. Choose the Certificate that You Want – Click on the “Birth Certificate” button (as shown on the image below) since you are requesting for NSO Birth Certificate.
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NSO Birth Certificate Delivery - summary


Step 6. Answer the Questions that Follows – Just answer “yes” or “no” by clicking on the radio button. Click “Next” after you finished answering all the questions.

Step 7. Fill Up the NSO Birth Certificate Request Form. Click the “Save” button after you filled out the form. Read the confirmation window and check if all the information is correct. Click the “Confirm” button if there is no error. Click “Change/Edit” button if there is an error.

Step 8. Check the Summary Page and see if everything is correct. You can also see how much you should pay for your NSO Birth Certificate. Click on the “Submit” button to go on the next step.

Step 9. Print Two Copies of the Acknowledgement Page. The print-out will serve as your proof of request when paying for your NSO Birth Certificate Delivery request.

Step 10. Pay for Your NSO Birth Certificate Delivery Request at the accredited payment centers. To know more about the accredited payment centers, please read my blog post on NSO Birth Certificate Delivery authorized payment centers.

Step 11. Wait for the Delivery of Your NSO Birth Certificate. Be sure that you always have the Acknowledgement Page print-out with you because the deliveryman might require it.

Delivery time of NSO Birth Certificate for delivery address at Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao is 3 to 5 working days after payment. For other areas in the Philippines, delivery time is 4 to 9 working days after payment. Those in other countries have to wait 6 to 8 weeks before they will receive their NSO Birth Certificate. However, those in other countries can avail of the faster courier service (5 to 8 working days after payment). Request for special courier service can be sent to this e-mail address: e-census.info@census.gov.ph.

Expect additional 10 to 15 working days waiting time for NSO Birth Certificate requests that require manual search from the NSO archives. You will be informed via e-mail if your NSO Birth Certificate request fell to this case.

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

NSO Birth Certificate

Are you looking for a job? If your answer is “yes” then you need to obtain a NSO Birth Certificate.

Are you applying for a Philippine passport? If your answer is “yes” then you need to obtain NSO Birth Certificate.

Is your child starting to go to school this school year? If your answer is “yes” then you need have his NSO Birth Certificate ready.

As you can see NSO Birth Certificate is vital for many transactions, either with the government or private institutions. Birth certificate is an government issued document that is used that you are the child of your parents. It is also used to prove your citizenry, sex (or gender if you want) and the date of your birth, which is the basis of your age.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) is the Philippine government agency that is tasked to manage and store birth certificates of all Filipino citizens. The NSO is the only institution authorized to issue birth certificates in the Philippines.
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NSO Birth Certificate - NSO logo

One of the requirements in my application for the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) is the birth certificate. My parents have the birth certificate that they filled up when I was born. Unfortunately, the PRC does not accept that kind of birth certificate. What PRC wants is the NSO Birth Certificate.

This requirement is not only imposed by the PRC but also by other government agencies like the Consular Affairs Office of DFA. These government agencies require NSO Birth Certificate because of the prevalence of fake birth certificates.
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NSO Birth Certificate
NSO Birth Certificate

NSO Birth Certificate is just copy of the original birth certificate printed on paper that has the seal of NSO.

The NSO Birth Certificate can be obtained by going to National Statistics Office, which has the main office located along East Avenue in Quezon City. Another option, which is fast and hassle free, of obtaining the NSO Birth Certificate is by requesting it online through the e-Census website.

Obtaining NSO Birth Certificate through the e-Census website is the best option because you don't need to go to any NSO office and suffer waiting on long queues. I used this option when I recently need to get an NSO Birth Certificate. I am too busy with work and I have no chance of getting out of the office.

I will talk about how to obtain NSO Birth Certificate through e-Census in the next blog post.

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