We are getting married

9 steps across 2 agencies

The licence is the whole timetable. It takes a 10-day posting to get and expires 120 days after it is issued, so the wedding date has to sit inside that window.

Clocks that are already running

Notice posted before the licence issues: 10 consecutive days
Licence valid, nationwide: 120 days
Certificate sent to the registrar: 15 days after the wedding

Each is sourced on the guide it belongs to. This page states no figure of its own.

01First, prove you are free to marry

Both of you file separately. The registrar will ask for these before anything is posted.

PSA CENOMARCertificate of no marriage record. The registrar asks for it to establish there is no existing marriage.PSA birth certificateRequired by Article 12. A baptismal certificate stands in only where the birth certificate cannot be had.A valid ID eachBoth of you appear personally before the local civil registrar, so both of you need identification that it accepts.CedulaMost local civil registrars ask for a community tax certificate with the application. It is the cheapest thing on this page and the easiest to forget.

02If the birth certificate is wrong

A misspelt name or a wrong birth date on a PSA record stops a licence application dead. Correcting it takes weeks, so check the document before you book anything.

Correction of a PSA recordRA 9048 handles a clerical error or a change of first name administratively, without going to court.

03Then get the licence

This is where the calendar is decided, and where couples lose their booked date.

Marriage licence and civil wedding requirementsThe 10-day posting, the 120-day validity, parental consent at 18 to 21 and parental advice at 21 to 25, and the four cases needing no licence at all.120 days

04After the ceremony

PSA marriage certificateThe solemnising officer files within 15 days. Your own copy comes from PSA once the registration reaches it.15 days

05If the marriage ends

Three different remedies with three different results. Picking the wrong one loses the case.

Annulment, nullity and legal separation comparedOnly nullity has no prescriptive period. Annulment grounds expire; legal separation does not let either spouse remarry.Barangay protection orderIf the marriage has become violent, this comes before any petition. The Punong Barangay issues it on the day you ask, and it runs 15 days.15 days

What this page is

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