REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVIL MARRIAGE

1. MARRIAGE LICENSE (SUBJECT TO 10 DAYS POSTING) - ACQUIRED FROM

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE
2. CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF BOTH MAN & WOMAN (NSO ORIG. COPY)
3. RESIDENCE CERTIFICATES
4. CENOMAR (CERTIFICATE OF NO MARRIAGE) OF BOTH MAN & WOMAN
(NSO ORIG. COPY)
5. SWORN STATEMENT THAT CONSENT OF PARENTS OR GUARDIANS HAS
BEEN ASKED (FOR 18-20 YEARS OLD)
6. PARENTAL ADVICE UPON INTENDED MARRIAGE (FOR 21–25 YEARS OLD)
7. PRE-MARRIAGE COUNSELING CERTIFICATE (CITY HEALTH OFFICE/DSWD)
8. BARANGAY CERTIFICATE FOR MARRIAGE (FOR MANDAUE RESIDENTS)

FOR FOREIGNER/ALIEN:
1. LEGAL CAPACITY TO MARRY (ISSUED FROM EMBASSY IN THE
PHILIPPINES)
2. ANNULMENT PAPER/DIVORCE DECREE (IF ANNULLED/DIVORCED)
3. BIRTH CERTIFICATE / PASSPORT
4. CENOMAR FROM NSO

FOR ANNULLED MARRIAGES:

1. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ISSUED FROM NSO WITH ANNOTATION NULL
AND VOID.

FOR MARRIAGE UNDER ARTICLE 34

(Living together for the past 5 years and above)

1. CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH FOR BOTH MAN & WOMAN (NSO ORIG. COPY)
2. CENOMAR (CERTIFICATE OF NO MARRIAGE) FOR BOTH MAN & WOMAN
(NSO ORIG. COPY)
3. AFFIDAVIT OF CO-HABITATION (DULY NOTARIZED)
4. CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF ELDEST CHILD (NSO ORIG. COPY)
5. BARANGAY CERTIFICATION AND OR RESIDENCE CERTIFICATE (CEDULA)
6. BOTH APPLICANTS MUST BE 26 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE TO QUALIFY FOR
MARRIAGE UNDER ARTICLE 34.

NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE ORIGINAL.