Registering US Marriage Certificate With the PSA

For our courtesy SRRV we simply got a certified copy of the marriage certificate from the courthouse in the US. We took it to the US embassy for some kind of cerification and then had it red ribboned at the DFA, which they stopped doing. Instead, what you must do is get the marriage certificate apostiled in the US. My wife is Filipina and a US citizen (thus a courtesy srrv). In no case did we ever have register our US marriage license with the PSA. If you were not married in the Phils it should not be their concern.

@danfinn When you took it to the US embassy for some kind of certification you registered it with the PSA and that is what we need to do but doing it by mail from the Philippines is a daunting task. They want originals and photo copies of a laundry list of items including her naturalization certificate which she does not feel comfortable mailing. We also need certified checks to pay for the process and a self addressed return envelope with a certified check for the return postage. If I need a PSA certified marriage certificate for the SRRV courtesy visa than we go to plan B which is getting married again in the Philippines. That should automatically give us a PSA certified marriage certificate. The mayor is a friend and relative and she will do the ceremony in her office.

My wife is also a dual citizen and I had the marriage license apostilled in the US and ordered several certified copies with raised seals from the county in which we were married but none of that does us any good in this situation.

@danfinn When you took it to the US embassy for some kind of certification you registered it with the PSA
-@Moon Dog

PSA is Philippine Statistics Authority and the US embassy has nothing to do with that. PRA really wanted the US embassy to verify the marriage but they will only notarize witnessing your handwritten statement that says the document is true. PRA accepted that in 2017, before they accepted apostile here. Things have changed, obviously. Maybe a PRA marketer could find an easier way. In 2017 we used vaningen.

@danfinn

The first step is registering with the US Embassy as detailed in the email I received today from the PSA, you did that. See email below:

"Good day!

We acknowledge receipt of your email.

We would like to inform you that you need to register first the Marriage to the Philippine Embassy based in US. The Embassy will then transmit the record of Marriage to the Department of Foreign Affairs here in the Philippines. Kindly make sure to secure the 4 following details as it is needed for acquiring your PSA Certificate of Marriage here in the Philippines.

1. Dispatch Date

2. Dispatch Number

3. Transmittal Date

4. Reference Number

The above-mentioned information can be obtained from the Consular Records Division of DFA Manila.

The regular schedule of transmission of civil registry documents, i.e. birth, marriage and death certificates, from the Philippine Embassies/Consular Offices and DFA Manila to PSA, is quarterly, though the schedule may be changed as appropriate from the office of origin.

You may request for the marriage, 2 to 3 months AFTER the record is received by the PSA.

We hope to have informed you accordingly.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Maxine Gonzales

Email Customer Support"

@Moon Dog But you are talking about the Philippine embassy in the US, not the US embassy in the Philippines as I was referring to. We never contacted the Philippine embassy in the USA and did everything from the Philippines. Wow, that is a lot of bureaucracy; somehiw you ended up in a rabbit hole and I think you need a good markerter/consultant or visa agency like JRC to pull you out.