Menu
Expat.com

FILIPINA x GERMAN marrriage in Germany 2019

Last activity 14 April 2019 by Jackson4

Post new topic

Martcc

Hallo everyone!
Im in the process of obtaining and completing documents required by the Standesamt of Balve, Nordrhine Westfalen so we can register our marriage.  The requirements were read to me by my fiance since it was in german but he also sent me the original list.

1. Birth Certificate from PSA
2. CENOMAR from PSA
3. 2 passport photos same size as schengen req
4. 1 whole body pic 13cmx18cm
5. Vollmacht zur Anmeldung der Ehesschliessung
6. copy of travellers passport
7. Letter or very detailed description+photos will help of where I lived since I was 15years old. Detailed as in you must recall how it looked like or some landmarks or neighbors or a nearby store/bakery whatnots
8. Certificate of Baptism
9. Elementary School permanent records Form137
10. Marriage Certificate of parents
11. 2 passport pics of my mom
12. Death certificate of my dad
13. copies of Birth certificate of my siblings
And then there are 2 more requirements that he read but it sounds much like the birth certificate and cenomar
Produce 2 extra copies and all docs from PSA has to be in a security paper

Please let me know if we missed something from the list of requirements.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/82530347@ … ed-public/

I just have some questions about the translation of documents.

First question is for Vollmacht did you guys use someone's service in our country (PHL) to translate it?, if yes then which company? (I am aware that there is a list of translators accredited by the german Embassy) but who among them is the cheapest and easy to talk to?

For all documents that the Philippine government issued that should be translated to German , did you guys do it in Germany or Philippines? As per my fiance in our area in Germany they charge 15 cents/word so for a document with 400+ it will cost more or less 70euros.

Thank you so much in advance!:)

Martcc

https://flic.kr/p/246h8Kx
here's the original list

JakyMichael

***

Moderated by Diksha 5 years ago
Reason : Please only post in English on the anglophone forum. Thank you.
We invite you to read the forum code of conduct
Jackson4

It is best to get your government certificates from the PSA office. The certificates from the local city/region offices do not hold much credibility. For your baptism and other religion-related document, you should be able to get them from the church you were baptized in, but as I found out the hard way, records can be inaccurate or missing. I had to be confirmed before my church wedding since there was no record of my confirmation when I was younger. PSA is the Philippine Statistics Authority. It will take about two weeks after you send in your request to PSA if you are in the Philippines. You can send in your request through their website. I just did this Sept. 2018.

As far translation services, use the companies the German embassy recommends. For this considerable endeavor, EUR 70 is not something you should be worrying too much about.

Articles to help you in your expat project in the Philippines

All of the Philippines's guide articles