Secret Marriage in Philippines

As my experienced because my marriage was civil and we are both in legal age. We just went to nearest minicipal office and find out what are the requirements for sure application form, birth certificate, witness and others. During our's only 3000 pesos but now I don't know, then after the ritual they given to us the certificate and said go to census for authentication...

You'll get your marriage certificate but I'm afraid it's impossible for it not to reflect on your NSO. You're gonna have to deal with it. Besides, you're already 26 years old. Why would you wanna hide it to your parents? I'd understand if both of you are only 18.

Hi I think you are going to take such an important decision, so it is better you weigh your pros and cons once again before taking final decision. I feel it is better to involve your parents and convince them, you should not take this decision in haste, lest you may regret later on. But if you are firm than i wish you best of luck.

Hi smelz, There is no such thing as a "secret marriage." For all intents, marriage is always public, for one, your name get a lot of publicity the day you apply for a (1) marriage license before the civil registrar. Then there is the marriage counseling course during which the civil registrar has to exhaust all means to find out whether the persons applying for the license has the necessary qualifications, primarily, either party has not been legally married previously. Believe me, a lot of background check goes on the moment your name appears on the marriage license application form. If you pass the background check, you are issued a license valid for four months which you may use anywhere in the Philippines. You may go to any judge or mayor or priest who was given authority to solemnize marriage by the Office of the Civil Registrar General (OCRG) for that matter, arrange a simple wedding ceremony in his office with at least two disinterested witnesses, sign the marriage certificate, usually four copies. The cost runs: marriage license applic-P300, marriage license P2, marriage counselling P250, solemnizing officer fee-P500, transpo-P500, food and drinks-sky is the limit. Total: around P1500.00 excluding the unlimited food and drinks. (2) After the ceremony you may get your copy but to make sure that the marriage is not faked, the certificate should bear the signature, seal and registry number of the civil registrar where the certificate should be registered by the solemnizing officer. (3) The marriage is not usually reflected in our birth certificate but the database is updated from time time regarding records of marriages. That is for the issuance of Certificate of No Marriage whenever required, usually upon request of the civil registrar. I understand it is your parents that doesn't approve of your partnership. don't worry, as long as you follow the law, you go on fine regardless of creed or religion. They say, all is fair in love... let that be your guiding principle.

Ok, for marriage, it's not really secret at all. Maybe secret as to your parents, but not to the world as a marriage license before being issued to you to have a valid marriage will be posted in the municipal city hold for a certain number of days. So you don't want your parents to know that you are getting married? Just don't tell them and have a "civil wedding" before a jusge or the mayor. By law, to have your marriage valid: 1. secure a marriage license first. 2. undergo a marriage counselling seminar (it is a requirement before the issuance of the marriage license) 3. go to a judge or a mayor to request for the solemnization of your marriage on a specific date. Remember that in your wedding, you should have at least two witnesses.

Is it okey to do secret marriage even your 18 yrs. old ?

You can get married simply by going to the civil office to register in my country. There is no complicated procedure. The law protects citizens' rights to get married if you are bound by the law older than the legal age. I guess there are two systems of society for your country, one is religional, the other is civil. If you follows the rules of civil one, you are right from the point of procedure, but may not be right from another perspective.

I'm not sure where this comes from but I do have a friend before who undergo secret marriage as she claims but there is no such thing. If you can keep a secret that's all it takes. I agree that you just need to do it with a judge as civil wedding. This is a big decision though. I'm under the same sector as what you're GF is. My bf and I are planning to get a civil wedding this coming month though it's not a secret but it will only be few people invited, like immediate family members. I don't think it is right to do it as secret too. Why rush if you can work on with her parents about the religion. It's not really that the church require it, it would still be the discretion of your GF. If she has been in the same beliefs ever since, she should know what's the right thing to do.

I think that to make everything legal, you should be wed by a judge or someone else who has the capabilities to conduct these kind of activities who is a public servant. I think that with him around, you will have things in there proper order. With the other preparations, I think that you should just invite the closest people to you both and have the reception in the nearest buffet restaurant. And to preserve the moment, I think that it would come in handy to have a friend who is a photographer. I think that this would not be so hard and would not cost a lot as well. It is tough to have religion be that something that would stand in between but it is love. When you have it, whatever the differences, you have to work things out to be together. Go for it.

Just go the nearest municipal hall, but you would need to apply for a marriage license. you marriage license and certificate will reflect both of your addresses. And I think one of you should be living in that town in order to get a marriage license/certificate. NSO birth certificate arent affected in anyway as far as i am concerned. You will have a separate copy of your authenticated marriage certificate, but no changes in your birth certificate will be reflected. But would still be best to ask around government institutions about this to be sure. Catholic and born again? What's the problem w/ that, we have the same situation before.

Wow,this topic really got my attention as I got married secretly in the Philippines in 2003.I was 27 years old at that time.Yes,you can get married without your parents consent because you are both of legal age.I dont have the slightest idea how much will it cost you to get married.In my case,I think we paid P500.00 at that time and it was a judge who officiated the marriage.We had four witnesses,two friends from my side and two from my husband's side.The only requirements they asked us was our birth certificates.You will have to make an inquiry about the cost for getting married nowadays and what are the requirements because in some cases I've heard that you have to attend a family planning seminar because this is considered to be one of the requirements before you get married.It was the judges' office that processed our marriage certificate.You will know that it is not fake because the color of the paper is blue and has the logo of the NSO on the top left side of the document,although Im not sure if this is how the marriage certificates looks like at the present or they might have changed it.Your marriage certificate doesnt have anything to do with your birth certificate.After getting married,your marriage certificate gets processed and it will have a record at the NSO.Hope this information gives you a bit of an idea about your wedding plans.Good luck!

instead of going through all that polava of finding a venue, paying for a certificate worrying if it's fake or not, why not tell the families, they will be very upset if you did this behind their backs, i would be so upset if my son or daughter got married without telling me or the families concerned, this is an occasion for everyone to see you both make the vows and celebrate the wedding, you are both 26 and old enough to decide if you will marry or not, why do you want to do this in secret, plus, families are there to help with weddings, don't do this behind their backs, it will cause more hurt and harm than good, tell them, celebrate it together, get the help you both need because from what i am reading here, you both don't have a clue about how to arrange it, just tell them and they will help you along, see, that's what families are for, it's not a case of approval, you both love each other, i hate that religion has gotten in the way of things, religion causes so much crap in this world, but if you have to go and marry in secret go do it, but i can tell you now, you will not have their blessings if you do it and tell them or you do it and not tell them, the outcome will still be the same all because of religion..that is very sad