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Birth certificate

Requested from PSA by M. Rodriguez at 01:44 PM on Mar 08, 2022.
Purpose: Correction of the spelling of first name
Date of Coverage: 07/26/2009 - 03/08/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-622910204667

Rodriguez 01:44 PM, Mar 08, 2022 

Hi! I would like to request information on how much I should pay to have my youngest child's first name corrected. His first name is misspelled with one letter on his birth certificate.

Nisperos 04:41 PM, Mar 24, 2022 

March 24, 2022

Dear Ma Rodriguez,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Mar 08, 2022 01:44:02 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Birth certificate.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please be informed that the correction of clerical errors, except for age, nationality, and legitimacy status, can be done by filing a petition for correction under the provisions of Republic Acts 9048 and 10172, or the Clerical Error Law. You may pursue the petition for correction at the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO), where the birth certificate was originally registered. Please seek the advice of the LCRO on the details of the procedure, the forms to be accomplished, and the supporting documents that need to be submitted.

The usual requirements are baptismal certificate, voter's affidavit, employment/GSIS/SSS record, driver's license, and other documents that will support the correction being requested. 

The filing fee for correction of a clerical error at the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) pursuant to Republic Act 9048 is One Thousand Pesos (Php1000) while for change of the first name, it is Three Thousand Pesos (Php3000) plus the cost of publication in a newspaper of general circulation. An additional Five Hundred Pesos (Php500) shall be collected by the accepting LCRO for migrant petitioners.

For further questions, you may call our Civil Registration Hotline at telephone numbers 8461-0500 loc 702 / 813.  You may also send your concerns directly to these email addresses: crs.qvu1@psa.gov.ph,crs.qvu2@psa.gov.ph, crs.qvu3@psa.gov.ph or crs.staff2@psa.gov.ph.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Cesar Reynaldo V. Vinuya
Assistant National Statistician
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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